He was, it is commonly ballyhooed and not uncommonly admitted, a great writer. His stylistic peculiarities may make him harder to understand than, say, G.E. Moore, but let’s remember: he was not writing for the usual philosophical (or almost any other) audience. He was trying to get his readers to think. And he asserted his notions in multiple ways.

The biggest trouble with reading Nietzsche is that too many readers exhibit this propensity to want to agree with Nietzsche, even when Nietzsche offers very little good reason to agree. The tendency to treat him as a prophet WHO MUST BE RIGHT rather than a provocateur to be admired even when wrong, has led to all sorts of trouble.