Nietzsche's System

amibitious and important ... offering a comprehensive interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophical thinking as organized around the notion of "will to power" ... there can be little doubt that Richardson has done, with far greater philosophical skill and scholarly care, what earlier writers ... tried to do in their influential works on Nietzsche ... beautifully crafted systematic portrait of Nietzsche ... This "essence" of things is captured in Nietzsche's doctrine of will to power. Richardson's treatment of this theme is brilliant, the best in the literature ... substantial, scholarly.