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Vinod Acharya presents a new existential interpretation of
Nietzsche's philosophy. He contends that Nietzsche's peculiar form
of existentialism can be understood only by undertaking a thorough
analysis of his characterization and critique of metaphysics. This
reading remedies the shortcomings of previous existential
interpretations of Nietzsche, which typically view existentialism
as concerned primarily with the meaning of individual existence,
and therefore necessarily at odds with the abstraction and
objectivity of metaphysical thought. Acharya argues that the
approach of Nietzsche's philosophy, especially in his mature works,
is to make the typical existential position foundational, and then
to develop to the fullest the implications of this position. This
meta-existential approach necessarily yields an ambiguous and
open-ended critique of metaphysics. Taking issue with the
Heideggerian, the poststructuralist, and the naturalistic
interpretations, this book contends that Nietzsche neither simply
overcomes metaphysics nor remains trapped within its confines.
Acharya argues that an ever-renewed encounter with and critique of
metaphysics is an essential aspect of Nietzsche's
meta-existentialism.
This volume explores Nietzsche's decisive encounter with the
ancient philosopher, Epicurus. The collected essays examine many
previously unexplored and underappreciated convergences, and
investigate how essential Epicurus was to Nietzsche's philosophical
project through two interrelated overarching themes: nature and
ethics. Uncovering the nature of Nietzsche's reception of, relation
to, and movement beyond Epicurus, contributors provide insights
into the relationship between suffering, health and philosophy in
both thinkers; Nietzsche's stylistic analysis of Epicurus; the
ethics of self-cultivation in Nietzsche's Epicureanism; practices
of eating and thinking in Nietzsche and Epicurus; the temporality
of Epicurean pleasure; the practice of the gay science, and
Epicureanism and politics. The essays also provide creative
comparisons with the Stoics, Hobbes, Mill, Guyau, Buddhism, and
more. Nietzsche and Epicurus offers original and illuminating
perspectives on Nietzsche's relation to the Hellenistic thinker, in
whom Nietzsche saw the embodiment of the practice of philosophy as
an art of existing.
Vinod Acharya presents a new existential interpretation of
Nietzsche's philosophy. He contends that Nietzsche's peculiar form
of existentialism can be understood only by undertaking a thorough
analysis of his characterization and critique of metaphysics. This
reading remedies the shortcomings of previous existential
interpretations of Nietzsche, which typically view existentialism
as concerned primarily with the meaning of individual existence,
and therefore necessarily at odds with the abstraction and
objectivity of metaphysical thought. Acharya argues that the
approach of Nietzsche's philosophy, especially in his mature works,
is to make the typical existential position foundational, and then
to develop to the fullest the implications of this position. This
meta-existential approach necessarily yields an ambiguous and
open-ended critique of metaphysics. Taking issue with the
Heideggerian, the poststructuralist, and the naturalistic
interpretations, this book contends that Nietzsche neither simply
overcomes metaphysics nor remains trapped within its confines.
Acharya argues that an ever-renewed encounter with and critique of
metaphysics is an essential aspect of Nietzsche's
meta-existentialism.
This volume explores Nietzsche's decisive encounter with the
ancient philosopher, Epicurus. The collected essays examine many
previously unexplored and underappreciated convergences, and
investigate how essential Epicurus was to Nietzsche's philosophical
project through two interrelated overarching themes: nature and
ethics. Uncovering the nature of Nietzsche's reception of, relation
to, and movement beyond Epicurus, contributors provide insights
into the relationship between suffering, health and philosophy in
both thinkers; Nietzsche's stylistic analysis of Epicurus; the
ethics of self-cultivation in Nietzsche's Epicureanism; practices
of eating and thinking in Nietzsche and Epicurus; the temporality
of Epicurean pleasure; the practice of the gay science, and
Epicureanism and politics. The essays also provide creative
comparisons with the Stoics, Hobbes, Mill, Guyau, Buddhism, and
more. Nietzsche and Epicurus offers original and illuminating
perspectives on Nietzsche's relation to the Hellenistic thinker, in
whom Nietzsche saw the embodiment of the practice of philosophy as
an art of existing.
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