This is a comprehensive, elegant, and meticulous study of Nietzsche's attempt to challenge and supersede Plato's profound legacy. Mark Anderson's ambitious goal, which is both personal and scholarly, is to explore the creative artistry that binds these two thinkers together in an eternal and unresolved struggle. I think he succeeds to a remarkable degree.

Paul Loeb, Professor of Philosophy, University of Puget Sound, USA.

According to Nietzsche, a philosophical system can be “refuted and dead, but the person behind it is irrefutable, the person aways remains immortal - for instance, Plato.” Mark Anderson's study of how Nietzsche reacts and responds to the irrefutable Plato can be recommended to philosophers, classicsts, and intellectual historians alike. It will be welcomed by anyone interested in the filiation of ideas who is prepared to think afresh about the real aims of Nietzsche's project.

Paul Bishop, William Jacks Chair in Modern Languages, University of Glasgow, UK

This excellent and intriguing book should be recommended not only to anyone interested in Plato and Nietzsche, but also to anyone interested in philosophy.

The Classical Review

Written with knowledge, wit, skill and profound love for philosophy as a way of life, this beautiful introduction to the intellectual adventures of Plato and Nietzsche is also an authentic philosophical achievement on its own right.

Niketas Siniossoglou, author of "Radical Platonism in Byzantium: Illumination and Utopia in Gemistos Plethon"

Nietzsche saw Plato as his chief philosophical rival, but the relationship between their thought proved to be far more complicated than one of simple opposition. This is the first book devoted to this complex relationship. With scholarly rigor, lively writing, and equal appreciation of each philosopher, Anderson cuts a new path for those interested in either.

Patrick Lee Miller, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Duquesne University, USA

Writing incisively and with disarming modesty and sincerity, Anderson engages the reader in imaginary, inward conversations with Plato, Nietzsche and himself. As befits the peripatetic tradition of philosophy, one is transported now to ancient Athens, now to nineteenth century Alpine Sils-Maria.

Dr. Eva Cybulska, Independent Scholar