Ronald Lehrer is a psychotherapist at the Midwood Psychotherapy Center and a Lecturer in the School of Education at Brooklyn College.

"...a gold mine of wonderful information about both Nietzsche and Freud and there is a great deal of it that is original—not to be seen elsewhere...brings together some extremely important material...material I have never seen assembled in such a comprehensive manner...an excellent piece of scholarship." — Irvin Yalom, author of When Nietzsche Wept"Freud may have been less than candid about the influence of Nietzsche and the evidence that Lehrer presents raises serious questions about it...the author does create some doubt about Freud's denial of such influence...the author does make a good case to prove his point and it is one that is long overdue...I would expect a reasonable number of the sophisticated readership to buy it." — Emanuel Rice, author of Freud and Moses

• A Note on Sources and Citations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: 1872-1900 1. The University Years 2. Nietzsche's Early Writings 3. 1878-1884 4. The Mid-1880s through the Mid-1890s 5. The Late 1890s: The Period of Self-Analysis and The Interpretation of Dreams 6. "Non Vixit" Part II: 1900-1939 7. Meetings of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society 8. Jung, Andreas-Salomé, and Totem and Taboo 9. "On Narcissism" and "Instincts and Their Vicissitudes" 10. The Pale Criminal 11. Beyond the Pleasure Principle 12. 1921-1931: An Overview 13. Woman, Truth and Perspectivism 14. Nietzsche, Lipps and the Unconscious of Philosophers 15. Moses and Monotheism 16. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index