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Nietzsche as Egoist and Mystic

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Authors:
  1. Andrew Milne

    1. University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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  • Seeks to resolve the tension in Nietzsche’s work between the unashamedly egocentric and the apparently mystical

  • Focusses on Nietzsche's 'ancestors' to illuminate his thought

  • Demonstrates Nietzsche’s sustained interest in mystical experience throughout his philosophical career

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Sanctification of Nietzsche

    • Andrew Milne
    Pages 1-12

  3. Ancestors, Part I

    • Andrew Milne
    Pages 13-34

  4. Ancestors, Part II

    • Andrew Milne
    Pages 35-64

  5. Mysticism from Birth to Breakdown

    • Andrew Milne
    Pages 65-92

  6. Against Mediation

    • Andrew Milne
    Pages 93-119

  7. The Great Hospital

    • Andrew Milne
    Pages 121-145

  8. On Being Enamoured

    • Andrew Milne
    Pages 147-169

  9. Hafez Shrugs the Cloak

    • Andrew Milne
    Pages 171-203

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 205-207
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About this book

This book is an attempt to make sense of the tension in Nietzsche’s work between the unashamedly egocentric and the apparently mystical. While scholars have tended to downplay one or other of these aspects, it is the author’s contention that the two are not only compatible but mutually illuminating. This book demonstrates Nietzsche’s sustained interest in mysticism from the time of The Birth of Tragedy right through to the end of his productive life. This book argues against situating Nietzsche’s religious thought in the context of Buddhist or Christian mystical traditions, demonstrating the inadequacy of attempts to mediate between Nietzsche and Meister Eckhart and the Bodhisattva ideal of Mahayana Buddhism. Rather, it is argued that Nietzsche’s egoism and mysticism are best understood in the intellectual context which he himself avowed, according to which his “ancestors” were Heraclitus, Empedocles, Spinoza, and Goethe.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

    Andrew Milne

About the author

Andrew Milne teaches philosophy at the University of Western Australia. His primary research interests are in Aesthetics and the Comparative Philosophy of Religion.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nietzsche as Egoist and Mystic

  • Authors: Andrew Milne

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75007-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75006-0Published: 20 August 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75009-1Published: 21 August 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-75007-7Published: 19 August 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 207

  • Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Mind

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