Journal of Nietzsche studies, 2014-03, Vol.45 (1), p.68-83
2014
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- Titel
- Misunderstanding Epicurus? A Nietzschean Identification
- Ist Teil von
- Journal of Nietzsche studies, 2014-03, Vol.45 (1), p.68-83
- Ort / Verlag
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2014
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- This article considers aspects of Nietzsche's identification with the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, focusing in particular upon how Epicurus's antiteleology (his denial of an ultimate metaphysical principle) was significant for Nietzsche's views on religion and knowledge. I make a case for the claim that Nietzsche's practice of philosophy, specifically his perspectivism, was influenced by Epicurus's practice of multiple explanations, a form of scientific explanation rooted in ethics and antiteleology. In conclusion, I examine the ways in which Nietzsche's manner of reading Epicurus may cause us to revise our interpretations of not only the Greek thinker but also elements of Nietzsche's own identification with that thinker.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0968-8005, 1538-4594eISSN: 1538-4594DOI: 10.5325/jnietstud.45.1.0068Titel-ID: cdi_crossref_primary_10_5325_jnietstud_45_1_0068
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- –
- Schlagworte
- 1800-1899, 1844-1900, Ambivalence, Christian morality, Christianity, Epicureanism, Epicurus, Epicurus(342-270 B.C.), German literature, identification, Influence, Metaphysics, Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, Nietzschean philosophy, Perspective (Philosophy), Perspectivism, Philology, Platonism, prose, Skepticism, Teleology