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Beholding Nietzsche: Ecce Homo, Fate, And Freedom, Christa Davis Acampora
Beholding Nietzsche: Ecce Homo, Fate, And Freedom, Christa Davis Acampora
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That Ecce Homo, with its subtitle "How One Becomes What One is;' is Nietzsche's self-presentation of sorts seems rather easy to conclude. But why does Nietzsche do this? What is evident? What do we really learn from the work? Is it primarily a behind-the-scenes peek at Nietzsche's thought, the ideas that truly or actually motivated him? How complete is it as an autobiography, given that it seems devoted largely to his writings? To what extent can we put much stock in the account at all given that Nietzsche would slip into madness not long after the first draft was …