"Six essays from a well-known Nietzsche scholar on Strauss, Plato, Nietzsche, and the history of western philosophy In Strauss, Plato, Nietzsche: The Beijing Lectures, Laurence Lampert presents what he calls the new history of philosophy, made possible by Friedrich Nietzsche. This "new&quo...

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Main Author:	Lampert, Laurence 1941- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia Paul Dry Books 2024
Edition:	First Paul Dry Books edition
Subjects:	Plato > v427-v347 Nietzsche, Friedrich > 1844-1900 Strauss, Leo > 1899-1973 Strauss, Leo Plato Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm / 1844-1900 Philosophy Philosophy / History Philosophie Philosophie / Histoire philosophy
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	"Six essays from a well-known Nietzsche scholar on Strauss, Plato, Nietzsche, and the history of western philosophy In Strauss, Plato, Nietzsche: The Beijing Lectures, Laurence Lampert presents what he calls the new history of philosophy, made possible by Friedrich Nietzsche. This "new" history takes seriously Nietzsche's claim that "the greatest thoughts are the greatest events." To put it even more assertively that "genuine philosophers are commanders and legislators." Beginning with Leo Strauss and how his recovery of the philosophers' art of writing can change our way of viewing the history of philosophy, Lampert then focuses on six Platonic dialogues-Protagoras, Charmides, Republic, Phaedo, Parmenides, and Symposium. These, he believes, mark a turning point in Western history and set the pattern for the whole Western philosophic tradition. In the third and final section, Lampert considers Nietzsche in order to show how he revolutionized our understanding of the world, in particular why it is appropriate to judge him as "the first comprehensive ecological philosopher.""--
Item Description:	Six lectures originally given at Renmin University in Beijing, China
Physical Description:	xv, 211 Seiten 22 cm
ISBN:	9781589881907