Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. The Leo Strauss Transcript Project vii
4. Editor’s Introduction xi
5. Editorial Headnote xix
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. Restoring Nature as Ethical Principle 16
8. 3. The Creative Self 33
9. 4. The True Individual as the Highest Goal 49
10. 5. Postulated Nature and Final Truth 67
11. 6. Truth, Interpretation, and Intelligibility 77
12. 7. Will to Power and Self- Overcoming 103
13. 8. Summary and Review 126
14. 9. Greek Philosophy and the Bible; Nature and History 142
15. 10. Eternal Recurrence Zarathustra, Part 2, 21; Part 3, 1– 13 152
16. 11. Survey 172
17. 12. The Goodness of the Whole, Socratic and Heideggerian Critiques 185
18. 13. Creative Contemplation 205
19. 14. Restoring the Sacred and the Final Question 229
20. Notes 253
21. Index 267