Nietzsche and the Greeks

Informationen zum Autor Dale Wilkerson teaches philosophy at the University of North Texas, Denton. Klappentext Dale Wilkerson's book shows how, like many of his contemporaries, Nietzsche looked to the Greeks in an attempt to alleviate Europe's woes. His work in this area resembles that of the cultural anthropologist who uncovers formal differences in social manners that might explain the development of humankind's most important instincts-those for carving out personal identity and for forging social unity. Nietzsche and the Greeks is a much needed guide to this fascinating subject matter. Zusammenfassung Nietzsche's work resembles that of the cultural anthropologist who uncovers formal differences in social manners that might explain the development of humankind's most important instincts. This book shows how, like many of his contemporaries, Nietzsche looked to the Greeks in an attempt to alleviate Europe's woes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: Classical Studies for the Benefit of a Time to Come. Chapter Two: Who Are Nietzsche's Greeks? Chapter Three: Skepticism, Pessimism, and the Exemplar of Greek Culture. Chapter Four: Formal Variations in Pre-Platonic Cosmologies and Nietzsche's Doctrine of Power. Chapter Five: Nietzsche's Leap on the Boundary Stone - Heraclitus. Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dale Wilkerson, WILKERSON DALE
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.06.2006
• EAN: 9780826489036
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8903-6
• Seiten: 192
• Serien: Continuum Studies in Philosoph; Continuum Studies in Philosoph; Continuum Studies in Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie; Germany, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Ancient Greece, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy