| Description |
1 online resource (131 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Dates and Dramatis Personae -- 2. Historical Context -- 3. The Idea of Life -- 4. The Value of Life -- I. The Conception of Philosophy -- 1. Philosophy as a Worldview -- 2. Origins -- 3. Nietzsche's Conceptions of Philosophy -- 4. Dilthey's Idea of a Worldview -- 5. Simmel's Qualification -- II. An Individualist Ethics -- 1. An Ethics of Protest -- 2. Nietzsche's Early Ethics -- 3. Dilthey's Ethics -- 4. Simmel's Individual Law -- III. The Battle against Pessimism -- 1. The Challenge of Pessimism -- 2. Nietzsche's First Response to Pessimism -- 3. Dilthey and Pessimism -- 4. Simmel on Pessimism -- 5. Nietzsche's Later Response to Pessimism -- IV. Lebensphilosophie and Historicism -- 1. The Historicist Tradition -- 2. Lebensphilosophie and Hermeneutics -- 3. Dilthey and the Foundation of Hermeneutics -- 4. Simmel and the Philosophy of History -- 5. Nietzsche's Historicism -- V. Historicism and Relativism -- 1. The Problem of Relativism -- 2. Nietzsche's Relativism -- 3. Dilthey and the Problem of Relativism -- 4. Simmel and the Conflict of Values -- VI. Religious Legacy -- 1. Religious Context -- 2. Faith and Apostasy in the Young Nietzsche -- 3. A Modern Epicurus -- 4. Dilthey's Religious Beliefs -- 5. Simmel's Jewish Background -- 6. Simmel's Religious Philosophy -- VII. Lebensphilosophie and Irrationalism -- 1. The Charge of Irrationalism -- 2. The Meaning of "Irrationalism" -- 3. A Critique of Reason -- 4. Hermeneutics and the New Rationalism -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Summary |
Philosophy of Life explores the intellectual movement Lebensphilosophie, which flourished in Germany from 1870 until 1920, led by Nietzsche, Dilthey, and Simmel. This was the first Western intellectual movement to develop an entirely secular and humanist conception of life, believing that the meaning of life had to be found in life itself |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed February 20, 2024) |
| Subject |
Philosophy, German -- 19th century.
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Philosophy, German -- 20th century.
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Philosophy, German
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Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge.
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Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192899781 |
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0192899783 |
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9780191986314 |
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0191986313 |
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0192899775 |
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9780192899774 |
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