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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... suffering , at a time when the tradi- tional 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 ...
... suffering . One shortcoming , in particular , is common to all existing interpretations : none has yet been able to explain adequately why Nietzsche regards the affirmation of life as his defining philosophical achievement . The ...
... suffering and plea- sure , or the role of the concept of the eternal recurrence in the definition of the affirmation of life ) ? The ambition of this book is to offer an interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophical project that warrants ...
... suffering is an in- escapable feature of the human condition , and consequently why hap- piness , understood in hedonistic terms , is impossible . On this conception , human willing is structured in first - order desires , or desires ...
... suffering in terms of resistance to the sat- isfaction of our desires . Accordingly , the doctrine of the will to power radically alters our conception of the place and significance of suffering in human existence . Willing 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 |