‘The greatest book of philosophy I have ever read, on a par with Nietzsche himself.’ –Michel Foucault

Pierre Klossowski (1905-2001) is the author of numerous philosophical works, as well as several novels. He published many translations of German poets and philosophers, including Nietzsche himself.

Recognized as a masterpiece of Nietzsche scholarship, Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle emphasises and explores the notion of Eternal Return – central to an understanding of Nietzsche’s self-denial, self-refutation and self-consumption.