Nietzsche Author:Crane Brinton "...it is fortunately free of that sacerdotal solemnity with which the subject is commonly approached. Indeed, it is written with such brilliance and skill that it will be well not to overlook the soberness and force of conviction on which its argument is based. It is , admittedly, 'the report of an unbeliever'; but even though Mr. Brinton's int... more »ellectual preferences do not lie within the area of Nietzsche's thought, he succeeds neverthe less in establishing a picture of Neitzsche, which in line with the common contemporary approach, emphasizes not so much the systematic philosopher as rather the politique et moralist.'"« less