Gilles Deleuze's Nietzsche and Philosophy

Since the pandemic began, I’ve dedicated much of my reading to slowly going through the works of Nietzsche, plus occasionally taking in an academic text on his philosophy along the way. Of the latter, no other book has had a more eye-opening impact on my understanding of the German philosopher than Gilles Deleuze’s Nietzsche and Philosophy. What Deleuze offers is in no way the usual summation of Nietzsche’s key concepts typically found in books aimed at either lay readers like myself or undergraduate students. Instead, Deleuze offers a unique and exciting interpretation that is equal parts Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Deleuze’s own brand of philosophy. I wish to focus here on one aspect of Deleuze’s book and that is his interpretation of the eternal return.