Moral philosophers like Martha Nussbaum, Philippa Foot, and Michael Weber argue for what I call the “Neo-Stoic Reading” of Nietzsche, which includes two claims: first, Nietzsche allegedly recommends the relentless pursuit of self-interest at the expense of other persons; second, he denies empathy any major role in the ethical life. I will argue that the Neo-Stoic view misses an important unifyi...

Nietzsche’s criticisms were directed against what he reckons as the progressive ‘moral’ disintegration of late 19 century Germany. He described morality as “the doctrine of the relations of supremacy (Herrschafts-Verhältnissen) under which the phenomenon of ‘life’ comes to be.” This definition, however, is broad and mired in ambiguity, and as will be pointed out later, escapes multitudinous ‘mo...

BACKGROUND Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), one of the most profound and influential modern philosophers, suffered since his very childhood from severe migraine. At 44 he had a mental breakdown ending in a dementia with total physical dependence due to stroke. From the very beginning, Nietzsche's dementia was attributed to a neurosyphilitic infection. Recently, this tentative diagnosis has beco...

Este artículo parte de un poema manuscrito atribuido póstumamente a Jorge Luis Borges, titulado “Aquí. Hoy” y editado por el crítico colombiano Abad Faciolince. Sin entrar en problema la autenticidad este poema, lo que interesa es su argumento metafísico conexión con se caracteriza aquí como una “hermenéutica del olvido”, convocando Paul Ricœur, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Hei...

2Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Winston-Salem State University, 601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27110, USA *Corresponding author: Deborah F. Farmer, PhD Associate Professor Department of Behavioral Sciences Winston-Salem State University 601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27110, USA Tel. 336.750.2974 Fax: 336.75...

judgement about friedrich nietzsche as a criticizer of modern culture and a new establisher in culture and thought of the new world, is a very difficult task. but criticizing of morality, philosophy and culture during the last ages is an effort that nietzsche has done it and in this way he notified the effects of corruption on human will and life. nietzsche in his new establishing in reaction t...