Philosophy 184

The course will focus on key ideas in Nietzsche’s philosophy, such as his theory of drives, perspectivism, analysis of nihilism, revaluation of values, ‘will to power’, art, and the ‘affirmation of life’. We will discuss, among other works, extensive excerpts from The Birth of Tragedy, The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, On the Genealogy of Morals, the late-note collection The Will to Power, as well as a few shorter essays.