Reading NietzscheRobert C. Solomon, Kathleen Marie Higgins Addressing the issue of how to read Nietzsche, this book presents an accessible series of essays for students and general readers on Nietzsche's individual works, written by such distinguished Nietzsche scholars as Frithjof Bergmann, Arthur Danto, Bernd Magnus, Christopher Middleton, Eric Blondel, Lars Gustaffson, Alexander Nehamas, Richard Schacht, Gary Shapiro, Hugh Silverman, and Ivan Soll. Among the works discussed are On the Genealogy of Morals, Beyond Good and Evil, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Twilight of the Idols and The Will to Power. |
Contents
Reading Nietzsche | 3 |
The Genealogy of Morals | 13 |
Nietzsches Critique of Morality | 29 |
A Reading of Beyond Good and Evil | 46 |
Nietzsches Gay Science Or How to Naturalize Cheerfully | 68 |
Nietzsches Letters and a Poem | 87 |
Reconsiderations of Nietzsches Birth of Tragedy | 104 |
Reading Zarathustra | 132 |
Twilight of the Idols | 152 |
Dr Nietzsches Office Hours Are Between 10 and 12 AM | 182 |
Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality | 186 |
The Antichrist and the Semiotics of History | 192 |
The Use and Abuse of The Will to Power | 218 |
Common terms and phrases
Antichrist aphorism appear argue argument Arthur Danto ascetic ideal basic become believe Birth of Tragedy called character Christianity claim codes concept concerning contrast critical culture Danto Derrida Dionysian distinction Ecce Homo edition essay eternal recurrence evaluation Evil example Friedrich Nietzsche Gay Science Genealogy of Morals genuine philosophers goal Greek higher humanity idea Idols important individual interpretation Jesus kind language least literary lives lumpers Macht matters meaning metaphysics modality Nachlass narrative narrator nature Nietzsche contra Wagner Nietzsche's writings notion one's overman pain parody perhaps perspective perspectivism pessimism pessimistic description Plato possible problem published question reader Reading Nietzsche reason reject Renan ressentiment Richard Schacht Schacht Schopenhauer Schopenhauer's seems semiotic sense Socrates sort speaks spirit Spoke Zarathustra striving style suffering suggest theory things thought tradition tragic truth Twilight übermensch ultimate values Wagner weak