Life as literature alexander nehamas argues that nietzsche tried to create a specific literary character in his writings and discusses the paradoxes of his work. Nehamas discusses a number of opposing views, both american and european, of nietzsche s texts and general project, and reaches a climactic solving of the main problems of nietzsche interpretation in a stepbystep argument. Nietzsche alexander nehamas harvard university press. In the process he takes up a set of very interesting questions in contemporary philosophy. Nietzsche, life as literature by nehamas, alexander, 1946publication date 1985. Nietzsche on truth and the value of falsehood authors. Alexander nehamas is a professor of philosophy at princeton university and a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences. Pdf nietzsche and nehamas on organic unity richard.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Reprinted, in the form in which it appears in nietzsche. Life as literature by nehamas, alexander and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The author of books on art, literature, and authenticity, among other subjects, he lives in princeton, new jersey. Nehamas discusses a number of opposing views, both american and european, of nietzsches texts and general project, and reaches a climactic solving of the main problems of nietzsche interpretation in a stepbystep argument. Nehamas finally allows us to see that nietzsche is creating a literary. Nietzsche life as literature by nehamas alexander abebooks. Some scholars, like maudemarie clark, believe that such a falsification thesis is unacceptable and try to limit nietzsche s commitment to it, claiming that he abandons it in his. Fidno began to make plotinus himself available in the west. Alexander nehamas provides the best possible guide for the perplexed. Nietzsche alexander nehamas pdf life as literature by. Read nietzsche pdf life as literature by alexander nehamas harvard university press more than eighty years after his death, nietzsches. Nehamas, who is a professor of philosophy at the university of pittsburgh, uses two related themes to give unity to his study. He reveals the single thread running through nietzsche s views.
C,t1114 1 tylife as literaturealexander nehamas flietz. In the period during which nehamass book and mine were written, an early essay that nietzsche had never chosen to publish was very influential in defining his. Clark claims that the falsiication thesis persists in book v because nietzsche had. The importance we attach to any part of his work cannot. Nietzsche is an author, a public figure, and all his writings are relevant to his interpretation. This is a book of considerable breadth and elegance that will appeal to all curious. Pdf nietzsche, drives, selves, and leonard bernstein.
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