The Affirmation of Life

The Affirmation of Life
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9780674042643
ISBN-13 : 0674042646
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Affirmation of Life by : Bernard REGINSTER

Download or read book The Affirmation of Life written by Bernard REGINSTER and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most recent studies of Nietzsche's works have lost sight of the fundamental question of the meaning of a life characterized by inescapable suffering, Bernard Reginster's book The Affirmation of Life brings it sharply into focus. Reginster identifies overcoming nihilism as a central objective of Nietzsche's philosophical project, and shows how this concern systematically animates all of his main ideas.

Liberation as Affirmation

Liberation as Affirmation
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 9780791482247
ISBN-13 : 0791482243
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Liberation as Affirmation by : Ge Ling Shang

Download or read book Liberation as Affirmation written by Ge Ling Shang and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, author Ge Ling Shang provides a systematic comparison of original texts by Zhuangzi (fourth century BCE) and Nietzsche (1846–1900), under the rubric of religiosity, to challenge those who have customarily relegated both thinkers to relativism, nihilism, escapism, pessimism, or anti-religion. Shang closely examines Zhuangzi's and Nietzsche's respective critiques of metaphysics, morals, language, knowledge, and humanity in general and proposes a conception of the philosophical outlooks of Zhuangzi and Nietzsche as complementary. In the creative and vital spirit of Nietzsche, as in the tranquil and inward spirit of Zhuangzi, Shang argues that a surprisingly similar vision and aspiration toward human liberation and freedom exists—one in which spiritual transformation is possible by religiously affirming life in this world as sacred and divine.

Ani Trime's Little Book of Affirmations

Ani Trime's Little Book of Affirmations
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Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages : 125
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ISBN-10 : 9781635861853
ISBN-13 : 1635861853
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ani Trime's Little Book of Affirmations by : Ani Trime

Download or read book Ani Trime's Little Book of Affirmations written by Ani Trime and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Every thought I think is creating my future.” So begin the 52 affirmations of Ani Trime, a beloved teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition who began her own life as a gruff, plainspoken West Virginian. Noted for her humor and no-nonsense approach to spiritual practice, Trime offers wise uplifting affirmations that will resonate with everyone. Collected in an appealing, pocket-size volume, Ani Trime’s Little Book of Affirmations features original illustrations created by 39 well-known contemporary commercial artists. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Nietzsche on Art and Life

Nietzsche on Art and Life
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Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9780199545964
ISBN-13 : 0199545960
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Nietzsche on Art and Life by : Daniel Came

Download or read book Nietzsche on Art and Life written by Daniel Came and published by . This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nietzsche had a particular interest in the relationship between art and life, and in art's contribution to his philosophical aims—to identify the conditions of the affirmation of life, cultural renewal, and exemplary human living. These new essays demonstrate that understanding his engagement with art is essential for understanding his philosophy.

The Will to Nothingness

The Will to Nothingness
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9780198868903
ISBN-13 : 0198868901
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Will to Nothingness by : Bernard Reginster

Download or read book The Will to Nothingness written by Bernard Reginster and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Genealogy of Morality is Nietzsche's most influential book but it continues to puzzle, not least in its central claim: the invention of Christian morality is an act of revenge, and it is as such that it should arouse critical suspicion. In The Will to Nothingness, Bernard Reginster makes a fresh attempt at understanding this claim and its significance, inspired by Nietzsche's claim that moralities are 'signs' or 'symptoms' of the affective states of moral agents. The relation between morality and affects is envisioned as functional, rather than expressive: the genealogy of Christian morality aims to reveal how it is well suited to serve certain emotional needs. One particular emotional need, manifested in the affect of ressentiment, plays a prominent role in the analysis of Christian morality. This is the need to have the world reflect one's will, which is rooted in a special drive toward power, or toward bending the world to one's will. Revenge is plausibly understood as aiming to bolster or restore power, and the invention of new values is a particular way to do so: by altering the agent's will (her values), it alters what counts as power for her. By revealing how it is well suited to play such a functional role in the emotional economy of moral agents, the genealogical inquiries arouse critical suspicion toward Christian morality. The use of this moral outlook as an instrument of revenge is problematic not because it is immoral, but because it is functionally self-undermining.

The Affirmation

The Affirmation
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9780575114999
ISBN-13 : 0575114991
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Affirmation by : Christopher Priest

Download or read book The Affirmation written by Christopher Priest and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Sinclair is tormented by bereavement and failure. In an attempt to conjure some meaning from his life, he embarks on an autobiography, but he finds himself writing the story of another man in another, imagined, world, whose insidious attraction draws him even further in ... THE AFFIRMATION is at once an original thriller and a haunting study of schizophrenia; it has a compulsive, dream-like quality.

The Art of Affirmation

The Art of Affirmation
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Publisher : Paulist Press
Total Pages : 107
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ISBN-10 : 9781616436988
ISBN-13 : 1616436980
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Art of Affirmation by : Robert J. Furey

Download or read book The Art of Affirmation written by Robert J. Furey and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the importance of affirmation in human growth and development and also explains why it is an art.