EPTYou might also elaborate on similarities between the care for oneself (epimeleia heautou), the souci de soi that Foucault recognizes in ancient philosophy (more specifically the epicurean/stoic "era", you can find this in his Histoire de sexualité 3 (le souci de soi)) and the notion of Übermensch in Nietzsche, which also involves developing/perfecting oneself.
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ManBearPig
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You might also elaborate on similarities between the care for oneself (epimeleia heautou), the souci de soi that Foucault recognizes in ancient philosophy (more specifically the epicurean/stoic "era", you can find this in his Histoire de sexualité 3 (le souci de soi)) and the notion of Übermensch in Nietzsche, which also involves developing/perfecting oneself. | ||
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zulu_nation8
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omninmo
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also the best way to understand nietzsche is by reading plato, kant and schopenhauer. All of Nieztsche's work is in direct response to these three. if you have read kant or schopenhauer and are familiar with the transcendental aesthetic, and schopenhauer's concept of will then nietzsche is much more relevant. ill try to edit this for content and links later. Right now i am posting this on my cell while heading to work. | ||
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zulu_nation8
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On February 08 2009 17:25 oneofthem wrote: hmm, i dont know much about nietzsche, but i think aesop's point is that nietzsche's approach to philosophy is different from the system builders before him. approaching nietzsche by way of ontology or metaphysics is then mistaken, not that there is no metaphysics, but that a positive metaphysics is not the point nietzsche drives at. this is mostly the impression i got from hilary putnam's comments on nietzsche. being from the anlaytic approach, you can see that nietzsche is being used to address our core metaphilosophical concerns, whereas continental people would probably want to place nietzsche by his metaphysics. i dont think its positive but there is a metaphysics | ||
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