Nietzsche and Metaphysics

Peter Poellner offers an original interpretation and a critical assessment of Nietzsche's influential work on the traditionally central questions of philosophy concerning the possibility of knowledge and the nature of reality. Poellner draws not only on Nietzsche's published works but also on his voluminous notebooks, largely unpublished. 'the standard point of departure for any future treatment of Nietzsche's metaphysical views . . . Poellner's treatment of these themes is unusually...
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Peter Poellner offers an original interpretation and a critical assessment of Nietzsche's influential work on the traditionally central questions of philosophy concerning the possibility of knowledge and the nature of reality. Poellner draws not only on Nietzsche's published works but also on his voluminous notebooks, largely unpublished. 'the standard point of departure for any future treatment of Nietzsche's metaphysical views . . . Poellner's treatment of these themes is unusually thorough and philosophically rich . . . substantial, scholarly' Mind' 'Peter Poellner's book . . . subjects Nietzsche's thinking to rigorous scrutiny. He is, however, sufficiently touched by the grandeur of Nietzsche's overall project to lend his considerable analytic skills to a sympathetic reconstruction . . . This is an extremely intelligent, closely-argued book that deserves the attention of any serious Nietzsche scholar.' Times Higher Education Supplement