This book is a historically informed and textually grounded study of the connections between Montaigne, the inventor of the essay, and Nietzsche, who thought of himself as an “attempter.” In conversation with the Essais, Nietzsche developed key themes of his oeuvre: experimental scepticism, gay science, the quest for drives beneath consciousness, the free spirit, the affirmation of sexuality and the body, and the meaning of greatness.
Robert Miner explores these connections in the context of Nietzsche’s reverence for Montaigne—a reverence he held for no other author—and asks what Montaigne would make of Nietzsche. The question arises from Nietzsche himself, who both celebrates Montaigne and includes him among a small number of authors to whose judgment he is prepared to submit.€69.54
Table of Content
Chapter 1: ScepsisChapter 2: Gay Science and the Practice of Perspectivism
Chapter 3: The Drives
Chapter 4: The Free Spirit
Chapter 5: Overcoming Asceticism: The Cultivation of the Body
Chapter 6: Montaigne on Greatness
Chapter 7: Nietzsche on Greatness
Epilogue: Montaigne as Judge of Nietzsche
About the author
Robert Miner is Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 294 ● ISBN 9783319667454 ● File size 3.3 MB ● Publisher Springer International Publishing ● City Cham ● Country CH ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5235915 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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