1. In the literature, Nietzsche" final stance on metaphysics and its relationship to will to power is a matter of debate and controversy. For many, indeed most, commentators, Nietzsche was the antimetaphysi-cian philosopher par exe eile nee, the one who could not contemplate pursuing a metaphysical line of thought without jeopardising his whole life" work. To support this judgement, such authors point to the vast number of aphorisms and notebook entries in which the middle and late Nietzsche lashed out at Plato, Christianity Kant and Schopenhauer. They highlight Nietzsche" pervasive contempt for ontological, ethical or epistemological foundational coneepts that could be in any way related to a "ue"ld beyond that of everyday experience.