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Nietzsche On Truth And The Will, Steven Michels
Nietzsche On Truth And The Will, Steven Michels
Political Science & Global Affairs Faculty Publications
The fundamental — and many would say lingering — challenge to Nietzsche concerns how he can ground the will to power, given what he says about metaphysics as a philosophic prejudice. Does his teaching not topple of its own weight/lessness? It is the standard objection to which all postmodern philosophers must respond. This article examines what Nietzsche says about the limits of truth and the role that experience and perspective have in setting standards by which we might live correctly. The will to power, Nietzsche instructs, is a claim on truth, confirmed only to the extent that it serves life …
The Shortest Shadow: Nietzsche’S Philosophy Of The Two, Alenka Zupancic (Book Review), Steven Michels
The Shortest Shadow: Nietzsche’S Philosophy Of The Two, Alenka Zupancic (Book Review), Steven Michels
Political Science & Global Affairs Faculty Publications
Book review by Steven Michels.
Zupančič, A. (2003). The shortest shadow: Nietzsche’s philosophy of the two. MIT Press.
ISBN 9780262740265
Nietzsche’S Aphoristic Turn, Steven Michels
Nietzsche’S Aphoristic Turn, Steven Michels
Political Science & Global Affairs Faculty Publications
Nietzsche’s use of the aphorism has most often been taken as evidence of his esotericism. Nietzsche was less than clear in his writings, it is claimed, because he did not want his true teaching to be available to just anyone. This article contends the opposite—that is, that Nietzsche wrote aphoristically for the very purpose of being read, and understood, by the widest possible audience. Moreover, this change in style had a marked impact on the nature of his philosophy. Unburdened by conventional methods, Nietzsche’s critique of modernity became more exact and his own positive philosophy became more radical.