‘Nietzsche in Italy’ Review: A Wanderer and His Shadow

For every reader a different Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). To many, the German philosopher is a grim prophet of an amoral world in which the strong have license to triumph over the weak, while others see an uncompromising champion of human creativity who aimed to turn our sufferings into sources of strength. Detractors view his declaration that God is dead as a glib provocation, while devotees see an exhilarating challenge to create meaning anew in the absence of the old precepts.