THE GAY SCIENCF.（German：Die Froehlich Wissenschaft）is a book written by Friedrich Nietzsche，first published in 1882 and followed by a second edition，which was published after the completion of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond
Good and Evil，in 1887.Here also is the first occurrence of the famous formulation"God is dead"After Buddha was dead，people showed his shadow for centuries afterwards in a cave，-an immense frightful shadow.God is dead;but as the human race/s constituted，there will perhaps be caves for rrullenniums yet，in which people wilt show his shadow.-And we-we have still to overcome his shadow!
《快乐的科学》于1882年问世，上承《朝霞》，下启《查拉图斯特拉如是说》，首次喊出“上帝死了”这一响亮的口号，其惊魂摄魄、推倒一世之雄的气概可想而知。此处“科学（Wisseriscllaft）”一词采用德语占意，相当于“知识”。自近世以来哲学和自然科学的发展宣告了传统意义上的形而上学的终结，该书以格言、警句的方式盘点了西方文明的种种陈规腐见，预示了未来科学与艺术在理性指引下兼容并包的光明前景。
尼采在写作《快乐的科学》时恰好结识了莎乐美这位美丽慧黠的女友，因而，尼采在本书中体现了歌者、骑士和精神自由三位一体的文风，清新浏亮，思致隽永，是尼采的著作中令人喜爱的一部。
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE（1844-1900）was a 19th-century German philosopher，poet，composer and classical philologist.He wrote critical texts on religion，morality，contemporary culture，philosophy and science，displaying a fondness for metaphor，irony and aphorism.
Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy，notably in existentialism，nihilism and postmodernism.His key ideas include the death of God，perspectives，the Ubermensch，the eternal recurrence，and the will to power.
INTRODUCTION I
INTRODUCTION II
CHRONOLOGY
FURTHER READING
NOTE ON THE TEXT
THE GAY SCIENCE（LA GAYA SCIENZA'）
JOKE, CUNNING AND REVENGE': PRELUDE IN
GERMAN RHYMES
BOOK ONE
BOOK TWO
BOOK THREE
BOOK FOUR: ST JANUARIUS
BOOK FIVE: WE FEARLESS ONES
APPENDIX: SONGS OF PRINCE VOGELFREI
Finally，lest what is most important remain unsaid：from such abysses，from such severe illness，also from the illness of severe suspicion，one returns newborn，having shed one's skin，more ticklish and maliaous，with a more delicate taste for joy，with a more tender tongue for all good things，with merrier senses，joyful with a more dangerous second innocence，more childlike，and at the same time a hundred times subtler than one had ever been before.How repulsive enjoyment is to us now，that crude，muggy，brown enjoyment as understood by those who enjoy it，our'educated'，our rich，and our rulers!How maliciously we nowadays listen to the great fairground boom-boom with which the'educated person'and urbanite today allows art，books and music-aided by spirituous beverages-to rape him for'forms of spiritual enjoyment'!How the theatrical cry of passion now hurts our ears;that whole romantic uproar and tumult of the senses that is loved by the educated mob together with its aspirations towards the sublime，the elevated，the distorted，how foreign it has become to our taste!No，if we light，fleeting，divinely untroubled，divinely artificial art that，like a bright flame，blazes into an unclouded sky!Above all：an art for artists，only for artists!In addition we will know better what is first and foremost needed for that：cheerfulness-any cheerfulness，my friends!As artists，too，we will know this-l would like to prove it.There are some things we now know too well，we knowing ones：oh，how we nowadays learn as artists to forget well，to be good at not knowing!And as for our future.
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