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UNINA9910813267503321 |
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Autore |
Small Robin <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Time and becoming in Nietzsche's thought / Robin Small |
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London ; New York, : Continuum, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4725-4776-4 |
1-282-52602-2 |
9786612526022 |
1-4411-5225-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (215 p.) |
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Collana |
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Continuum studies in Continental philosophy |
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Soggetti |
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Time |
Becoming (Philosophy) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-196) and index |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Absolute becoming -- From becoming to time -- The time-atom theory -- Motion, ways, and time -- Gateway and lanes -- Linear and circular time -- The eternal perspective -- The way of greatness |
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Absolute Becoming -- 2. From Becoming to Time -- 3. The Time-Atom Theory -- 4. Motion, Ways and Time -- 5. Gateway and Lanes -- 6. Linear and Circular Time -- 7. The Eternal Perspective -- 8. The Way of Greatness -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Puzzles about time - about past, present and future, and the nature of becoming - have concerned philosophers from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Yet few have been as radical in their thinking as Friedrich Nietzsche. Time and Becoming in Nietzsche's Thought explores Nietzsche's approach to temporality, showing that his metaphorical and literary presentations lend themselves, in surprising detail, to the debates that have engaged other thinkers. Like Heraclitus, Nietzsche is a philosopher of becoming who sees reality as a continual flow of change. Time is an interpretation of becoming, designed to enable its tensions and fluctuations to be grasped conceptually by our minds. From this starting point, Robin Small explores the emergence of sharply contrasting models of temporality which express differing |
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