Twilight of the Idols
"Twilight of the Idols" was written in just over a week, between 26 August and 3 September 1888, while Nietzsche was on holiday in Sils Maria. As Nietzsche's fame and popularity were spreading both inside and outside Germany, he felt that he needed a text that would serve as a short introduction to his work. . Nietzsche wrote about "Twilight" in a letter, “This style is my philosophy in a nutshell - radical to the point of criminality...”  (Diese Schrift ist meine Philosophie in nuce — radikal bis zum Verbrechen…)” Turin, 20 October 1888. To Georg Brandes. Originally titled "A Psychologist's Idleness", it was renamed "Twilight of the Idols or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer".