Nietzsche: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

Nietzsche and Schopenhauer

Nietzsche was deeply influenced by Schopenhauer although he downplayed and even concealed (whether consciously or unconsciously) this influence. In Nietzsche's writings, there are more references to Schopenhauer than to any other philosopher. And since "Nietzsche often simply appropriates Schopenhauer's concepts and categories without much explanation...the reader who is unacquainted with Schopenhauer will be at a loss to understand why a certain connection was made, or how one step follows on from the previous one." ²⁷ For example, Nietzsche's ideas of the Apollonian and the Dionysian in the Birth of Tragedy are largely based upon Schopenhauer's distinction between representation and will.  

Janaway, Christopher, ed.  Willing and Nothingness: Schopenhauer as Nietzsche’s Educator.  (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1998).  JFE 99-2530

This collection of essays explores the influence of Schopenhauer on Nietzsche’s thought.

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27. Martha C. Nussbaum. “Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Dionysus,” in The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer, ed. Christopher Janaway. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999) 345.