Russell's opinions of Nietzsche border on libel. I had a lot of respect for Russell until I read this book and discovered that he either misunderstood Nietzsche extremely badly for some reason (emotional response?), and/or felt no compunctions about deliberately lying about him.
That really woke me up to reading him more critically, at which point I discovered he is mostly just okay, and certainly not great. He is trapped in a peculiar anglo-pseudo-rationalist view and cannot see out of it.
That really woke me up to reading him more critically, at which point I discovered he is mostly just okay, and certainly not great. He is trapped in a peculiar anglo-pseudo-rationalist view and cannot see out of it.