Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle - Paperback

$84.60

Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle - Paperback

Name: Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle - Paperback
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SKU: 9780226443874
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by Pierre Klossowski

$84.60

Book Overview

A landmark explication of Nietzsche's work from one of the most prominent experts on the philosopher's thought

Long recognized as a masterpiece of Nietzsche scholarship, Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle is made available here for the first time in English. Taking a structuralist approach to the relation between Nietzsche's thought and his life, Klossowski emphasizes the centrality of the notion of Eternal Return (a cyclical notion of time and history) for understanding Nietzsche's propensities for self-denial, self-reputation, and self-consumption.

Nietzsche's ideas did not stem from personal pathology, according to Klossowski. Rather, he made a pathological use of his best ideas, anchoring them in his own fluctuating bodily and mental conditions. Thus Nietzsche's belief that questions of truth and morality are at base questions of power and fitness resonates dynamically and intellectually with his alternating lucidity and delirium.

ISBN	9780226443874
Author	Pierre Klossowski
Publisher	University of Chicago Press
Genre	Philosophy
Format	Paperback
Published	March 1998
Language	ENG- English
Pages	302
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print