During his late period Nietzsche is particularly concerned with the value that mankind
attributes to truth. In dealing with that topic Nietzsche is not primarly interested in the
metaphysical disputes on truth but rather in the effects that the will to truth has on the
human being. In fact he argues that the faith in a value as such of truth influenced Western
culture and started the anthropological degeneration of the human type that characterizes
European morality. To call into question the value of truth is therefore necessary if one
wants to help mankind to find her way in the labyrinth of nihilism. In this new addition to
Nietzsche scholarship Gori explores the origin and aim of the philosopher's late perspectival
thought by merging the theoretical with the historical approach with a special focus on the
epistemological debate that influenced Nietzsche. As a result the book provides a contextual
reading of the issue that supports the idea that Nietzsche's attitude in addressing the problem
of truth is in a broad sense pragmatic.
