Nietzsche as German Philosopher

A collection of newly-translated essays representing the finest post-war German scholarship on Nietzsche.

Otfried Höffe (Edited by)

9781107001381, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 February 2021

315 pages
24 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.53 kg

This collection brings together in translation the finest postwar German-language scholarship on Nietzsche's philosophy, ranging over his concept of irony, his thoughts on music, his relation to the pre-Socratics, his concept of truth, and numerous other topics. Many of the essays appear in English here for the first time, and all are newly translated for the volume.

Introduction Otfried Höffe
Part I. The Aesthetic Dimension: 1. Nietzsche's conception of irony Ernst Behler
2. Nietzsche, philosopher of music Richard Klein
3. Artistic metaphysics: on Nietzsche's early program for an aesthetic justification of the world Volker Gerhardt
4. 'The three metamorphoses': a genealogy of the spirit Annemarie Pieper
Part II. Philosophical Themes: 5. Nietzsche's invention of the pre-Socratics Tilman Borsche
6. Nietzsche's stance toward ancient and modern enlightenment Henning Ottmann
7. 'An animal that may make promises' Otfried Höffe
Part III. Power and Truth: 8. Nietzsche's doctrine of the will to power Wolfgang Müller-Lauter
9. Nietzsche on the sovereignty of perspectival reason in philosophy Friedrich Kaulbach
10. On the question of dialectics in Nietzsche's epistemology Alfred Schmidt
11. Nietzsche's concept of truth Rüdiger Bittner
Part IV. Religion and Religiosity: 12. The tremendous moment Jörg Salaquarda
13. Nietzsche's critique of the reason of his life: on the interpretation of The Antichrist and Ecce Homo Werner Stegmaier.

Subject Areas: History of ideas [JFCX], Religion & beliefs [HR], Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ], Philosophy: aesthetics [HPN], Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge [HPK], Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology [HPJ], Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [HPCD], History of Western philosophy [HPC]