Jiani Fan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3956009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jiani Fan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jiani |
| FAMILY NAME | Fan |
| SIGNATURE | FAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tsinghua University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7363-6910 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Modern Cynic’s Parrhêsia and Enlightened False Consciousness in Diderot’s Philosophical Dialogue Rameau’s Nephew
Silence ( aphasia ) and Laughter: Nietzsche’s Parody and Assessment of Pyrrho in “The Wanderer and His Shadow” 213 and in His Posthumous Sections of 1888
This article examines Nietzsche’s evaluations of silence and laughter as Pyrrho’s two responses to the dilemma caused by doubts about truth in aphorism 213 of ‘The Wanderer and His Shadow’ (WS 213). Contrary to the common belief that speechlessness leads Pyrrho to tranquillity (ataraxia), in WS 213, it is a symptom of his intellectual impotence caused by logical impasse. Silence proves to be subject to the same traps as speeches. In his later per…
Se moquer de la philosophie est vraiment philosopher: Plato, Aristotle and the pedagogy of irony and play in Pascal’s Pensées
Nietzsche's on the genealogy of morality: A guide
Psychology as a First Principle? Self-Love and the Will to Power in La Rochefoucauld and Nietzsche
Both Nietzsche and La Rochefoucauld rejected metaphysical principles, such as the Kantian moral imperatives, and adopted psychology as their first philosophy. In this article I explore their views of self-love and of the will to power as the first principles of human motivation. Although both thinkers reduce actions to egoistic motives, they define the human drives and passions differently. While Nietzsche criticizes La Rochefoucauld’s view of a …
Friedrich Nietzsche’s assessments of François de La Rochefoucauld’s maxims through the Academic Sceptic argumentative method of pro and con and syntactic analysis
Focusing on section I, 35 and I, 36 of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Human, All Too Human, as well as other related works, this paper examines Nietzsche’s evaluation of François de La Rochefoucauld’s psychological observation in the latter’s maxims. It argues that, in Nietzsche’s view, La Rochefoucauld’s perspicacity in detecting moral psychology is crystallized both in the form of maxim and the messages derived from psychological observation that are co…
Friedrich Nietzsche and Blaise Pascal on skepticisms and honesty
This paper investigates Nietzsche’s assessments of Pascal’s embrace and rejection of various branches of skepticisms that Montaigne embodies or ignores. Nietzsche admires Pascal for intellectual probity and skepticism. Pascal finds fault with Montaigne’s Academic Skepticism, viewing it as insufficiently honest, because it ceases to inquire into Nature, and takes the self as the anchor of psychological tranquility. Inspired by Pascal’s criticism o…
Redeemed From Skepticism Nietzsche’s Revaluation of Inquiry (ζητεῖν) and Tranquility (ἀταραξία) in Pyrrhonian Skeptics
Friedrich Nietzsche offers different opinions of the ancient Skeptics. On certain occasions, he praises them as philosophers of intellectual integrity, because they constantly question dogma and continue to inquire (ζητεῖν) into the truth. He insists, however, that it is indispensable for every individual to adopt her own perspective in specific conditions, rather than suspend judgment as the Skeptics do. On other occasions, Nietzsche criticizes …
Friedrich Nietzsche and Blaise Pascal on skepticisms and honesty
This paper investigates Nietzsche’s assessments of Pascal’s embrace and rejection of various branches of skepticisms that Montaigne embodies or ignores. Nietzsche admires Pascal for intellectual probity and skepticism. Pascal finds fault with Montaigne’s Academic Skepticism, viewing it as insufficiently honest, because it ceases to inquire into Nature, and takes the self as the anchor of psychological tranquility. Inspired by Pascal’s criticism o…
Redeemed From Skepticism Nietzsche’s Revaluation of Inquiry (ζητεῖν) and Tranquility (ἀταραξία) in Pyrrhonian Skeptics
Friedrich Nietzsche offers different opinions of the ancient Skeptics. On certain occasions, he praises them as philosophers of intellectual integrity, because they constantly question dogma and continue to inquire (ζητεῖν) into the truth. He insists, however, that it is indispensable for every individual to adopt her own perspective in specific conditions, rather than suspend judgment as the Skeptics do. On other occasions, Nietzsche criticizes …
Friedrich Nietzsche’s assessments of François de La Rochefoucauld’s maxims through the Academic Sceptic argumentative method of pro and con and syntactic analysis
Focusing on section I, 35 and I, 36 of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Human, All Too Human, as well as other related works, this paper examines Nietzsche’s evaluation of François de La Rochefoucauld’s psychological observation in the latter’s maxims. It argues that, in Nietzsche’s view, La Rochefoucauld’s perspicacity in detecting moral psychology is crystallized both in the form of maxim and the messages derived from psychological observation that are co…
Friedrich Nietzsche and Blaise Pascal on skepticisms and honesty
This paper investigates Nietzsche’s assessments of Pascal’s embrace and rejection of various branches of skepticisms that Montaigne embodies or ignores. Nietzsche admires Pascal for intellectual probity and skepticism. Pascal finds fault with Montaigne’s Academic Skepticism, viewing it as insufficiently honest, because it ceases to inquire into Nature, and takes the self as the anchor of psychological tranquility. Inspired by Pascal’s criticism o…
Psychology as a First Principle? Self-Love and the Will to Power in La Rochefoucauld and Nietzsche
Both Nietzsche and La Rochefoucauld rejected metaphysical principles, such as the Kantian moral imperatives, and adopted psychology as their first philosophy. In this article I explore their views of self-love and of the will to power as the first principles of human motivation. Although both thinkers reduce actions to egoistic motives, they define the human drives and passions differently. While Nietzsche criticizes La Rochefoucauld’s view of a …
A Modern Cynic’s Parrhêsia and Enlightened False Consciousness in Diderot’s Philosophical Dialogue Rameau’s Nephew
Silence ( aphasia ) and Laughter: Nietzsche’s Parody and Assessment of Pyrrho in “The Wanderer and His Shadow” 213 and in His Posthumous Sections of 1888
This article examines Nietzsche’s evaluations of silence and laughter as Pyrrho’s two responses to the dilemma caused by doubts about truth in aphorism 213 of ‘The Wanderer and His Shadow’ (WS 213). Contrary to the common belief that speechlessness leads Pyrrho to tranquillity (ataraxia), in WS 213, it is a symptom of his intellectual impotence caused by logical impasse. Silence proves to be subject to the same traps as speeches. In his later per…
Se moquer de la philosophie est vraiment philosopher: Plato, Aristotle and the pedagogy of irony and play in Pascal’s Pensées
Nietzsche's on the genealogy of morality: A guide
Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (6 works) · Art (4 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (3 works) · Skepticism (3 works)