Scott A Jenkins
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4588796 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Scott A Jenkins |
| PRENOMES | Scott A |
| SOBRENOME | Jenkins |
| ASSINATURA | JENKINS S A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Kansas |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Nietzsche's Transformation of the Problem of Pessimism in Human, All Too Human
In Book I of Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche maintains that optimism and pessimism are both outdated because no judgment concerning the value of life gains support from the naturalistic philosophy that he now embraces. I show that Nietzsche's repudiation of optimism and pessimism rests on a distinction between theoretical and evaluative judgments that originates in his reading of Eugen Dühring's The Value of Life. While Nietzsche now maintains th…
The Gay Science
This chapter considers the distinctive themes and methods of Nietzsche’s The Gay Science (1882/1887). I begin by considering Nietzsche’s notion of gay science itself – a paradoxical notion since gaiety would seem to be incompatible with the rigor, focus, and precision characteristic of scientific activity. I argue that Nietzsche intends to show through the diverse styles and lighthearted attitude of The Gay Science that gaiety is not just compati…
Ressentiment , Imaginary Revenge, and the Slave Revolt
Truthfulness as Nietzsche’s Highest Virtue
Nietzsche's Use of Monumental History
This article examines Nietzsche's notion of monumental history in “On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life” and considers its importance for Nietzsche's later work. In the first section, I examine the connections between monumental history and the work of Polybius, Thucydides, and Livy. Here I argue that Nietzsche takes his notion of monumental history directly from the practice of history in the ancient world. In the second section, I …
Nietzsche’s Questions Concerning the Will to Truth
By a will to truth Nietzsche understands an overriding commitment, unlimited in scope, to believing in accordance with evidence and argument. I show that the critique of this commitment found in Nietzsche’s later works uncovers the psychological grounds of our modern will to truth and establishes its affinity with distinctively moral commitments. I argue that Nietzsche’s critique nevertheless provides no answer to his question concerning the valu…
Time and Personal Identity in Nietzsche's Theory of Eternal Recurrence
Friedrich Nietzsche's theory of eternal recurrence is an essential part of his mature philosophy, but the theory's metaphysical commitments and practical implications are both obscure. In this essay I consider only the metaphysical elements of the theory, with the aim of determining whether it is possible that we live our lives infinitely many times, as the theory maintains. I argue that the possibility of eternal recurrence turns on issues in pe…
What Does Nietzsche Owe Thucydides
Thucydides was one of Nietzsche's most important intellectual influences, but the extent of Nietzsche's debt to Thucydides has not been fully grasped. Here I consider the accounts of particular passages of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War that appear in Nietzsche's published writings. I argue that while the views on justice that Nietzsche claims to find in Thucydides differ somewhat from the doctrine of the History, Thucydides's view…
Nietzsche’s Therapy
Ressentiment , Imaginary Revenge, and the Slave Revolt
Nietzsche's Use of Monumental History
This article examines Nietzsche's notion of monumental history in “On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life” and considers its importance for Nietzsche's later work. In the first section, I examine the connections between monumental history and the work of Polybius, Thucydides, and Livy. Here I argue that Nietzsche takes his notion of monumental history directly from the practice of history in the ancient world. In the second section, I …
Time and Personal Identity in Nietzsche's Theory of Eternal Recurrence
Friedrich Nietzsche's theory of eternal recurrence is an essential part of his mature philosophy, but the theory's metaphysical commitments and practical implications are both obscure. In this essay I consider only the metaphysical elements of the theory, with the aim of determining whether it is possible that we live our lives infinitely many times, as the theory maintains. I argue that the possibility of eternal recurrence turns on issues in pe…
Nietzsche’s Therapy
What Does Nietzsche Owe Thucydides
Thucydides was one of Nietzsche's most important intellectual influences, but the extent of Nietzsche's debt to Thucydides has not been fully grasped. Here I consider the accounts of particular passages of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War that appear in Nietzsche's published writings. I argue that while the views on justice that Nietzsche claims to find in Thucydides differ somewhat from the doctrine of the History, Thucydides's view…
Nietzsche’s Questions Concerning the Will to Truth
By a will to truth Nietzsche understands an overriding commitment, unlimited in scope, to believing in accordance with evidence and argument. I show that the critique of this commitment found in Nietzsche’s later works uncovers the psychological grounds of our modern will to truth and establishes its affinity with distinctively moral commitments. I argue that Nietzsche’s critique nevertheless provides no answer to his question concerning the valu…
Time and Personal Identity in Nietzsche's Theory of Eternal Recurrence
Friedrich Nietzsche's theory of eternal recurrence is an essential part of his mature philosophy, but the theory's metaphysical commitments and practical implications are both obscure. In this essay I consider only the metaphysical elements of the theory, with the aim of determining whether it is possible that we live our lives infinitely many times, as the theory maintains. I argue that the possibility of eternal recurrence turns on issues in pe…
Nietzsche's Use of Monumental History
This article examines Nietzsche's notion of monumental history in “On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life” and considers its importance for Nietzsche's later work. In the first section, I examine the connections between monumental history and the work of Polybius, Thucydides, and Livy. Here I argue that Nietzsche takes his notion of monumental history directly from the practice of history in the ancient world. In the second section, I …
Truthfulness as Nietzsche’s Highest Virtue
Ressentiment , Imaginary Revenge, and the Slave Revolt
The Gay Science
This chapter considers the distinctive themes and methods of Nietzsche’s The Gay Science (1882/1887). I begin by considering Nietzsche’s notion of gay science itself – a paradoxical notion since gaiety would seem to be incompatible with the rigor, focus, and precision characteristic of scientific activity. I argue that Nietzsche intends to show through the diverse styles and lighthearted attitude of The Gay Science that gaiety is not just compati…
Nietzsche's Transformation of the Problem of Pessimism in Human, All Too Human
In Book I of Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche maintains that optimism and pessimism are both outdated because no judgment concerning the value of life gains support from the naturalistic philosophy that he now embraces. I show that Nietzsche's repudiation of optimism and pessimism rests on a distinction between theoretical and evaluative judgments that originates in his reading of Eugen Dühring's The Value of Life. While Nietzsche now maintains th…
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