unionmack's review
4.0
Another insightful and incisive volume by this hammerhead philosopher. This one really cemented for me that the picture of Nietzsche as a morose, despondent, and nihilistic philosopher is a caricature. He can be read that way, but I think it ignores just how dedicated he is to affirming life in all its shades and colors. He builds a great case here that one of the main things keeping human beings in darkness is their relentless need to categorize and moralize any given circumstance, internal urge, or external force. To see the dawn is to take that pressure off oneself and, not just admit, but celebrate the messy contradictions and paradoxes of the human condition and the world in general. It's an existentialist message conveyed exuberantly; what's not to like?
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