With his well-known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich
Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip
into. Michael Tanner's introduction to the philosopher's life and work
examines the numerous ambiguities inherent in his writings and explodes
many of the misconceptions that have grown in the hundred years since
Nietzsche wrote "do not, above all, confound me with what I am not!"