尼采是德国哲学家以及文化评论家，他的激进思想为当今的精神世界提供了肥沃土壤，许多人将尼采视为一位才华横溢却又难以捉摸的思想家。在这本既简洁又全面的批判传记中，作者透过尼采的生活重新审视他的作品。该书追溯了尼采从出色的古典语学者到成为文化评论家的发展历程。在尼采看来，未来哲学的思考必须有一个批判性的前提，就是对传统哲学和传统宗教的解构。尼采後来也把此称之为「柏拉图主义批判」。作者认为尼采的中期作品对於他自身的文化进行了微妙而深入的分析，比起後期尖锐且经常引起争议的作品更有价值。这本书还评估了尼采声称要继续推进启蒙运动，并表明他重视理性丶证据和事实，没有这些，他反对基督教的历史案例就毫无意义。

关於作者

Ritchie Robertson 是牛津大学德语教授，圣约翰学院研究员。他出版过的着作有：Goethe: A Very Short Introduction (2016) 和 The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790 (2020)。

好评推荐

‘Ritchie Robertson’s Friedrich Nietzsche is destined to become the best short introduction to the life and writings of the philosopher. Robertson is not a Nietzsche apologist; he faces squarely and honestly Nietzsche’s shortcomings . . . but at the same time he recognizes Nietzsche’s importance for the history of philosophy and his seminal role in challenging the assumptions and easy truths of his predecessors. This type of balanced and informed account is rare in Nietzsche scholarship, and Robertson’s scrupulous incorporation of previous research and exceptionally lucid prose make this book all the more welcomed as an introductory study.’

 – Robert C. Holub, Ohio Eminent Scholar, Professor, and Chair of German Languages and Literatures, the Ohio State University