An Interpretation Of Nietzsche S On The Uses And Disadvantage Of History For Life

Author : Anthony K. Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
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Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317597247

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An Interpretation of Nietzsche's On the Uses and Disadvantage of History for Life by Anthony K. Jensen Pdf

With his An Interpretation of Nietzsche’s "On the Uses and Disadvantage of History for Life", Anthony K. Jensen shows how 'timely' Nietzsche’s second "Untimely Meditation" really is. This comprehensive and insightful study contextualizes and analyzes a wide range of Nietzsche’s earlier thoughts about history: teleology, typology, psychology, memory, classical philology, Hegelianism, and the role historiography plays in modern culture. On the Uses and Disadvantage of History for Life is shown to be a ‘timely’ work, too, insofar as it weaves together a number of Nietzsche's most important influences and thematic directions at that time: ancient culture, science, epistemology, and the thought of Schopenhauer and Burckhardt. Rather than dismiss it as a mere ‘early’ work, Jensen shows how the text resonates in Nietzsche’s later perspectivism, his theory of subjectivity, and Eternal Recurrence. And by using careful philological analysis of the text’s composition history, Jensen is in position to fully elucidate and evaluate Nietzsche’s arguments in their proper contexts. As such Jensen’s Interpretation should restore Nietzsche’s second "Untimely Meditation" to a prominent place among 19th Century philosophies of history.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 296 pages
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Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465515216

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Thoughts out of Season (Complete) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Pdf

Author : Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 193 pages
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Release : 2020-05-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783751932974

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On the Use and Abuse of History for Life by Friedrich Nietzsche Pdf

The treatise "On the Use and Abuse of History for Life" is one of Nietzsche's early writings on culture. It was published in 1874, after his professorship in Basel, Switzerland. At first, there was hardly any response to this text. It was only with the reception of Heidegger during the twenties and thirties of the next century that it developed its historical effect on modern thinking. Thanks to its easy-to-understand account, this paper is well suited to understand the thinking of the early Nietzsche. In addition, basic features of his later concepts of the "revaluation of all values" and the "overman" can already be detected here. In addition to the English language version, this e-book also contains the original German text.

Author : Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 83 pages
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Release : 2019-11-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486836409

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The Use and Abuse of History by Friedrich Nietzsche Pdf

"While life needs the services of history, it must just as clearly be comprehended that an excess measure of history will do harm to the living," declares Friedrich Nietzsche in this cautionary polemic. The iconoclastic philosopher warns us about the dangers of an uncritical devotion to the study of the past, which leads to destructive and limiting results — particularly in cases where long-ago events are exploited for nationalistic purposes. Nietzsche proposes three approaches to times gone by: the monumental, focusing on examples of human greatness; the antiquarian, involving immersion in a bygone period; and the critical, rejecting the old in favor of the new. He examines the pros and cons of each concept, favoring how the ancient Greeks looked at things, which balanced a consciousness of yesteryear with contemporary intellectual, cultural, and political sensibilities. Nietzsche’s emphasis on history as a dynamic, living culture rather than the subject of detached scholarship is certain to resonate with modern readers.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Peter Preuss
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 72 pages
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Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780915144945

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On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Peter Preuss Pdf

(Part II of Thoughts Out of Season)

Author : Anthony K. Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
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Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317597230

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An Interpretation of Nietzsche's On the Uses and Disadvantage of History for Life by Anthony K. Jensen Pdf

With his An Interpretation of Nietzsche’s "On the Uses and Disadvantage of History for Life", Anthony K. Jensen shows how 'timely' Nietzsche’s second "Untimely Meditation" really is. This comprehensive and insightful study contextualizes and analyzes a wide range of Nietzsche’s earlier thoughts about history: teleology, typology, psychology, memory, classical philology, Hegelianism, and the role historiography plays in modern culture. On the Uses and Disadvantage of History for Life is shown to be a ‘timely’ work, too, insofar as it weaves together a number of Nietzsche's most important influences and thematic directions at that time: ancient culture, science, epistemology, and the thought of Schopenhauer and Burckhardt. Rather than dismiss it as a mere ‘early’ work, Jensen shows how the text resonates in Nietzsche’s later perspectivism, his theory of subjectivity, and Eternal Recurrence. And by using careful philological analysis of the text’s composition history, Jensen is in position to fully elucidate and evaluate Nietzsche’s arguments in their proper contexts. As such Jensen’s Interpretation should restore Nietzsche’s second "Untimely Meditation" to a prominent place among 19th Century philosophies of history.

Author : Anthony K. Jensen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107027329

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Nietzsche's Philosophy of History by Anthony K. Jensen Pdf

An exposition of the development of Nietzsche's philosophy of history in its historical context and of its relevance to contemporary theories.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4147278

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The Use and Abuse of History by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Pdf

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1935238779

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On the Use and Abuse of History by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Pdf

"We wish to serve history only insofar as it serves living. But there is a degree of doing history and valuing it through which life atrophies and degenerates. To bring this phenomenon to light as a remarkable symptom of our time is now every bit as necessary as it may be painful." With these words Friedrich Nietzsche, the revolutionary German philosopher, launches a frontal assault on the modern historical scholarship of his age. That scholarship, which prides itself on its objectivity and its ruthless enquiry into the facts, Nietzsche argues, undermines life, because it destroys our confidence in our own culture, our instincts, and our ability to live meaningful lives. We end up knowing all there is to know about our past, but losing contact with the emotionally meaningful value of that past. With so much knowledge we can have no horizon of significance, no moral frame of reference, because everything is dissolved into an infinite sea of becoming, and the most important elements of our lives become subservient to historical scholarship instead of the other way around. The best solution for this acute problem is a new generation of young people who will use history to expose its dangers and who will re-establish the priorities which serve life, by putting human beings in charge of history and no longer allowing a perverse mania for scientific knowledge to corrupt cultures and individuals.Ian Johnston's new translation of this famous essay captures the clarity, energy, and urgency of Nietzsche's challenge to the culture of his time, a challenge every bit a pertinent today as when it first appeared.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1974407225

