
Friedrich Nietzsche - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Mar 17, 2017 · Most of Nietzsche’s university work and his early publications were in philology, but he was already interested in philosophy, particularly the work of Arthur Schopenhauer and …
Nietzsche’s Moral and Political Philosophy
Aug 26, 2004 · A striking feature of the reception of Nietzsche in the last half-century is the large literature that has developed on Nietzsche’s purported political philosophy.
Nietzsche’s Life and Works - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
May 30, 1997 · Nietzsche’s uncle and grandfathers were also Lutheran ministers, and his paternal grandfather, Friedrich August Ludwig Nietzsche (1756–1826), was further distinguished as a …
Nietzsche’s Aesthetics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Feb 14, 2025 · Nietzsche’s name remains to a certain degree inextricable from the philosophy of tragedy, given his landmark contribution to this field. It is thus worth asking how, if at all, his …
Friedrich Nietzsche (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter …
May 30, 1997 · Central to Nietzsche's philosophy is the idea of "life-affirmation," which involves an honest questioning of all doctrines which drain life's energies, however socially prevalent those …
Existentialism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Jan 6, 2023 · Of all the existentialists, Nietzsche was the most influential and prophetic in diagnosing and conceptualizing the crisis. With the death of God and the loss of moral …
Friedrich Nietzsche - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
May 30, 1997 · Central to Nietzsche's philosophy is the idea of "life-affirmation," which involves an honest questioning of all doctrines which drain life's energies, however socially prevalent those …
Friedrich Nietzsche - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
May 30, 1997 · Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher of the late 19th century who challenged the foundations of Christianity and traditional morality. He believed in life, creativity, …
Postmodernism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Sep 30, 2005 · Nietzsche is also a precursor for postmodernism in his genealogical analyses of fundamental concepts, especially what he takes to be the core concept of Western …
Hope (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Mar 8, 2017 · Even though he does not say so, one could characterize his view as a “hope for the end of hope”. Nietzsche is perhaps the most famous critic of hope in the post-Kantian tradition.