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Science, Culture, and Free Spirits A Study of Nietzsche's Human, All-Too-Human

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ISBN-10: 1591026806

ISBN-13: 9781591026808

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jonathan R. Cohen

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In this insightful study, a Nietzsche specialist argues that Human, All Too Human represents the crucial watershed for Nietzsche's philosophical development, the moment at which he "becomes who he is."
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Book details

List price: $44.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 9/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 305
Size: 5.33" wide x 8.22" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Guide to Citation of Nietzsche's Works
Introduction: Why a Study of Human, All-Too-Human?
Science and Culture in Nietzsche's Early Works
The Attack on Science in The Birth of Tragedy
The Attack on Science in On the Use and Abuse of History
The Attack on Science in Schopenhauer as Educator
Signs of Instability in Nietzsche's Early Position
Transition from the Early Works to Human, All-Too-Human
Science in Human, All-Too-Human
A Diametric Reversal on Science
Biographical Explanations
False Leads in the Text
The Role of Science in Human, All-Too-Human's Overall Project
Why Did Nietzsche Change His Mind about Science?
Culture in Human, All-Too-Human
Philosophy in Human, All-Too-Human
Transition to Chapter 3
The Attack on Metaphysics in Human, All-Too-Human
The War between Science and Metaphysics in Human, All-Too-Human
The Alternative Explanation Argument
The Origin of Belief Argument
Two-Pronged Attack
How the Two Argument Patterns Work Together
Evaluating Human, All-Too-Human's Attack on Metaphysics
Transition to Chapter 4
The Free Spirits of Human, All-Too-Human
Free Spirits Defined
The Free Spirits' Character Type
A General Description of Unique Individuals?
Free Spirits: Found or Produced?
How to Free a Spirit
Transition to Chapter 5
Free Spirits and Culture
The Cultural Division of Labor
Active or Contemplative?
Leaders, Followers, and Individual Cultural Growth
Contrast with the Cultural Avant-Garde of the Early Works
The Problem of Truth and Illusion in Human, All-Too-Human
Free Spirits Mediating between Truth and Illusion
What Comes after Free Spirit-hood
Transition to Chapter 6
The Literary Integrity of Human, All-Too-Human
The Writing Style of Human, All-Too-Human
Presentation of the Text in Small Sections
The Nine-Part Structure of Human, All-Too-Human
The Problem of Volume II
Transition to Chapter 7
Science, Culture, and Free Spirits in the Later Works
The Structural Parallel between Human, All-Too-Human and Beyond Good and Evil
The Moralist Becomes an Immoralist
The New Immoralism and Its New Centrality
The 1886 Preface to Human, All-Too-Human
Nietzsche's Later View of Science
Analytic Table of Contents for Human, All-Too-Human
Notes
Indexes