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Nietzsche on the struggle between knowledge and wisdom

Title
Nietzsche on the struggle between knowledge and wisdom / Keith M. May.
Author
May, Keith M.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1993.

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Description
xv, 193 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
In his notes Nietzsche refers to 'the struggle between science and wisdom exhibited in the ancient Greek philosophers'. Nietzsche's own view about 'science' (learning) was to the effect that, at its best, it should be greatly respected yet always tested by the demands of personal wisdom, an 'egotistical' quality which nevertheless transcends self-indulgence. Keith May considers the meaning and implications of Nietzsche's belief in relation to philosophy up to the time of Aristotle, and then its bearing on modern (essentially nihilistic) attitudes, to which it supplies something of an antidote. This study entails a fresh reading of Nietzsche's treatment of some Presocratic thinkers, including new interpretations of Heraclitus and Parmenides, followed by independent if roughly 'Nietzschean', considerations of Socrates and Plato. Aristotle's concept of being is related to being as will to power. This leads to an analysis of Nietzsche's apprehension of the soul (named 'Ariadne') and finally to thoughts of how we might now aim to overcome the Greeks.
Alternative Title
Knowledge and wisdom
Subject
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich 1844-1900
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich
  • Methodology
  • methodology
  • Weisheit
  • Wissenschaft
  • Philosophie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Knowledge and Wisdom in the Tragic Age -- 2. Socrates and Dialectic -- 3. Plato's 'Real World' -- 4. The Legacy of Euripides -- 5. Aristotle's 'Being' and Nietzsche's 'Will to Power' -- 6. Ariadne and the Labyrinth -- 7. Overcoming the Greeks.
ISBN
  • 0312089929
  • 9780312089924
  • 0333523903
  • 9780333523902
LCCN
92028792
OCLC
  • ocm26397614
  • 26397614
  • SCSB-1974165
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library