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The first focused study of Nietzsche's Dawn, offering a close
reading of the text by two of the leading scholars on the
philosophy of Nietzsche Published in 1881, Dawn: Thoughts on the
Presumptions of Morality represents a significant moment in the
development of Nietzsche's philosophy and his break with German
philosophic thought. Though groundbreaking in many ways, Dawn
remains the least studied of Nietzsche's work. In Nietzsche's Dawn:
Philosophy, Ethics, and the Passion of Knowledge, authors Keith
Ansell-Pearson and Rebecca Bamford present a thorough treatment of
the second of Nietzsche's so-called "free spirit" trilogy. This
unique book explores Nietzsche's philosophy at the time of Dawn's
writing and discusses the modern relevance of themes such as fear,
superstition, terror, and moral and religious fanaticism. The
authors highlight Dawn's links with key areas of philosophical
inquiry, such as "the art of living well," skepticism, and
naturalism. The book begins by introducing Dawn and discussing how
to read Nietzsche, his literary and philosophical influences, his
relation to German philosophy, and his efforts to advance his "free
spirit" philosophy. Subsequent discussions address a wide range of
topics relevant to Dawn, including presumptions of customary
morality, hatred of the self, free-minded thinking, and embracing
science and the passion of knowledge. Providing a lively and
imaginative engagement with Nietzsche's text, this book: Highlights
the importance of an often-neglected text from Nietzsche's middle
writings Examines Nietzsche's campaign against customary morality
Discusses Nietzsche's responsiveness to key Enlightenment ideas
Offers insights on Nietzsche's philosophical practice and
influences Contextualizes a long-overlooked work by Nietzsche
within the philosopher's life of writing Like no other book on the
subject, Nietzsche's Dawn: Philosophy, Ethics, and the Passion of
Knowledge is a must-read for advanced undergraduate and graduate
students, instructors, and scholars in philosophy, as well as
general readers with interest in Nietzsche, particularly his middle
writings.
Henri Bergson (1859-1941) is one of the truly great philosophers of
the modernist period, and there is currently a major renaissance of
interest in his unduly neglected texts and ideas amongst
philosophers, literary theorists, and social theorists. Creative
Evolution (1907) is the text that made Bergson world-famous in his
own lifetime; in it Bergson responds to the challenge presented to
our habits of thought by modern evolutionary theory, and attempts
to show that the theory of knowledge must have its basis in a
theory of life.
Henri Bergson is one of the truly great philosophers of the
modernist period, and his work is undergoing a renaissance of
interest. This collection of his essays and lectures from the
period 1901-13, features ideas on life and consciousness, soul and
body, mind and brain that remain highly pertinent to contemporary
work in the philosophy of mind.
Henri Bergson (1859-1941) is one of the truly great philosophers of
the modernist period, and there is currently a major renaissance of
interest in his unduly neglected texts and ideas amongst
philosophers, literary theorists, and social theorists. Mind-Energy
is a collection of essays and lectures from the period 1901-13 and
has long been out of print. It features essays on life and
consciousness, soul and body, mind and brain, and on dreams, memory
and the phenomenon of false recognition; the insights Bergson
develops in them remain highly pertinent to contemporary work in
the philosophy of mind.
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Creative Evolution (Hardcover)
H Bergson; Edited by K. Ansell-Pearson, M. Kolkman, M. Vaughan
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Henri Bergson (1859-1941) is one of the truly great philosophers of
the modernist period, and there is currently a major renaissance of
interest in his unduly neglected texts and ideas amongst
philosophers, literary theorists, and social theorists.
"Creative Evolution" (1907) is the text that made Bergson
world-famous in his own lifetime; in it Bergson responds to the
challenge presented to our habits of thought by modern evolutionary
theory, and attempts to show that the theory of knowledge must have
its basis in a theory of life.
This volume aims to inspire a return to the energetics of
Nietzsche's prose and the critical intensity of his approach to
nihilism and to give back to the future its rightful futurity. The
book states that for too long contemporary thought has been
dominated by a depressed what is to be done?. All is regarded to be
in vain, nothing is deemed real, there is nothing new seen under
the sun. Such a postmodern lament is easily confounded with an
apathetic reluctance to think engagedly. Hence the contributors
draw on the variety of topical issues - the future of life, the
nature of life forms, the techno sciences, the body, religion - as
a way of tackling the question of nihilism's pertinence to us now.
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