InhaltsangabeAcknowledgements. Introduction. List of Illustrations and Tables. 1. Background. 1.1 Life of Nietzsche. 1.2 19th Century Europe. 1.3 Romanticism and German Idealism. 1.4 Pessimism. 1.5 German Politics. 2. Explanation and Summary of Main Arguments. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Preface. 2.3 Part One: On the Prejudices of Philosophers. 2.4 Part Two: The Free Spirit. 2.5 Part Three: The Religious Nature. 2.6 Part Four: Maxims and Interludes. 2.7 Part Six: We Scholars. 2.8 Part Seven: Our Virtues. 2.9 Part Eight: Peoples and Fatherlands. 2.10 Part Nine: What is Noble?. 2.11 From High Mountains: Epode. 3.Critical Themes. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Reality Truth, and Philosophical Prejudice. 3.2.1 The Will to Truth. 3.2.2 Faith in Antithetical Values. 3.2.3 Distinction between Appearance and Reality. 3.2.4 Atomism. 3.2.5 Teleological Explanation. 3.2.6 Immediate Certainties. 3.2.7 Causa Sui. 3.2.8 Reification. 3.2.9 Nietzsche's Anti-Realism. 3.3 God, Religion, and the Saint. 3.3.1 The Question of God's Existence. 3.3.2 Religious Neurosis and the Saint. 3.3.3 Beyond Pessimism: the Übermensch the Eternal Return. 3.4 Morality, Ressentiment, and the Will to Power. 3.4.1 Ethical Naturalism. 3.4.2 A Natural History of Morality. 3.4.3 Ressentiment. 3.4.4 Will to power. Appendix A: Overview of Beyond Good and Evil. Glossary. Bibliography and Suggested Reading. Notes

Gareth Southwell taught at Swansea College of Further Education between 1998 and 2005, where he also developed online learning materials and educational websites. In his spare time, he developed PhilosophyOnline, the popular resource for both teachers and students. A graduate in English and Philosophy from Swansea University, Southwell is an assistant examiner for AQA, and is about to complete a PhD in philosophy. He also works as a freelance illustrator and has regularly published caricatures in The Philosophers' Magazine.

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