In late 1888 only weeks before his final collapse into madness Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography and Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of the genre ever written. In this extraordinary work Nietzsche traces his life work and development as a philosopher examines the heroes he has identified with struggled against and then overcome - Schopenhauer Wagner Socrates Christ - and predicts the cataclysmic impact of his 'forthcoming revelation of all values'. Both self-celebrating and self-mocking penetrating and strange Ecce Homo gives the final definitive expression to Nietzsche's main beliefs and is in every way his last testament.