Nietzsche

The course will primarily study selections from the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, who exercised a huge influence on Twentieth Century philosophy, literature and art. We will look at essential philosophical background as well as important legacies of Nietzsche's ideas. In particular, Schopenhauer’s theory of the ‘world as will’ forms a vital background to understanding Nietzsche’s wide-ranging critique of morality; while Nietzsche's interest in the question of ‘the value of truth’ has had a deep influence on post-structuralist philosophy.