Inspired by the ancient and medieval genre, A Nietzschean Bestiarygathersessays treating the most vivid and lively animal images in one ofthephilosophic tradition's greatest bodies of work. Leading scholarstreatspecific animals--such as the prowling beast of prey, Zarathustra'slaughinglions, and the notorious blond beast--to ingeniously reveal howthesecreatures play a prominent role in the development ofNietzsche'sphilosophy. Numerous essays explore the nature of human animality andourrelations to other animals. Contributors shed new light onNietzsche'sconception of power, freedom, and meaning. Research tools,includingdiscussions of Nietzsche's influence on importanttwentieth-centuryphilosophers and the most extensive index of animal referencesinNietzsche's corpus, make this an essential volume for scholars andstudentsalike.