Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is

Ecce Homo is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. It is the summation of an extraordinary philosophical career a last great testament to Nietzsche's will. Within this work Nietzsche is self-consciously striving to present a new image of the philosopher and of himself for example a philosopher who is not an Alexandrian academic nor an Apollonian sage but Dionysian. He reaches final reckonings with his many enemies - Richard Wagner German nationalism 'modern men' in general - and above all Christianity. Regarded as one of the most profound German philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is popularly considered a cultural critic and philologist whose work exerted a scholarly influence on modern intellectual history. His intellectual works focus on widespread themes such as religion morality philosophy and science. Prominent elements of his philosophy include his radical critique of truth a genealogical criticism of religion and Christian morality. His body of work touched a wide range of topics including art philology history music tragedy and culture most of which drew inspiration from Greek tragedy.