The Philosophy of Nietzsche (Continental European Philosophy)
Rex Welson
Language: English
Pages: 240
ISBN: 2:00351110
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
This important new introduction to Nietzsche's philosophical work provides readers with an excellent framework for understanding the central concerns of his philosophical and cultural writings. It shows how Nietzsche's ideas have had a profound influence on European philosophy and why, in recent years, Nietzsche scholarship has become the battleground for debates between the analytic and continental traditions over philosophical method. The book is divided into three parts. In the first part, the author discusses morality, religion and nihilism to show why Nietzsche rejects certain components of the Western philosophical and religious traditions as well as the implications of this rejection. In the second part, the author explores Nietzsche's ambivalent and sophisticated reflections on some of philosophy's biggest questions. These include his criticisms of metaphysics, his analysis of truth and knowledge, and his reflections on the self and consciousness. In the final section, Welshon discusses some of the ways in which Nietzsche transcends, or is thought to transcend, the Western philosophical tradition, with chapters on the will to power, politics, and the flourishing life.
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he got lost? Asked one. Did he lose his way like a child? Asked another. Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? Emigrated? Thus they yelled and laughed. The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. Whither is God? he cried; I will tell you. We have killed him you and I. All of us are his murderers. . . . God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. (GS 125) What sets us apart is not that we recognize no God, either in history or in
participation in religions is low; moral standards are falling; relativism is rampant; science is predominant; and the list could go on. But, in the end, citing evidence for nihilism is unhelpful, for Nietzsches nihilism is the result of philosophical reflection on the conceptual bases of culture. Let us then explain those reflections. Nihilism can be regional or global, and where it is regional it often goes under other names. Epistemological nihilists, for instance, are also known as
and typeset in Classical Garamond by Kate Williams, Swansea. For my parents, Donald and Eleanor, and my brothers, Douglas and Lawrence This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknoweldgements Abbreviations ix xi Introduction 1 1 Morality 15 2 Religion 37 3 Nihilism 57 4 Metaphysics 75 5 Truth 97 6 Logic and epistemology 115 7 Psychology 135 8 The will to power 157 9 Life, virtue, politics 189 Guide to further reading Index 213 221 vii This page intentionally
we slide into as we mature or those we adopt when we put on our professional blinkers. Like most other philosophers, Nietzsche enjoins us to study hard and to be disciplined in our thinking. Unlike most other philosophers, he makes these recommendations not because he wants us to become narrow-minded experts who intimidate others with our expertise, but because he wants us to recognize the ineliminable plurality of perspectives on most topics. He may admit that there are some statements that are
contradiction (UM III 6); for distinction (D 113); for beauty (WP 800); for pride, joy, health, love of the sexes, enmity and war, beautiful gestures and manners, 146 P S Y C H O LOG Y strong will, high spirituality, discipline, gratitude to the earth and life, beneficence and transfiguration (WP 1033); for compassion, anger and revenge (WP 929); for magnanimity and heroism (WP 388); for decadence (WP 401); for the herd (GS 50); for weakness (GS 347); for hatred, envy and covetousness, (BGE
