How To Read Nietzsche

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Keith Ansell Pearson introduces Nietzsche's distinctive voice, the mood of his philosophical thought and in particular the use of his extended aphorism. He emphasises Nietzsche's openness to new modes and methods of knowledge, which broke away from previous philosophical thought and significantly reshaped the modern philosophical landscape.



After familiarising the reader with Nietzsche's unique approach, Ansell Pearson illuminates some of the best known and controversial of Nietzsche's philosophical arguments: the Will to Power, the Ubermensch, the 'Death of God' and Nietzsche's conception of truth.



Extracts aretaken from a range of Nietzsche's works, including The Gay Science; On the Genealogy of Morality, Beyond Good and Evil and Thus Spake Zarathustra.

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Keith Ansell Pearson is Professor of Philosophy & Director of Graduate Research at the University of Warwick. His books include An Introduction to Nietzsche as Political Thinker: The Perfect Nihilist and Nietzsche Contra Rousseau. He is the editor of The Nietzsche Reader and has been appointed as the editor of the forthcoming Blackwell Companion to Nietzsche.