弗裏德裏希·尼采（Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900），19世紀德國哲學傢，唯意誌論和生命哲學主要代錶之一，被認為是世界最偉大的思想傢之一。

早年在波恩大學和萊比锡大學學習，獲博士學位。不到25歲就被聘為瑞士巴塞爾大學的古典語文學副教授，並在一年以後成為正教授。一生著述頗豐，如《悲劇的誕生》、《查拉圖斯特拉如是說》、《善惡的彼岸》、《強力意誌》等，對20世紀的思想界産生重大影響。1889年初，在意大利的都靈街頭摔倒，就此精神錯亂，於11年後在德國的魏瑪去世。

"Offers dazzling observations of human psychology, social interaction, esthetics, and religion. The book is one of the best examples of Nietzsche's ability to unmask the essence of social reality and expose the origins of our illustrations". ("New York Times Book Review"). "An excellent [translation] - accurate, lively, and in places even elegant. Here his style as an epigrammist comes to full bloom. This book is not just for Nietzsche students and buffs; perceptive and intelligent readers of all sorts can relate to his unencumbered and oft acerbic analysis". ("Choice"). This English translation - the first since 1909 - restores "Human, All Too Human" to its proper central position in the Nietzsche canon. First published in 1878, the book marks the philosophical coming of age of Friedrich Nietzsche. In it he rejects the romanticism of his early work, influenced by Wagner and Schopenhauer, and looks to enlightened reason and science. The "Free Spirit" enters, untrammeled by all accepted conventions, a precursor of Zarathustra. The result is 638 stunning aphorisms about everything under and above the sun. Introducing this "New Bison" Books edition is Arthur C. Danto, Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University and the author of many books, including "Nietzsche as Philosopher".