Nietzsche's Reading and Knowledge of Philosophy

Thomas H. Brobjer is a professor in the Department of History of Ideas at Uppsala University, Sweden. He has written several books on Nietzsche: Nietzsche’s Ethics of Character (1995), Nietzsche and the 'English': The Influence of British and American Thinking on His Philosophy (2008), Nietzsche's Philosophical Context: An Intellectual Biography (2008) and Nietzsche’s ‘Ecce Homo’ and the Revaluation of All Values (2021). He has also written a large number of articles on different aspects of Nietzsche’s thought and on influences on him, especially emphasizing Nietzsche’s reading and library. Together with Gregory Moore he is editor of Nietzsche and Science (2004). He is presently working on different aspects of the late Nietzsche’s thought and his books from 1888, as well as continuing studying many aspects of Nietzsche’s reading.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction 11. Nietzsche's Reading of and Relation to Classical German Philosophy 72. Nietzsche's Reading of and Relation to British Philosophy 273. Nietzsche's Reading of and Relation to French Philosophy 714. Nietzsche’s Reading of and Relation to Eastern Philosophy 1215. Nietzsche’s Reading of and Relation to Women Writers and Feminism 1596. Nietzsche's Reading of Journals of Philosophy 190-217