Papers by Alexander Nehamas
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 1986
... This view, as we shall see, motivates his perspectivism as well as aspects of his doctrine of... more ... This view, as we shall see, motivates his perspectivism as well as aspects of his doctrine of the will to power, of the eternal recurrence, of the nature of the self, and of his objections to morality.Nietzsche's aestheticism is also connected with perspectivism in another way. ...
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Review of Metaphysics, 1975
CONFUSING UNIVERSALS AND PARTICULARS IN PLATO'S EARLY DIALOGUES* ... 1 HAT Socrates did not ... more CONFUSING UNIVERSALS AND PARTICULARS IN PLATO'S EARLY DIALOGUES* ... 1 HAT Socrates did not always find it easy to make himself under stood by his interlocutors in Plato's early dialogues, and that this difficulty was caused by his radically new approach to ...
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University of California Press eBooks, Dec 31, 1994
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Qui Parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences, Dec 1, 2018
This essay is an exchange between friends and scholars Thomas Laqueur and Alexander Nehamas. Laqu... more This essay is an exchange between friends and scholars Thomas Laqueur and Alexander Nehamas. Laqueur offers a number of possible answers to the question “Why is a dog a man’s best friend?” as he explicates and analyzes a varied historical record of archaeological evidence, philosophy, art, and literature. Laqueur builds on Aristotle’s conception of friendship as he explores what types of friendships we humans have with dogs and how such relationships may benefit both species. Nehamas responds to Laqueur’s text and Aristotle on philia as he traces the limits of human relationships with dogs as well as human friends.
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Cambridge University Press eBooks, 2009
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History of Philosophy Quarterly, 1990
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The Journal of Nietzsche Studies, Nov 1, 2017
Nietzsche often gives the impression that all human beliefs are false. Some scholars, like Maudem... more Nietzsche often gives the impression that all human beliefs are false. Some scholars, like Maudemarie Clark, believe that such a “falsification thesis” is unacceptable and try to limit Nietzsche's commitment to it, claiming that he abandons it in his very last works. Others, like Lanier Anderson and Nadeem Hussain, take it in ways that make it true and locate it in all. I argue that the view that is common to both approaches—that Nietzsche held that thesis in the first place—is unjustified. To that end, I interpret the texts where these scholars claim to find the thesis in a way that shows that they do not commit Nietzsche to it, and I offer some reasons for thinking that this is a more fruitful way of interpreting his views on the importance of truth—and falsehood—and their function in the economy of human life.
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Phoenix (Toronto), 1986
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Princeton University Press eBooks, Mar 9, 2021
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Duke University Press eBooks, 1992
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Cornell University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2020
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Introductions to Nietzsche
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The Philosophical Review, Jul 1, 1980
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The Journal of Philosophy, 1986
M I ICHAEL FOUCAULT's brilliant and influential essay, "What Is an Author?", argue... more M I ICHAEL FOUCAULT's brilliant and influential essay, "What Is an Author?", argues that the author is not a IF person at all, but a "function" or "figure" which emerged, in connection with literature, only after the Renaissance.' Since it is a historical construct, Foucault argues, ...
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The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Dec 1, 1998
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The Journal of Philosophy, 1988
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Journal of Philosophical Research, 2015
Along with our inordinate emphasis on managing our lives on the basis of impartial principles and... more Along with our inordinate emphasis on managing our lives on the basis of impartial principles and rules, we have lost the sense that some of the greatest human achievements are accomplished precisely by going beyond anything that existing rules and principles allow. Along with our fixation on the values of morality and politics, which apply to everyone on the basis of our similarities to one another, we have lost the sense that there are also values that depend on our differences and distinguish us from the rest of the world. Philosophical Individualism is a theory that considers the values of difference and distinction to be of crucial importance to life, and models successful lives on successful works of art. That is what is meant by “the art of living.” But such an art is manifested in the abilities of successful leaders in any field: leadership always requires going at least one step beyond wherever what has been already codified can take them.
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Princeton University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 1998
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Duke University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2020
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