This book represents an attempt to approach Nietzsche's world of thought in the context of his existential issues. It incorporates not only Nietzsche's works but also his entire estate, his correspondence, and the perceptions of his contemporaries. Nietzsche always styled himself as enigmatic and profoundly hidden, someone whom no one could trace. This finding can be further complemented by another dimension: he was also hidden from himself, a torn individual who could not reconcile the two components of his existence. What he proclaimed and what he truly longed for stood in stark contrast to one another. In this exhausting struggle against himself, he exhausted his mental and physical energies until there was no other escape than to flee into the salvation of spiritual night. The untimeliness that he...