Abstract

There are few men in the history of modern thought who have been so much known and yet so little understood as Frederick Nietzche. He has been quoted, by both friends and enemies, in many countries, on both sides of the Atlantic. Much has been put into his words, by both ardent friends and bitter opponents that Nietzche never meant. In fact, something very extraordinary happened in his case: his most devoted disciples have, in their zeal for the propagation of their master's teaching distorted the face of their master's teaching as greatly as have his enemies. [...]