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Why is Nietzsche's thinking still regarded as relevant today? There are a large number of possible answers to questions such as "Why is Nietzsche a great and influential philosopher?" but one of the most important and persuasive is that Nietzsche questioned and discussed the nature, character, and value of values. Nietzsche frequently turns other questions such as epistemological and ontological ones into axiological ones, making values pivotal in his thinking. A central topic of his turn to axiology is, of course, (...) the theme of a revaluation of all values.1 Surprisingly, this aspect of his thinking has received less attention than one would expect (and much less than many other aspects). Unfortunately, this has .. (shrink)

The first part of the book investigates Nietzsche's knowledge and understanding of specific disciplines and the influence of particular scientists on Nietzsche ...