An enormous amount of intellectual terrain...

Michael T. Jones, University of Kentucky, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

McCarthy has undertaken an enterprise of enormous scope and considerable interest. One of the virtues of his study is its cross-disciplinary approach. There is no postmodern critical gimmickry nor wild free-associationism. His approach is solid, clear, and heavily researched. He is obviously conversant with the major (and minor) figures who influenced Nietzsche and familiar, as well, with the work of the key interpreters of Nietzsche. In addition, there is the extensive and rather Teutonic critical apparatus of endnotes... This collection is a challenging introduction or a refreshing reminder of what existentialism is onto.

L. Howey, University of Wyoming, Albert E. Gunn and Staff

George McCarthy's latest work is ambitious . . .

Jonathan Sheehan, University of California, H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online

McCarthy has undertaken an enterprise of enormous scope and considerable interest. One of the virtues of his study is its cross-disciplinary approach.

There is no postmodern critical gimmickry nor wild free-associationism. His approach is solid, clear, and heavily researched. He is obviously conversant with the major (and minor) figures who influenced Nietzsche and familiar, as well, with the work of the key interpreters of Nietzsche.

In addition, there is the extensive and rather Teutonic critical apparatus of endnotes...

This collection is a challenging introduction or a refreshing reminder of what existentialism is onto.

L. Howey, University of Wyoming, Albert E. Gunn and Staff