Kierkegaard and Nietzsche: Faith and Eternal Acceptance (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333676561)

This book examines the thinking of two nineteenth-century existentialist thinkers, Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche. Its focus is on the radically different ways they envisioned a joyful acceptance of life - a concern they shared. For Kierkegaard, in Fear and Trembling, joyful acceptance flows from the certitude of faith. For Nietzsche, in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, joyful acceptance is an acceptance of the eternal recurrence of life, and is ultimately a matter of will. This book explores the relationship between these opposed visions.

Author: J. Kellenberger
ISBN-10: 0333676564
ISBN-13: 9780333676561
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 03/24/1997
Pages: 150
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d