Flame of Eternity
An Interpretation of Nietzsche's Thought
(Sprache: Englisch)
"There are many books on Nietzsche. Some of them are distinguished by their learning and analytical power, some by their beauty. Very rarely can we find a book that combines both: learning and beauty. We see this unusual virtue in Michalski's book."--Leszek...
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"There are many books on Nietzsche. Some of them are distinguished by their learning and analytical power, some by their beauty. Very rarely can we find a book that combines both: learning and beauty. We see this unusual virtue in Michalski's book."--Leszek Kolakowski, author of "Main Currents of Marxism"
"This is an excellent and original interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy as a whole, as well as a remarkable piece of scholarship and argumentative skill. Michalski has managed to achieve the happy balance that all of us professional philosophers strive for: he has succeeded in writing a philosophical book that has a lot to say to scholars and Nietzsche experts as well as to the general educated public. This is a rare feat indeed."--Piotr Hoffman, University of Nevada, Reno
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The Flame of Eternity provides a reexamination and new interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and the central role that the concepts of eternity and time, as he understood them, played in it. According to Krzysztof Michalski, Nietzsche's reflections on human life are inextricably linked to time, which in turn cannot be conceived of without eternity. Eternity is a measure of time, but also, Michalski argues, something Nietzsche viewed, first and foremost, as a physiological concept having to do with the body. The body ages and decays, involving us in a confrontation with our eventual death. It is in relation to this brute fact that we come to understand eternity and the finitude of time. Nietzsche argues that humanity has long regarded the impermanence of our life as an illness in need of curing. It is this "pathology" that Nietzsche called nihilism. Arguing that this insight lies at the core of Nietzsche's philosophy as a whole, Michalski seeks to explain and reinterpret Nietzsche's thought in light of it. Michalski maintains that many of Nietzsche's main ideas--including his views on love, morality (beyond good and evil), the will to power, overcoming, the suprahuman (or the "overman," as it is infamously referred to), the Death of God, and the myth of the eternal return - take on new meaning and significance when viewed through the prism of eternity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Flame of Eternity “
Preface vii Chapter 1: Nihilism 1 Chapter 2: Time Flows, the Child Plays 16 Chapter 3: Good and Evil, Joy and Pain 32 Chapter 4: Reason, Which Hurts 46 Chapter 5: The Time Is at Hand 62 Chapter 6: The Death of God 75 Chapter 7: The Flame of Eternity 90 Chapter 8: Eternal Love 124 Chapter 9: Our Insatiable Desire for More Future: On the Eternal Return of the Same 150 Notes 209 Index 225
Autoren-Porträt von Krzysztof Michalski
Krzysztof Michalski, geboren 1948 in Warschau, lehrt Philosophie an der Boston University und an der Universität Warschau. Seit 1983 ist er Rektor des Instituts für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM) in Wien.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Krzysztof Michalski
- 2012, 240 Seiten, Maße: 16,5 x 3,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Übersetzung: Paloff, Benjamin
- Übersetzer: Benjamin Paloff
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691143463
- ISBN-13: 9780691143460
Sprache:
Englisch
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"[V]aluable... The author rightly grasps Nietzsche's uniqueness and originality, anticipating the crisis of European thought about to unfold with the onset of the 20th century."--Choice
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