Kierkegaard and Nietzsche on the Best Way of Life - A New Method of Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Thomas P. Miles is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Boston College, USA. He is a Fulbright scholar who holds degrees in philosophy from Yale University, Cambridge University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has published numerous articles on Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, as well as Wittgenstein, Hume, and Dante. Klappentext Kierkegaard and Nietzsche revive an ancient approach to ethics that evaluates different ways of life considered as a whole. Comparing and contrasting their respective ideals of faith and individual sovereignty, this work reveals a valuable new path for contemporary ethics. Zusammenfassung Kierkegaard and Nietzsche revive an ancient approach to ethics that evaluates different ways of life considered as a whole. Comparing and contrasting their respective ideals of faith and individual sovereignty! this work reveals a valuable new path for contemporary ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviation of Titles Introduction 1. Kierkegaard's Ways of Life 2. Nietzsche's Ways of Life 3. Kierkegaard on Internal Collapse as Despair 4. Nietzsche on Internal Collapse as Nihilism 5. Contrasting Kierkegaard and Nietzsche 6. Comparing Kierkegaard and Nietzsche 7. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Abbreviation of Titles Introduction 1. Kierkegaard's Ways of Life 2. Nietzsche's Ways of Life 3. Kierkegaard on Internal Collapse as Despair 4. Nietzsche on Internal Collapse as Nihilism 5. Contrasting Kierkegaard and Nietzsche 6. Comparing Kierkegaard and Nietzsche 7. Conclusions Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: T. Miles, Thomas Miles, Thomas P Miles, Thomas P. Miles
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781349453757
• ISBN: 978-1-349-45375-7
• No. of pages: 311
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; B, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, History of Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, History of philosophy, philosophical traditions, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Philosophy and social sciences, Philosophy: logic, ethics;Friedrich Nietzsche;Kierkegaard