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This important new introduction to Nietzsche's philosophical work
provides readers with an excellent framework for understanding the
central concerns of his philosophical and cultural writings. It
shows how Nietzsche's ideas have had a profound influence on
European philosophy and why, in recent years, Nietzsche scholarship
has become the battleground for debates between the analytic and
continental traditions over philosophical method. The book is
divided into three parts. In the first part, the author discusses
morality, religion and nihilism to show why Nietzsche rejects
certain components of the Western philosophical and religious
traditions as well as the implications of this rejection. In the
second part, the author explores Nietzsche's ambivalent and
sophisticated reflections on some of philosophy's biggest
questions. These include his criticisms of metaphysics, his
analysis of truth and knowledge, and his reflections on the self
and consciousness. In the final section, Welshon discusses some of
the ways in which Nietzsche transcends, or is thought to transcend,
the Western philosophical tradition, with chapters on the will to
power, politics, and the flourishing life.
This important new introduction to Nietzsche's philosophical work
provides readers with an excellent framework for understanding the
central concerns of his philosophical and cultural writings. It
shows how Nietzsche's ideas have had a profound influence on
European philosophy and why, in recent years, Nietzsche scholarship
has become the battleground for debates between the analytic and
continental traditions over philosophical method. The book is
divided into three parts. In the first part, the author discusses
morality, religion and nihilism to show why Nietzsche rejects
certain components of the Western philosophical and religious
traditions as well as the implications of this rejection. In the
second part, the author explores Nietzsche's ambivalent and
sophisticated reflections on some of philosophy's biggest
questions. These include his criticisms of metaphysics, his
analysis of truth and knowledge, and his reflections on the self
and consciousness. In the final section, Welshon discusses some of
the ways in which Nietzsche transcends, or is thought to transcend,
the Western philosophical tradition, with chapters on the will to
power, politics, and the flourishing life.
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