What did Nietzsche think of Aristotle and his philosophy?
Nietzsche had read both Homer and Aristotle extensively with references to what Nietzsche read and may have read from their works. As for Nietzsche’s ad hominem statements about Aristotle and Homer, there are only very few of these, and they are mostly praise. And Nietzsche has some differences and some similarities with Aristotle. Nietzsche does not accept Aristotle’s view of virtue, his teleological assumptions, and his emphasis on reason; they do share, however, an aristocratic and naturalistic ethics where free will is unimportant and virtue/excellence plays a primary role, and they both deny the body/soul division. In relation to Homer, on the other hand, only the similarities are listed: they are both immoralists; the good and the bad belong together; great men are skeptics; misdeeds of mortals are foolishness, not sin; happiness and suffering belong together; and there is less emphasis on reason and consciousness. This brief comparative study allows Brobjer to rightly conclude t
