This interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy examines his debt to Kant, in particular the three "Critiques". Nietzsche, Hill argues, knew Kant far better than is commonly thought, and can only be thoroughly understood in relation to his work.

Kevin Hill presents a highly original study of Nietzsche's thought, the first book to examine in detail his debt to the work of Kant. Hill argues that Nietzsche is a systematic philosopher who knew Kant far better than is commonly thought, and that he can only be properly understood in relation to him. Nietzsche's Critiques will be of great value to scholars and students with interests in either of these philosophical giants, or in the history of ideas generally.

Although some commentators consider Nietzsche sufficiently influenced by Kant to count him a neo-Kantian, the English literature on Nietzsche contains little information about what Nietzsche actually read of Kant's, much less a detailed study of Nietzsche's debt to Kant. Kevin Hill's book is a noteworthy attempt to fill in this gap in Nietzsche scholarship. Hill effectively counters the common view that Nietzsche neither read much Kant nor understood him very well, and that he arrived at his view of Kant largely through the distorting lens of Schopenhauer's philosophy. . . . Hill's book is to be recommended . . . for its provocative interpretation of Nietzsche's debt to Kant.