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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524860903321

Autore

Magnus Bernd

Titolo

Nietzsche's Existential Imperative / Bernd Magnus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indiana University Press, 1978

Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , 1978

©1978

ISBN

0-253-05106-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource xxiii, 231 pages.)

Collana

Studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy

Soggetti

Existenzialismus

Nihilismus

Existentie

Eeuwige wederkeer

Superman (Philosophical concept)

Existentialism

Eternal return

Existentialisme

Surhomme

Retour eternel

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction . Nietzsche's philosophy : an overview -- The doctrine of eternal recurrence. Remarks on the history of the notion -- A question of Nietzsche's texts -- Conceptual issues -- Nietzsche's existential imperative -- Nietzsche's eternalistic countermyth -- Epilogue. Foundations of the foundation.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a general interpretation of Nietzsche's works, with emphasis on the "doctrine of eternal recurrence," which Nietzsche considered his most significant philosophic contribution. Magnus disposes of traditional schools of interpreta-tion and argues a new thesis. First, since the value of life cannot be estimated, for Nietzsche, estimates of life are "self-reference clues," or, in Magnus's words,



"conceptual Rorschachs." The doctrine of eternal recurrence is an attitude toward life—that of nihilism overcome. Magnus regards this doctrine as a "countermyth"—an antidote to the flight from experience sanctioned by Christianity, philosophy, and nihilism. A long opening chapter serves as an excellent introduction to Nietzsche's philosophy in general. Subsequent chapters trace the history of recurrence theories, discuss textual and conceptual problems, and, finally, expound the meaning of the doctrine of eternal recurrence.