The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming NihilismAmong all the great thinkers of the past two hundred years, Nietzsche continues to occupy a special place--not only for a broad range of academics but also for members of a wider public, who find some of their most pressing existential concerns addressed in his works. Central among these concerns is the question of the meaning of a life characterized by inescapable suffering, at a time when the traditional responses inspired by Christianity are increasingly losing their credibility. While most recent studies of Nietzsche's works have lost sight of this fundamental issue, Bernard Reginster's book The Affirmation of Life brings it sharply into focus. |
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... ideal Nietzsche calls the " affirmation of life , " whereas " the Crucified , " an expression that traditionally refers to the Pauli- nian conception of Christ , represents the opposite ideal of Introduction.
Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism Bernard Reginster. nian conception of Christ , represents the opposite ideal of negation of life . The strategically significant location of these words unequivocally suggests , in my view , that ...
... ideal of the affirmation of life : it is the " highest formula of affirmation that is at all attainable " ( EH , III 1 ) . Yet , for all its importance , the idea of the eternal recurrence is one of the most difficult Introduction ยท 13.
... ideal of affirmation of life . In what I call its theoretical role , the eternal recurrence directly denotes , or indirectly helps to bring out , a particular property of the life to be affirmed . The affirmation of life is a demanding ...
... ideal . The chapter therefore offers an analysis of Nietzsche's appropriation of this figure , as well as of the " tragic wisdom " it is supposed to incarnate . The analysis of Dionysian wisdom , it turns out , is an exposition of the ...
Contents
Nihilism | 21 |
Overcoming Disorientation | 54 |
The Will to Power | 103 |
Overcoming Despair | 148 |
The Eternal Recurrence | 201 |
Dionysian Wisdom | 228 |
Notes | 271 |
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The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on overcoming nihilism Bernard REGINSTER,Bernard Reginster Limited preview - 2009 |
The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism Bernard Reginster No preview available - 2009 |