Ecce Homo

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In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche set out to compose his autobiography; Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of the genre ever written.

In this extraordinary work Nietzsche traces his life, work and development as a philosopher, examines the heroes he has identified with, struggled against and then overcome – Schopenhauer, Wagner, Socrates, Christ – and predicts the cataclysmic impact of his 'forthcoming revelation of all values'. Both self-celebrating and self-mocking, penetrating and strange, Ecce Homo gives the final, definitive expression to Nietzsche's main beliefs and is in every way his last testament.