Patrick Hassan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6590924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Hassan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Hassan |
| SIGNATURE | HASSAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1727-0205 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Kant and Nietzsche on Slavishness and the Categorical Imperative
Nietzsche repeatedly claims that Kant’s supreme moral principle, the categorical imperative, is expressive of a kind of slave morality. Paul Guyer, however, argues that a proper understanding of Kant’s conception of free agency within the boundaries of the categorical imperative reveals that Nietzsche’s criticism of slavishness misses its mark. According to Guyer, Kant, just as much as Nietzsche, rejects slavish conceptions of morality insofar as…
James Sully’s psychological reduction of philosophical pessimism
One of the greatest philosophical disputes in Germany in the latter half of the nineteenth century concerned the value of life. Following Arthur Schopenhauer, numerous philosophers sought to defend the provocative view that life is not worth living. A persistent objection to pessimism is that it is not really a philosophical theory at all, but rather a psychological state; a mood or disposition which is the product of socio-economic circumstance.…
Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Z), written in instalments between 1883 and 1885, has had a tremendous impact within and outside of academic philosophy. A text that famously was distributed to German soldiers in World War I by military order, Z has been discussed and praised among philosophers, literary theorists, and artists. Nietzsche himself considered the book to be his crowning achievement, not-so-modestly describing it as “the greatest …
Nietzsche’s Genealogical Critique of Morality & the Historical Zarathustra
N ietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals (GM) embarks upon an ambitious project to account for the roots of, and continued commitment to, the various manifestations of contemporary European morality. In the first of its three essays, Nietzsche proffers a causal story of the origins this phenomenon in terms of the ressentiment of an enfeebled social class towards their aristocratic oppressors. The sentiments of hatred and a desire for revenge, Niet…
Individual vs. World in Schopenhauer's Pessimism
This article aims to elucidate and explore the significance of a distinction in Schopenhauer's pessimism which has not yet received detailed attention in the secondary literature. Schopenhauer is well known to have argued for the thesis that the fundamental feature of sentient life is pervasive suffering, and on these grounds held that individual lives are not worth living. However, he similarly claims with frequency that the nonexistence of the …
Does Rarity Confer Value? Nietzsche on the Exceptional Individual
By drawing upon contemporary debates in the theory of value, in this article I explore the evidence for taking Nietzsche to defend the view that rarity—at least under certain qualified conditions—matters for its own sake. I argue that this evidence is compelling, and that many intuitive objections to the view can be deflected by challenging the axiological assumptions that motivate them. The question concerning the value of rarity has significant…
Nietzsche on Human Greatness
Gwen Bradford, Achievement
Achievement clearly plays a significant role in people's lives in some form or another.We admire Nobel prize winners, Olympic athletes, scientists who make groundbreaking discoveries, great novelists, war heroes, musicians, and so forth.But when asked (1) what achievements consist in; and (2) what makes them valuable, giving a comprehensive answer is likely a more complicated task than first thought.These are questions that have not received as m…
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Gwen Bradford, Achievement
Achievement clearly plays a significant role in people's lives in some form or another.We admire Nobel prize winners, Olympic athletes, scientists who make groundbreaking discoveries, great novelists, war heroes, musicians, and so forth.But when asked (1) what achievements consist in; and (2) what makes them valuable, giving a comprehensive answer is likely a more complicated task than first thought.These are questions that have not received as m…
Nietzsche on Human Greatness
Does Rarity Confer Value? Nietzsche on the Exceptional Individual
By drawing upon contemporary debates in the theory of value, in this article I explore the evidence for taking Nietzsche to defend the view that rarity—at least under certain qualified conditions—matters for its own sake. I argue that this evidence is compelling, and that many intuitive objections to the view can be deflected by challenging the axiological assumptions that motivate them. The question concerning the value of rarity has significant…
Nietzsche’s Genealogical Critique of Morality & the Historical Zarathustra
N ietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals (GM) embarks upon an ambitious project to account for the roots of, and continued commitment to, the various manifestations of contemporary European morality. In the first of its three essays, Nietzsche proffers a causal story of the origins this phenomenon in terms of the ressentiment of an enfeebled social class towards their aristocratic oppressors. The sentiments of hatred and a desire for revenge, Niet…
Individual vs. World in Schopenhauer's Pessimism
This article aims to elucidate and explore the significance of a distinction in Schopenhauer's pessimism which has not yet received detailed attention in the secondary literature. Schopenhauer is well known to have argued for the thesis that the fundamental feature of sentient life is pervasive suffering, and on these grounds held that individual lives are not worth living. However, he similarly claims with frequency that the nonexistence of the …
James Sully’s psychological reduction of philosophical pessimism
One of the greatest philosophical disputes in Germany in the latter half of the nineteenth century concerned the value of life. Following Arthur Schopenhauer, numerous philosophers sought to defend the provocative view that life is not worth living. A persistent objection to pessimism is that it is not really a philosophical theory at all, but rather a psychological state; a mood or disposition which is the product of socio-economic circumstance.…
Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Z), written in instalments between 1883 and 1885, has had a tremendous impact within and outside of academic philosophy. A text that famously was distributed to German soldiers in World War I by military order, Z has been discussed and praised among philosophers, literary theorists, and artists. Nietzsche himself considered the book to be his crowning achievement, not-so-modestly describing it as “the greatest …
Kant and Nietzsche on Slavishness and the Categorical Imperative
Nietzsche repeatedly claims that Kant’s supreme moral principle, the categorical imperative, is expressive of a kind of slave morality. Paul Guyer, however, argues that a proper understanding of Kant’s conception of free agency within the boundaries of the categorical imperative reveals that Nietzsche’s criticism of slavishness misses its mark. According to Guyer, Kant, just as much as Nietzsche, rejects slavish conceptions of morality insofar as…
Philosophy (7 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Morality (3 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Pessimism (2 works)