Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ

'One must be superior to mankind in force in loftiness of soul--in contempt'<p>In these two devastating works Nietzsche offers a sustained and often vitriolic attack on the morality and the beliefs of his time in particular those of Hegel Kant and Schopenhaur. <b>Twilight of the Idols</b> is a 'grand declaration of war' on reason psychology and theology that combines highly charged personal attacks on his contemporaries with a lightning tour of his own philosophy. It also paves the way for <b>The Anti-Christ</b> Nietzche's final assault on institutional Christianity in which he identifies himself with the 'Dionysian' artist and confronts Christ; the only opponent he feels worthy of him.</p><p>In his introduction Michael Tanner discussed the themes of Nietzche's argument and places the works in their historical and philosophical context.</p>