nietzsche it's about as, so every reading of nietzsche, not listening whether clarence darrow or walter kaufmann who comes so important to redeeming each after world war ii or need or rather alan bloom are getting him right or wrong. i don't think that's the question for historians to ask. on nietzsche listen to what they had to say about nietzsche, to listen to seek what that tells us about american intellectual life in that particular moments, so the book is actually not about nietzsche. it's about as and our intellectual life and our coming to our own ideas about truth come about democracy, about christianity, bow god by way of nietzsche, but i'm dodging the question. >> host: has he, in your view, but a positive influence in american political and cultural life? >> guest: you know, never been asked that question. i think he's a necessary influence. i think he is right, i mean, i think there is a lot of duncan and what he says and grandstanding, but you clearly some of that gunk and the ideas come i think, are ideas that we had to come to terms with, which is again, to just repeat what i said