Western philosophy is part of modern philosophy is disputed. The term "modern philosophy" has multiple usages. For example, Thomas Hobbes is sometimes considered the first modern philosopher because he applied a systematic method to political philosophy. By contrast, René Descartes is often considered the first modern philosopher because he grounded his philosophy in problems of "knowledge", rather than problems of metaphysics. Modern philosophy and especially Enlightenment philosophy is distinguished by its increasing independence from traditional authorities such as the Church, academia, and Aristotelianism; a new focus on the foundations of knowledge and metaphysical system-building; and the emergence of modern physics out of
Nietzsche and Philosophy philosopher Hans Sluga identifies "Nietzsche and Philosophy" as a possible influence on the philosopher Michel Foucault: he suggests that the work helped Foucault to discover Nietzsche as a "genealogical thinker, the philosopher of the will to power." Che-ming Yang describes "Nietzsche and Philosophy" as "one of Deleuze's masterpieces which highlights that the reading of Nietzsche is central to his own philosophical project". Axel Pérez Trujillo discussed the book in "Estudios Nietzsche: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Estudios sobre Friedrich Nietzsche". Nietzsche and Philosophy Nietzsche and Philosophy () is a 1962 book about Friedrich Nietzsche by the philosopher Gilles Deleuze,