Basic Writings (International Nietzsche Studies)
(Part of the International Nietzsche Studies Series)
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This book contains the first English translations of The Origin of the Moral Sensations and Psychological Observations, the two most important works by the German philosopher Paul R e. These essays present R e's moral philosophy, which influenced the ideas of his close friend Friedrich Nietzsche considerably. Nietzsche scholars have often incorrectly attributed to him arguments and ideas that are R e's and have failed to detect responses to R e's works in Nietzsche's writings. R e's thinking combined two strands: a pessimistic conception of human nature, presented in the French moralists' aphoristic style that would become a mainstay of Nietzsche's own writings, and a theory of morality derived from Darwin's theory of natural selection. R e's moral Darwinism was a central factor prompting Nietzsche to write On the Genealogy of Morals and the groundwork for much of today's "evolutionary ethics." In an illuminating critical introduction, Robin Small examines R e's life and work, locating his application of evolutionary concepts to morality within a broader history of Darwinism while exploring R e's theoretical and personal relationship with Nietzsche. In placing Nietzsche in his intellectual and social context, Small profoundly challenges the myth of Nietzsche as a solitary thinker.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:025202818X
ISBN13:9780252028182
Release Date:April 2003
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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