ABSTRACT
Nietzsche both exemplifies and argues for a life animated by philosophy and a philosophy animated by life. In doing so, he makes us question some of our most fundamental values, notably the value of truth and the value of compassion. He disrupts the complacent narrative, fostered since the Enlightenment, that lauds we moderns as the courageous heirs to the unfolding of reason and the rejection of religious authority and superstitions. Rather, he figures us, largely, as journeymen on the road toward nihilism.
