Nietzsche and Philosophy
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Nietzsche and Philosophy is a 1962 book by philosopher Gilles Deleuze
. Its publication marked a significant turn in 20th-century French philosophy, which had to that point not considered Friedrich Nietzsche
a serious philosopher. Nietzsche and Philosophy was the first French work to treat Nietzsche's philosophy as systematic and coherent, raising questions that would become central in Nietzsche studies and French post-structuralism
generally. Within Nietzsche scholarship, the book was notable for giving serious consideration to the concepts of the will to power
and the eternal return
.
Gilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze , was a French philosopher who, from the early 1960s until his death, wrote influentially on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. His most popular works were the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus , both co-written with Félix...
. Its publication marked a significant turn in 20th-century French philosophy, which had to that point not considered Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...
a serious philosopher. Nietzsche and Philosophy was the first French work to treat Nietzsche's philosophy as systematic and coherent, raising questions that would become central in Nietzsche studies and French post-structuralism
Post-structuralism
Post-structuralism is a label formulated by American academics to denote the heterogeneous works of a series of French intellectuals who came to international prominence in the 1960s and '70s...
generally. Within Nietzsche scholarship, the book was notable for giving serious consideration to the concepts of the will to power
Will to power
The will to power is widely seen as a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power describes what Nietzsche may have believed to be the main driving force in man; achievement, ambition, the striving to reach the highest possible position in life; these are all...
and the eternal return
Eternal return
Eternal return is a concept which posits that the universe has been recurring, and will continue to recur, in a self-similar form an infinite number of times across infinite time or space. The concept initially inherent in Indian philosophy was later found in ancient Egypt, and was subsequently...
.
See also
- Philosophy of Friedrich NietzschePhilosophy of Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche developed his philosophy during the late 19th century amid growing criticism of G. W. F. Hegel's philosophic system.Nietzsche owed the awakening of his philosophical interest to reading Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung and admitted that Schopenhauer was...
- The Philosophy of Friedrich NietzscheThe Philosophy of Friedrich NietzscheThe Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche is a book by H. L. Mencken, the first edition in 1907. The book covers both wider and lesser known areas of Friedrich Nietzsche's life and philosophy, notable both for its suggestion of Mencken's still-developing literary talents at the age of 27 and for its...
, a book by H. L. Mencken