# Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for how thought-provoking it is and how it jars readers out of their earlier worldview. Critics say Nietzsche's readings of past philosophers were quite wrong.

## Why people recommend it

- Thought-provoking, jarring to earlier worldview (1 comments): "it was still very thought provoking and jarring to my earlier world view" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49438055))

## What people warn about

- Misreads past philosophers (1 comments): "his readings and understanding of past philosophers were quite wrong" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437905))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Tao Te Ching by Laozi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tao-te-ching-translated.md): 32 recommend
- [Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.md): 24 recommend
- [Meditations by Marcus Aurelius](https://hackerapproved.com/p/meditations.md): 17 recommend
- [I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/i-am-a-strange-loop.md): 16 recommend
- [Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simulacra-and-simulation.md): 12 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9798507855612&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9798507855612) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche", https://hackerapproved.com/p/beyond-good-and-evil/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).