Very cool cover.

Is it just me, or is reading Nietzsche like reading an impudent, bratty Immanuel Kant?

HEY T

I must admit, I haven't read this book. Just a little familiar with the overall theme. I've always thought the title was brilliant in its audacity and epic scope.

Hey T, nice one. I've often wondered how miserable Nietzsche made his Mom's life.

One could say that John has found his Nietzsche in life.

Nietzsche was a well behaved child. After his father and little brother died when he was five, he was very serious and loved his mother and sister very much. If you look at the misery that he lived with through out his life his polemical (impudent) style is no surprise. Philosophically there can be no doubt that he is the rebellious little brother of Kant, just keep in mind that there would be no place for an Ayn Rand without him. As for the book cover, I say it is brilliant. The Christian blindfold and the discrete leash with which the man in the box is being led leaves the taste of superiority on the palette of the potential reader. The image is antithetical to the message of the book, to be free of the constraints of "slave morality" and to think for yourself, i.e. outside of the box. This is clearly the point. To a population that values personal freedom, blind folds and leashes are to be reviled as much as shackles and whips. To make it more poignant to a contemporary readership I might replace the Cross with the CNN logo. Great work John!!

Hey Culinarian

Thanks for the insightful input. I believe your post suggests Nietzsche deserves to be more familiar to those of us who value freedom of thought.

"This is my way; what is yours?" -Zarathustra (End of the chapter "On the Spirit of Gravity" in part III of Thus Spake Zarathustra written by Nietzsche)

To reinforce my point about Rand: She says in the beginning of The Virtue of Selfishness that life is the standard upon which all actions should be judged. In Part One, Article 4 of Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche states, "The question is to what extent it is life-promoting, life preserving, species-preserving, perhaps even species-cultivating." in reference to the value of truth. Nietzsche is saying not only actions but ideas/beliefs should be judged on their life-value, not necessarily their truth-value.