Twilight of the Idols

Nietzsche intended Twilight of the Idols to serve as a short introduction to the whole of his philosophy, and to be the most synoptic of all his books. A masterpiece of polemic, this `great declaration of war'' targets not only `eternal idols'' like Socratic rationality and Christian morality but also their contemporary counterparts, as Nietzsche the `untimely man'' goes roaming in the gloaming of nineteenth-century European culture. This brilliant new translation is supplemented by a detailed commentary on one of Neitzsche''s most condensed works.