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Chapter 5 - Genuine Philosophers, Value-Creation, and Will to Power

An Exegesis of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil §211

from Part II - The Nature of Philosophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2019

By
Paul S. Loeb
Edited by
Paul S. Loeb  and
Matthew Meyer
Paul S. Loeb
Affiliation:
University of Puget Sound, Washington
Matthew Meyer
Affiliation:
University of Scranton
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This chapter argues that Nietzsche hoped to emancipate genuine philosophers, as exemplified by his idealized Zarathustra, from the long-standing ascetic influence of science and religion in order that they might finally embrace their proper role as autonomous value-creating rulers in both these spheres.

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Nietzschephilosophymetaphilosophyvalue-creationwill to powerZarathustra, religionsciencenaturalismÜbermenschself-overcoming
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Nietzsche's Metaphilosophy
The Nature, Method, and Aims of Philosophy
 , pp. 83 - 105
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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