Acknowledgments

I wish to thank, first of all, John Arras and Bernd Magnus, who encouraged me to love philosophy in general and Friedrich Nietzsche in particular. Special thanks go to Richard Schacht and his 1989 National Endowment for the Humanities seminar on Nietzsche and to all the “Nietzsche campers” involved in that seminar. In addition, I would like to thank my colleagues at Kent State University, who have listened to my ideas on Nietzsche with great patience, good humor, and helpful advice, particularly Dan Silber, whose insightful comments on chapter 4 were greatly appreciated. The Kent State University Research Council generously provided funds for the completion of this project.

Further thanks are due to all the editors at Rowman and Littlefield, who have been so helpful and patient with my questions. Finally, I wish to let my family know how much their love and support have meant to me and have sustained me throughout my research and writing of this book, and a big hug goes to Mike Halliday-Williams, who helped proofread the German and organize the notes.

The following publishers have granted permission for their material to be reprinted in this book:

• Selections from the Kritische Gesamtausgabe Werke by Friedrich Nietzsche, ed. Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari. Copyright © 1967–71 by Walter de Gruyter and Co. Reprinted by permission of Walter de Gruyter and Co.
• Selections from The Portable Nietzsche, ed. Walter Kaufmann, trans. Walter Kaufmann. Translation copyright © 1954 by Viking Press, renewed © 1982 by Viking Penguin Inc. Reprinted by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc.
• Selections from Daybreak and Human, All-Too-Human by Friedrich Nietzsche, trans. R. J. Hollingdale. Copyright © 1982 and 1986 by Cambridge University Press. Reprinted by permission of Cambridge University Press.
• Selections from The Basic Writings of Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche, trans. Walter Kaufmann. Copyright © 1967 by Walter Kaufmann. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
• Selections from The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche, trans. Walter Kaufmann. Copyright © 1974 by Random House, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
• Selections from The Basic Writings of Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche, trans. Walter Kaufmann. Copyright © 1966 by Walter Kaufmann. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
• Selections from The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche, trans. Walter Kaufmann and R. J. Hollingdale. Copyright © 1967 by Walter Kaufmann. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.