The Soul of Nietzsche's __Beyond Good and Evil__

This Book Presents A Provocative New Interpretation Of Beyond Good And Evil, Arguably Nietzsche's Most Important Work. The Problem Is That It Appears To Express Merely A Loosely Connected Set Of Often Questionable Opinions. Can Nietzsche Really Be An Important Philosopher If This Is His Most Important Book? Maudemarie Clark And David Dudrick Address This Question With A Close Reading That Emphasizes How Nietzsche Writes. They Argue That The First Part Of Beyond Good And Evil Presents Coherent And Interconnected Arguments For Subtle And Well-thought-out Positions On Traditional Issues. Nietzsche's Infamous Doctrine Of The Will To Power Turns Out To Be A Compelling Account Of The Structure And Origin Of The Human Soul. And Although He Rejects Some Aspects Of Traditional Philosophy, Nietzsche's Aim Is To Show How Philosophy's Traditional Aspirations To Seek Both The True And The Good Can Be Fulfilled. Beyond Good And Evil Turns Out To Be A Major Work Of Philosophy And Nietzsche's Masterpiece.--pub. Desc. Introduction: Learning To Read Beyond Good And Evil -- Part I: The Will To Truth And The Will To Value. Setting The Stage : Nietzsche's Preface ; The Magnificent Tension Of The Spirit ; Philosophy And The Will To Value ; Science And The Will To Truth ; Reconciling The Will To Truth And The Will To Value -- Part Ii. The Will To Power. Nietzsche's Soul ; The Will ; The Other Doctrines Of The Will To Power -- Conclusion. Maudemarie Clark, David Dudrick. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 The Soul of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil 3 Title 5 Copyright 6 Dedication 7 Contents 9 Note on Texts and Citations 13 Introduction: Learning to Read Beyond Good and Evil 15 I.1 THE PROBLEM 16 I.2 TWO STRATEGIES 19 I.3 OUR PROJECT 22 PART ONE: THE WILL TO TRUTH AND THE WILL TO VALUE 25 1 Setting the Stage: Nietzsche’s Preface 27 1.1 FIRST THEME: DOGMATISM IN ITS LAST THROES 27 1.2 KANT AND SPIR ON DOGMATISM 30 1.3 SECOND THEME: DIAGNOSIS OF.DOGMATISM’S FAILURE 36 1.4 THIRD THEME: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF PHILOSOPHY 39 2 The “Magnificent Tension of the Spirit” 44 2.1 BGE 1: INTRODUCING THE WILL TO TRUTH 45 2.2 BGE 2: INTRODUCING THE WILL TO VALUE 51 2.3 THE FUNCTION OF BGE 3 AND 4 62 2.4 THE PUZZLES OF BGE 3 AND 4 64 2.5 “MAN” AS THE MEASURE 68 2.6 SOLVING THE PUZZLES OF BGE 3 AND 4 70 2.7 CONCLUSION 77 3 Philosophy and the Will to Value 79 3.1 BGE 5: THE PREJUDICES AND VALUES OF PHILOSOPHERS 80 3.2 BGE 10: SKEPTICAL ANTIREALISTS, POSITIVISTS, AND NIHILISTS 82 3.3 BGE 11: KANT’S SUCCESSORS 87 3.4 CONCLUSION 99 4 Science and the Will to Truth 101 4.1 BGE 14: EXPLANATION 102 4.2 BGE 14: “BELIEF IN THE SENSES” 111 4.3 BGE 15: PURSUING PHYSIOLOGY WITH A.CLEAR CONSCIENCE 112 4.4 BGE 15: SENSUALISM AS A REGULATIVE HYPOTHESIS 117 4.5 THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: LANGE AND SPIR 120 I. Lange 122 II. Spir 123 4.6 CONCLUSION 126 5 Reconciling the Will to Truth and the Will to Value 127 5.1 PREFACE TO THE GAY SCIENCE: THE UNVEILED TRUTH 128 5.2 GS 371 AND 372: THE “TENSION OF THE SPIRIT” 130 5.3 GS 373 AND 374: VALUES AND INTENTIONALITY 133 5.4 GS 373 AND 374: SPIR’S RELEVANCE 138 5.5 GS 374: IN LIGHT OF SPIR 141 5.6 THE UNVEILED TRUTH, REVISITED 144 PART TWO: THE WILL TO POWER 151 6 Nietzsche’s Soul 155 6.1 BGE 6 AND 9: WILL TO POWER AND WILL TO VALUE 156 6.2 BGE 6: TWO INTERPRETATIONS 162 6.3 BGE 12: GOING “STILL FURTHER” THAN BOSCOVICH 169 6.4 BGE 12: AN “ANCIENT AND VENERABLE HYPOTHESIS” 177 6.5 VALUES AND HUMAN MOTIVATION 185 7 The Will 190 7.1 BGE 19: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF WILLING 192 7.2 BGE 19: WILLING 199 7.3 THE ERROR ATTACHED TO WILLING 205 7.4 TWO KINDS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY 209 7.5 THE GENEALOGY OF POLITICAL ORDER 214 7.6 CONCLUSION 224 8 The Other Doctrines of the Will to Power 225 8.1 BGE 13: LIFE AS WILL TO POWER 227 8.2 BGE 22: PHYSICAL REALITY AS WILL TO POWER 237 8.3 BGE 36: THE WORLD AS WILL TO POWER 243 8.4 CONCLUSION 257 Conclusion 259 C.1 WHY DOES NIETZSCHE WRITE THE WAY HE DOES? 259 C.2 EDUCATION AND THE SOUL 271 Acknowledgments 279 Bibliography 283 I Nietzsche’s Works 283 II Other Works 284 Index 289