Overview

This collection brings together in translation the finest postwar German-language scholarship on Nietzsche's philosophy, ranging over his concept of irony, his thoughts on music, his relation to the pre-Socratics, his concept of truth, and numerous other topics. Many of the essays appear in English here for the first time, and all are newly translated for the volume.

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Author:   Otfried Höffe
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.504kg
ISBN:  

9781108719087

ISBN 10:   1108719082
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   10 November 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Otfried Höffe; Part I. The Aesthetic Dimension: 1. Nietzsche's conception of irony Ernst Behler; 2. Nietzsche, philosopher of music Richard Klein; 3. Artistic metaphysics: on Nietzsche's early program for an aesthetic justification of the world Volker Gerhardt; 4. 'The three metamorphoses': a genealogy of the spirit Annemarie Pieper; Part II. Philosophical Themes: 5. Nietzsche's invention of the pre-Socratics Tilman Borsche; 6. Nietzsche's stance toward ancient and modern enlightenment Henning Ottmann; 7. 'An animal that may make promises' Otfried Höffe; Part III. Power and Truth: 8. Nietzsche's doctrine of the will to power Wolfgang Müller-Lauter; 9. Nietzsche on the sovereignty of perspectival reason in philosophy Friedrich Kaulbach; 10. On the question of dialectics in Nietzsche's epistemology Alfred Schmidt; 11. Nietzsche's concept of truth Rüdiger Bittner; Part IV. Religion and Religiosity: 12. The tremendous moment Jörg Salaquarda; 13. Nietzsche's critique of the reason of his life: on the interpretation of The Antichrist and Ecce Homo Werner Stegmaier.

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Otfried Höffe is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Tübingen and Director of the Research Centre for Political Philosophy.

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