The Affirmation of Life Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism

Most recent studies of Nietzsche's works have lost sight of the fundamental question of the meaning of a life of inescapable suffering, but Reginster brings it sharply into focus. He identifies overcoming nihilism as a central objective of Nietzsche's philosophical project, and shows how t...

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Main Author Reginster, Bernard
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Harvard University Press 2006
Edition1
Subjects
Ethics
Life
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm,-1844-1900
Nihilism
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Summary:Most recent studies of Nietzsche's works have lost sight of the fundamental question of the meaning of a life of inescapable suffering, but Reginster brings it sharply into focus. He identifies overcoming nihilism as a central objective of Nietzsche's philosophical project, and shows how this concern systematically animates all of his major ideas.
ISBN:9780674030640
0674030648
DOI:10.4159/9780674042643