In his notes Nietzsche refers to The Struggle between Science and Wisdom exhibited in the ancient Greek philosophers. Nietzsches own view about science (learning) was to the effect that, at its best, it should be greatly respected yet always tested by the demands of personal wisdom. Keith May considers the meaning and implications of Nietzsches belief in relation to philosophy up to the time of Aristotle, and then its bearing on modern (essentially nihilistic) attitudes, to which it supplies something of an antidote.