Why I Am so Clever

Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich

Autobiography: general

Published on 3 March 2016 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Little Black Classics' series.

'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness.

One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.