The affirmation of Eros : passion and eternity in Friedrich Nietzsche's 'The Gay Science'

This thesis analyses Nietzsche's use of eros in The Gay Science through the concepts of passion and eternity. Nietzsche deploys the conceptual resources of the Hellenistic schools, particularly Stoicism and Epicureanism, to articulate an "affirmative" rival to the Platonic sublimation...

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Main Author: Ryan, Thomas
Published: University of Warwick 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.767107