Zarathustra and the ethical ideal timely meditations on philosophy

Summary: This work defines its course in reference to Nietzsche's Also Sprach Zarathustra. The author uses Zarathustra to reflect how our understanding is wedded to affective modes, thematizing especially laughter, fear, awe and hope. The book invites us to rethink how to overcome some relevant impasses of contemporary analytic, hermeneutic and (post)deconstructionist thought. The author seeks the dialogue with the texts and the reader and gradually brings to the fore the ethical. In the words of the author: Most works on Nietzsche talk about him, few address him, much less invite the reader to walk wi.

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ISBN: 9781556191145
ISBN: 1556191146
ISBN: 9789027220783
ISBN: 9027220786
ISBN: 9027274312 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9789027274311 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 223 p.)
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Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1991.

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General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	ZARATHUSTRA AND THE ETHICAL IDEAL TIMELY MEDITATIONS ON PHILOSOPHY; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; The itinerary; An attunement; PART ONE. UNDERWAY TO ZARATHUSTRA THE PROTO-LOGUE; CHAPTER ONE. The question and quest of human existence; CHAPTER TWO. Living with the strange and the familiar; Towards an aesthetic phenomenon; Loving the strange; Unwritten tablets; A protogrammar; CHAPTER THREE. Laughter and fear A symbiotic text of existence; THE INTERLUDE A pro-logue to Zarathustra; Zarathustra's Prologue; On the three Metamorphoses
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.