ABSTRACT

This title was first published in 2001. Friedrich Nietzsche has always been recognized as an original thinker, one who stands apart from and outside the philosophical schools and tendencies of his time. This is the way he continually presented himself. Many readers have accepted this self-interpretation at face value. Yet there is another side to Nietzsche's thinking which shows not only an awareness of contemporary writers, but an engagement with their ideas which is often both intense and sustained. The intention of this study is to explore this side in detail, by surveying various themes in his philosophical thinking with such links in mind. It is important to avoid one misunderstanding though: this book is not designed to show that Nietzsche derived his ideas from various other thinkers. In that sense, it is not necessarily about "sources" or even about "influences". Rather, it shows that his independence and originality developed in dialogue with other thinkers.

chapter 1|20 pages

Spir and Time

chapter 2|20 pages

Dühring and Time

chapter 3|18 pages

Teichmüller and Perspective

chapter 4|22 pages

Zöllner and Space

chapter 5|18 pages

Mechanism and Beyond

chapter 6|18 pages

Possibility, Probability and Finality

chapter 7|18 pages

The Mathematics of Eternal Recurrence

chapter 8|18 pages

The Physics of Eternal Recurrence

chapter 9|18 pages

Sensualism and Knowledge

chapter 10|18 pages

Ressentiment, Revenge and Punishment