Nietzsche is one of the most read and written about philosophers of all time. Most philosophers and historians have treated Nietzsche as an isolated profound thinker. However, what is not well known is that he was an active and voracious reader, with wide interests and reading in many different fields. The adult Nietzsche mostly lived an isolated life, where reading became the most important intellectual stimulus for him. Reading books was an essential part of Nietzsche's manner of working.
My previous work, and that of others in this field, almost exclusively concentrates on Nietzsche’s philosophical reading and contexts. However, Nietzsche’s interests were much broader than what is conventionally regarded as philosophy, and his influence has been enormous also in other fields, such as music, art, classics and ancient history, literature, religion, psychology and many others.
Perhaps surprisingly, but as I have shown in my earlier research, it is possible to bring forth new relevant information about Nietzsche, one of the most studied of thinkers. By identifying and discussing his reading one is able to understand and place Nietzsche in a new and wider context – discussing new influences on and better understanding the questions and contexts to which much of his thought and philosophy attempted to respond and give answers.
I already have much of the information about his reading that I need, but need to complement it, and write together the analysis.