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On the Use and Abuse of History for Life by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Pdf

We wish to serve history only insofar as it serves living. But there is a degree of doing history and valuing it through which life atrophies and degenerates. To bring this phenomenon to light as a remarkable symptom of our time is now every bit as necessary as it may be painful. With these words Friedrich Nietzsche, the revolutionary German philosopher, launches a frontal assault on the modern historical scholarship of his age. That scholarship, which prides itself on its objectivity and its ruthless enquiry into the facts, Nietzsche argues, undermines life, because it destroys our confidence in our own culture, our instincts, and our ability to live meaningful lives. We end up knowing all there is to know about our past, but losing contact with the emotionally meaningful value of that past. This captures the clarity, energy, and urgency of Nietzsche s challenge to the culture of his time, a challenge every bit a pertinent today as when it first appeared.

Author : Anthony K. Jensen,Carlotta Santini
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110671162

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Nietzsche on Memory and History by Anthony K. Jensen,Carlotta Santini Pdf

History and memory rank as central themes in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. As one of the last philosophers of the 19th century, Nietzsche naturally belongs to the so-called ‘historical century’. The contentious exchange with the past and with antiquity – as much as the mechanisms, the dangers, and the lessons of memory and tradition – are continually examined and stand in close relationship with Nietzsche’s vision of life and his project of human development. As Jacob Burckhardt once wrote of the cultural critique to his Basel colleague: "Fundamentally, you are always teaching history" (9/13/1882). Following Burckhardt’s judgment, the contributors focus on the analysis of core questions in the philosophies of history and memory, and their respective convergence in the thought of Nietzsche. The epistemological relevance of these central concepts will be thematized alongside those concerning tradition, and education. The discussion of these rich themes unifies a broad spectrum of questions, ranging from cultural memory to contemporary philosophy of mind. The contributions are revised versions of selected papers presented at the 2018 conference of the annual meeting of the Nietzsche Society in Naumburg.

Author : Anthony K. Jensen,Helmut Heit
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472514080

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Nietzsche as a Scholar of Antiquity by Anthony K. Jensen,Helmut Heit Pdf

Typically, the first decade of Friedrich Nietzsche's career is considered a sort of précis to his mature thinking. Yet his philological articles, lectures, and notebooks on Ancient Greek culture and thought - much of which has received insufficient scholarly attention - were never intended to serve as a preparatory ground to future thought. Nietzsche's early scholarship was intended to express his insights into the character of antiquity. Many of those insights are not only important for better understanding Nietzsche; they remain vital for understanding antiquity today. Interdisciplinary in scope and international in perspective, this volume investigates Nietzsche as a scholar of antiquity, offering the first thorough examination of his articles, lectures, notebooks on Ancient Greek culture and thought in English. With eleven original chapters by some of the leading Nietzsche scholars and classicists from around the world and with reproductions of two definitive essays, this book analyzes Nietzsche's scholarly methods and aims, his understanding of antiquity, and his influence on the history of classical studies.

Author : Shilo Brooks
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319615219

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Nietzsche’s Culture War by Shilo Brooks Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive interpretation of Nietzsche’s Untimely Meditations. It argues that the four Meditations—which Nietzsche said “deserve the greatest attention for my development”—are not separate pieces, but instead form a unified philosophic narrative that constitutes his first attempt to diagnose and cure the spiritual ailments whose causes he traced to modern culture and science. Taking Nietzsche’s commentary on the four essays in his autobiographical work Ecce Homo as its interpretive guide, this book also shows that the Untimely Meditations contain early expositions of concepts like the last man, the overman, the new philosopher, the creation of values, and the malleability of nature—all staples of his later philosophy.

Author : Manuel Dries
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110246537

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Nietzsche on Consciousness and the Embodied Mind by Manuel Dries Pdf

Nietzsche’s thought has been of renewed interest to philosophers in both the Anglo- American and the phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions. Nietzsche on Consciousness and the Embodied Mind presents 16 essays from analytic and continental perspectives. Appealing to both international communities of scholars, the volume seeks to deepen the appreciation of Nietzsche’s contribution to our understanding of consciousness and the mind. Over the past decades, a variety of disciplines have engaged with Nietzsche’s thought, including anthropology, biology, history, linguistics, neuroscience, and psychology, to name just a few. His rich and perspicacious treatment of consciousness, mind, and body cannot be reduced to any single discipline, and has the potential to speak to many. And, as several contributors make clear, Nietzsche’s investigations into consciousness and the embodied mind are integral to his wider ethical concerns. This volume contains contributions by international experts such as Christa Davis Acampora (Emory University), Keith Ansell-Pearson (Warwick University), João Constâncio (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Frank Chouraqui (Leiden University), Manuel Dries (The Open University; Oxford University), Christian J. Emden (Rice University), Maria Cristina Fornari (University of Salento), Anthony K. Jensen (Providence College), Helmut Heit (Tongji University), Charlie Huenemann (Utah State University), Vanessa Lemm (Flinders University), Lawrence J. Hatab (Old Dominion University), Mattia Riccardi (University of Porto), Friedrich Ulfers and Mark Daniel Cohen (New York University and EGS), and Benedetta Zavatta (CNRS).

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : CUB:P101062905013

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Thoughts out of season by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Pdf