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Heroic-idyllic philosophizing : Nietzsche and the Epicurean tradition
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Ansell-Pearson, Keith (2014) Heroic-idyllic philosophizing : Nietzsche and the Epicurean tradition. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, 74 . pp. 237-263. doi:10.1017/S1358246114000010 ISSN 1358-2461.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1358246114000010
Abstract
This essay looks at Nietzsche in relation to the Epicurean tradition. It focuses on his middle period writings of 1878–82 – texts such as Human, all too Human, Dawn, and The Gay Science – and seeks to show that an ethos of Epicurean enlightenment pervades these texts, with Epicurus celebrated for his teaching of modest pleasures and cultivation of philosophical serenity. For Nietzsche, Epicurus is one of the greatest human beings to have ever graced the earth and the inventor of ‘heroic-idyllic philosophizing’. At the same time, Nietzsche claims to understand Epicurus differently to everybody else. The essay explores the main figurations of Epicurus we find in his middle period and concludes by taking a critical look at his later and more ambivalent reception of Epicurus.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900, Epicureans (Greek philosophy) | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1358-2461 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | July 2014 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 74 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 27 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 237-263 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1358246114000010 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 July 2016 |
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