Nietzsche As A Scholar Of Antiquity Anthony K Jensen Helmut Heit Editors by Anthony K. Jensen, Helmut Heit (editors) 9781472548122, 1472548124 instant download after payment.

This book offers a coherent account of Nietzsche’s early development, filling a gap in the literature by focussing on his lectures and research on Ancient Greek culture and thought. With eleven original chapters by some of the leading philosophers and classicists from around the world, this book analyzes Nietzsche’s thought about antiquity, and its influence on the history of classical studies. Typically, the first decade of Friedrich Nietzsche’s career is considered a sort of prcis of his mature thinking. Yet, the editors argue, his philological articles, lectures, and research on Ancient Greek culture and thought – many of which have received almost no scholarly attention – were never intended to serve solely as preparatory ground to future thought. This book contests that these writings were composed instead to express his deep insight into the character of antiquity. Gottlieb Raper once called Nietzsche “an astute and learned interpreter” who possessed “marvellous powers for seeing in the dark” – and this volume redresses the recent neglect of Nietzsche’s views about early antiquity by bringing them into the light of critical investigation.