This e-book comprises the 1st English translations of The foundation of the ethical Sensations and mental Observations, the 2 most vital works through the German thinker Paul Ree. those essays current Rees ethical philosophy, which prompted the tips of his shut pal Friedrich Nietzsche significantly. _x000B_Nietzsche students have usually incorrectly attributed to him arguments and concepts which are Rees and feature did not become aware of responses to Rees works in Nietzsches writings. Rees pondering mixed strands: a pessimistic perception of human nature, offered within the French moralists aphoristic kind that will turn into a mainstay of Nietzsches personal writings, and a conception of morality derived from Darwins concept of ordinary choice. Rees ethical Darwinism used to be a primary issue prompting Nietzsche to write down at the family tree of Morals and the foundation for a lot of todays evolutionary ethics.?_x000B_In an illuminating serious advent, Robin Small examines Rees lifestyles and paintings, finding his program of evolutionary recommendations to morality inside a broader heritage of Darwinism whereas exploring Rees theoretical and private courting with Nietzsche. In putting Nietzsche in his highbrow and social context, Small profoundly demanding situations the parable of Nietzsche as a solitary thinker.