Nietzsche's Philosophy of Nature and Cosmology: Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781636670508 / Angielski

Alistair Moles

Opis

This book shows that Nietzsche's doctrine of the "eternal recurrence of the same" is an outgrowth of ideas found in Nietzsche's philosophy of nature, among them that space is Riemannian and that time is relative to events, not an independently existing continuum which underlies events.

Recenzje

"In this book, Alistair Moles brings to light a dimension of Nietzsche's philosophy which most past commentators have neglected. He carries out a thorough exploration of Nietzsche's conception of nature, presenting a coherent picture which he manages to link both with classical philosophy and with modern science. Drawing on the whole range of Nietzsche's writings, his account shows an impressive depth of detail and scholarship. However, it also goes well beyond exposition. The concepts of force and space receive a particularly subtle and satisfying elaboration, which leads to the high point of the book: a highly original reconstruction of the controversial doctrine of eternal recurrence. This chapter alone deserves to give rise to much discussion among Nietzsche scholars. The book as a whole should serve to counter a tendency to see Nietzsche only in terms of the concerns of moral, political or literary theory. It helps us to recognize him as a compete philosopher, and in doing so it makes a major contribution to our understanding of this important thinker." -Robin Small, Monash University

Spis treści

Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgements - Key to Abbreviations - Introduction - Questions of Method - Nietzsche's Attack on Substance - The Will to Power in Human Nature - The Will to Power in Societies and Organic Nature - The Will to Power in Inorganic Nature - Necessity - Temporality - Space - Recurrence - Critics of Recurrence - Postscript - Bibliography.

O autorze

Alistair Moles is currently an instructor in philosophy at Sierra College, California. He has published articles on certain aspects of Nietzsche's philosophy of nature and has received awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis and his B.A. from Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.