The twilight of the idols and the anti-christ: or how to philosophize with a hammer, paperback/friedrich nietzsche

One must be superior to mankind in force, in loftiness of soul--in contempt In these two devastating works, Nietzsche offers a sustained and often vitriolic attack on the morality and the beliefs of his time, in particular those of Hegel, Kant and Schopenhaur.

Twilight of the Idols is a grand declaration of war on reason, psychology and theology that combines highly charged personal attacks on his contemporaries with a lightning tour of his own philosophy.

It also paves the way for The Anti-Christ , Nietzches final assault on institutional Christianity, in which he identifies himself with the Dionysian artist and confronts Christ; the only opponent he feels worthy of him.

In his introduction Michael Tanner discussed the themes of Nietzches argument and places the works in their historical and philosophical context.