Philosophy and Truth

Philosophy and Truth offers the first English translation of six unpublished theoretical studies (sometimes referred to as Nietzsche’s Philosopher’s Book ) written just after the publication of The Birth of Tragedy and simultaneously with Untimely Meditations . In addition to the texts themselves, which probe epistemological problems on philosophy’s relation to art and culture, this book contains a lengthy introduction that provides the biographical and philological information necessary for understanding these often fragmentary texts. The introduction also includes a helpful discussion of Nietzsche’s early views concerning culture, knowledge, philosophy, and the Greeks.