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Nietzsche's Aphoristic Challenge (Hardcover)
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Nietzsche's Aphoristic Challenge (Hardcover)
Series: Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-forschung
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The "aphoristic form causes difficulty," Nietzsche argued in 1887,
for "today this form is not taken seriously enough." Nietzsche's
Aphoristic Challenge addresses this continued neglect by examining
the role of the aphorism in Nietzsche's writings, the generic
traditions in which he writes, the motivations behind his turn to
the aphorism, and the reasons for his sustained interest in the
form. This literary-philosophical study argues that while the
aphorism is the paradigmatic form for Nietzsche's writing, its
function shifts as his thought evolves. His turn to the aphorism in
Human, All Too Human arises not out of necessity, but from the new
freedoms of expression enabled by his critiques of language and his
emerging interest in natural science. Yet the model interpretation
of an aphorism Nietzsche offers years later in On the Genealogy of
Morals tells a different story, revealing more about how the mature
Nietzsche wants his earlier works read than how they were actually
written. This study argues nevertheless that consistencies emerge
in Nietzsche's understanding of the aphorism, and these, perhaps
counter-intuitively, are best understood in terms of excess.
Recognizing the changes and consistencies in Nietzsche's aphoristic
mode helps establish a context that enables the reader to navigate
the aphorism books and better answer the challenges they pose.
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