Patrick Hassan

Nietzsche's Struggle against Pessimism (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009380317
• Artikelnr.: 70911188

Autorenporträt

Dr. Patrick Hassan is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University. He is the author of Schopenhauer's Moral Philosophy (2021) and a number of articles on Nietzsche's and Schopenhauer's ethical thought.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Nietzsche's Intellectual Context & Early Reception of Pessimism: 1. The varieties of pessimism
2. Nietzsche's initial engagement with pessimism
Part II. The Beginnings of Change: Pessimism in Human All Too Human: 3. Nietzsche's new naturalism
4. 'Bad news for priests': scientific progress and suffering
Part III. Nietzsche's mature rejection of the 'Pessimism of Sensibility': 5. A psychological critique
6. An existential critique
7. A perfectionist critique
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.