Gareth Southwell

A Beginner's Guide to Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A concise and very readable summary of Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, geared toward students embarking on their studies and general readers. It is an ideal companion for those new to the study of this challenging and often misunderstood classic. * Offers clear explanations of the central themes and ideas, terminology, and arguments * Includes a glossary of difficult terms as well as helpful biographical and historical information * Illustrates arguments and ideas with useful tables, diagrams, and images; and includes references to further readings * Forms part of a series of Guides designed specifically for A-level philosophy students by an experienced teacher and founder of the popular website Philosophy Online

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444306156
• Artikelnr.: 37347106

Autorenporträt

Gareth Southwell taught at Swansea College of Further Education between 1998 and 2005, where he also developed online learning materials and educational websites. In his spare time, he developed PhilosophyOnline, the popular resource for both teachers and students. A graduate in English and Philosophy from Swansea University, Southwell is an assistant examiner for AQA, and has recently completed a PhD in philosophy at the University of Newport. He also works as a freelance illustrator and has regularly published caricatures in The Philosophers' Magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Introduction. List of Illustrations and Tables. 1.
Background. 1.1 Life of Nietzsche. 1.2 19th Century Europe. 1.3 Romanticism
and German Idealism. 1.4 Pessimism. 1.5 German Politics. 2. Explanation and
Summary of Main Arguments. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Preface. 2.3 Part One: On
the Prejudices of Philosophers. 2.4 Part Two: The Free Spirit. 2.5 Part
Three: The Religious Nature. 2.6 Part Four: Maxims and Interludes. 2.7 Part
Six: We Scholars. 2.8 Part Seven: Our Virtues. 2.9 Part Eight: Peoples and
Fatherlands. 2.10 Part Nine: What is Noble?. 2.11 From High Mountains:
Epode. 3.Critical Themes. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Reality Truth, and
Philosophical Prejudice. 3.2.1 The Will to Truth. 3.2.2 Faith in
Antithetical Values. 3.2.3 Distinction between Appearance and Reality.
3.2.4 Atomism. 3.2.5 Teleological Explanation. 3.2.6 Immediate Certainties.
3.2.7 Causa Sui. 3.2.8 Reification. 3.2.9 Nietzsche's Anti-Realism. 3.3
God, Religion, and the Saint. 3.3.1 The Question of God's Existence. 3.3.2
Religious Neurosis and the Saint. 3.3.3 Beyond Pessimism: the Übermensch
the Eternal Return. 3.4 Morality, Ressentiment, and the Will to Power.
3.4.1 Ethical Naturalism. 3.4.2 A Natural History of Morality. 3.4.3
Ressentiment. 3.4.4 Will to power. Appendix A: Overview of Beyond Good and
Evil. Glossary. Bibliography and Suggested Reading. Notes