Nietzsche, the Aristocratic RebelPerhaps no philosopher is more of a conundrum than Nietzsche, the solitary rebel, poet, wayfarer, anti revolutionary Aufklrer, and theorist of aristocratic radicalism. His accusers identify in his 'superman' the origins of Nazism, and thus issue an irrevocable condemnation; his defenders pursue a hermeneutics of innocence founded ultimately in allegory. In a work widely regarded as the most important contribution to Nietzschean studies in recent