By drawing from a wide-variety of works, including many letters Nietzsche wrote to Lou Salome and others, Kaufmann is able to paint a portrait which seems as true to the real Nietzsche as any to date.
Though his book is an excellent source for one to investigate certain concepts and explore other tenents, there is no substitute for reading Nietzsche firsthand. As Kaufmann suggests, the intrigued reader should most likely first pick up a copy of Ecce Homo (available from Penguin Books with an excellent translation from R.J. Hollingdale, a scholar who at times worked with Kaufmann).
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Ens. Ryan Smalley
United States Navy
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