6 edition of Nihilism before Nietzsche found in the catalog.
Published
1995
by University of Chicago Press in Chicago
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-302) and index.
| Statement | Michael Allen Gillespie. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | B828.3 .G55 1995 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xxiv, 311 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 311 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL1088173M |
| ISBN 10 | 0226293475 |
| LC Control Number | 94012205 |
The basic principles which underlie nihilism existed long before there was a term that attempted to describe them as a coherent whole. Most of the basic principles can be found in the development of ancient skepticism among the ancient Greeks. Perhaps the original nihilist was Gorgias ( to BCE) who is famous for having said: “Nothing exists. Become a Supporting Member and get access to exclusive videos: ===== Recommended Books on Nihilism: Laughing at Nihil.
When we truly appreciate the meaning of the death of God, we will, says Nietzsche, lapse into nihilism; the inability to find any foundation for values and meaning in the world. Nietzsche, Nihilism and Meaning 93 NIETZSCHE AND NIHILISM Nietzsche criticizes more radically than anyone before him the very foundations of western thought. He reverses a number of priorities which in various forms had held sway in our culture: from being, Nietzsche turns .
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Reconstructing nihilism's intellectual and spiritual origins before it was given its determinitive definition by Nietzsche, Gillespie focuses on the crucial turning points in the development of nihilism, from Ockham and the nominalist revolution to Descartes, Fichte, the German Romantics, the Russian nihilists and Nietzsche by: Reconstructing nihilism's intellectual and spiritual origins before But, in this pathbreaking work, Michael Gillespie argues that Nietzsche, in fact, misunderstood nihilism, and that his misunderstanding has misled nearly all succeeding thought about the subject.4/5.
Reconstructing nihilism’s intellectual and spiritual origins before it was given its determinitive definition by Nietzsche, Gillespie focuses on the crucial turning points in the development of nihilism, from Ockham and the nominalist revolution to Descartes, Fichte, the German Romantics, the Russian nihilists and Nietzsche himself.
In Nihilism Before Nietzsche, Michael Allen Gillespie argues that Nietzsche ripped off his entire philosophy from Schopenhauer, Kant, and Fichte. His "Will to Power" concept, says Gillespie, that Nietzsche says it is in all things, is proof that Nietzsche believes in the absolute/5.
In the twentieth century, we often think of Nietzsche, nihilism, and the death of God as inextricably connected. But, in this pathbreaking work, Michael Gillespie argues that Nietzsche, in fact, misunderstood nihilism, and that his misunderstanding has misled nearly all succeeding thought about the subject.
Reconstructing nihilism's intellectual and spiritual origins before it was given its 4/5(2). Which of Friedrich Nietzsche's books should I read if I want to know about his views on nihilism. All of them. That is, all of his books.
Try to avoid the so-called ‘Will to Power’, as it is the result of Nietzsche’s sister’s meddling and reapprop. Nihilism before Nietzsche may be said to consist of four parts.
The first proposes that the remote origins of nihilism lie with Descartes, and in particular, with the Cartesian doctrine of will, which Gillespie interprets as Descartes's "attempt to construct a bastion against" the "utterly omnipotent and thus transrational God" of nominalism (p.
99). Reconstructing nihilism\'s intellectual and spiritual origins before it was given its determinative definition by Nietzsche, Gillespie focuses on the crucial turning points in the development of nihilism, from Ockham and the nominalist revolution to Descartes, Fichte, the German Romantics, the Russian nihilists and Nietzsche himself.
Reconstructing nihilism's intellectual and spiritual origins before it was given its determinitive definition by Nietzsche, Gillespie focuses on the crucial turning points in the development of nihilism, from Ockham and the nominalist revolution to Descartes, Fichte, the German Romantics, the Russian nihilists and Nietzsche himself.
Nihilism before Nietzsche. [Michael Allen Gillespie] Michael Gillespie argues that Nietzsche, in fact, misunderstood nihilism, and that his misunderstanding has misled nearly all succeeding thought about the subject. René Descartes; Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: Michael Allen Gillespie.
Reconstructing nihilism's intellectual and spiritual origins before it was given its determinitive definition by Nietzsche, the author focuses on the crucial turning points in the development of nihilism, from Ockham and the nominalist revolution to Descartes, Fichte, the German Romantics, the Russian nihilists and Nietzsche himself.
Reconstructing nihilism's intellectual and spiritual origins before it was given its determinitive definition by Nietzsche, the author focuses on the crucial turning points in the development of nihilism, from Ockham and the nominalist revolution to Descartes, Fichte, the German Romantics, the Russian nihilists and Nietzsche himself.4/5(26).
2 Michael Gillespie, Nihilism Before Nietzsche, Chicago: Un iversity of Chicago,xii. 3 Babette Babich, 'Ex aliquot nihil: Nietzsche on Science and M odern Nihilism', ACPQ, (Spring Author: Ruth Kinna. Nihilism (/ ˈ n aɪ (h) ɪ l ɪ z əm, ˈ n iː-/;) is the point of view that suspends belief in any or all general aspects of human life which are culturally accepted.
Most commonly, nihilism is presented in the form of existential nihilism, which argues that life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value. Moral nihilists assert that morality does not exist at all. Michael Gillespie's scholarly investigation of nihilism is an important and original book, even if it is a book unusually distorted by its jacket blurb and publicity, for he demonstrates that Nietzsche's thinking was the consummation of a long nihilis- tic tradition, one that is finally most deeply understood by.
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Reconstructing nihilism's intellectual and spiritual origins before it was given its determinitive definition by Nietzsche, Gillespie focuses on the crucial turning points in the development of nihilism, from Ockham and the nominalist revolution to Descartes, Fichte, the German Romantics, the Russian nihilists and Nietzsche himself/5(3).
What is most illuminating about this scene is that it shows how a pessimist can reveal the identity of a nihilist, just as it might be argued that the pessimism of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer helped reveal to Nietzsche his own nihilism.
Before they are confronted by Alvy, they are just a happily shallow and happily empty couple. Reconstructing nihilism's intellectual and spiritual origins before it was given its determinitive definition by Nietzsche, the author focuses on the crucial turning points in the development of nihilism, from Ockham and the nominalist revolution to Descartes, Fichte, the German Romantics, the Russian nihilists and Nietzsche himself/10(11).
The Definitive Nihilist Reading Guide I have been reading through the sub last night and this morning, but I couldn't seem to find much in the way of reading recommendations. So, I thought I would start one with a few of my suggestion, with the hope you guys and gals will pipe in with some of your own.
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Everyday low prices and free delivery on /5(2).Nietzsche relies very heavily on previous philosophers, most notably Greek philosophy.
Plato and Aristotle (or at the very least Aristotle) would be people to read before Nietzsche. Plato's Euthyphro and Republic would maybe be the minimum, along with Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics and 'd also want to read some Greek plays, like what we've got from Aeschylus and Sophocles.
