Nietzsche, Biology and Metaphor
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'Gregory Moore's Nietzsche, Biology and Metaphor addresses an area of Nietzsche studies that has for long called for such a detailed and well-informed work? Moore's success lies in uncovering the subtleties, both historical and intellectual, of Nietzsche's complex position on evolution, nature and the human.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
'Deeply researched and closely argued, dispassionately and lucidly written, and skilfully integrating an extraordinary quantity of recondite primary materials, this book is a landmark in Nietzsche studies and an exemplary work of intellectual history.' Journal of European Studies
'I found Moore's book of considerable interest ...' History of Political Thought
Book Description
This study explores the German philosopher's response to the intellectual debates sparked by the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species. By examining the abundance of biological metaphors in Nietzsche's writings, Gregory Moore questions his recent reputation as an eminently subversive and post modern thinker. The book analyzes key themes of Nietzsche's thought--his critique of morality, his philosophy of art and the Übermensch--in the light of the theory of evolution, the nineteenth-century sense of decadence and the rise of anti-Semitism.
Nietzsche, Biology and Metaphor
Nietzsche, Biology and Metaphor,Gregory Moore,Cambridge University Press,0521812305,History & Surveys - 19th Century,History & Surveys - Modern,Human evolution,Life Sciences - Evolution,Metaphor,Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm,Organic Evolution,Philosophy,Philosophy & Social Aspects,History of ideas, intellectual history,Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present,Political Science / History & Theory
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