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Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom

Year 2016, Issue: 26, 1 - 20, 30.04.2016
https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.21936

Abstract

Nietzsche’s concept of freedom is premised upon a conception of the relationship between freedom and necessity; here I examine that concept of freedom against the background of the philosophy of Spinoza. Both offer powerful accounts of how freedom and necessity might be reconciled; this essay sets out the difference between them by breaking the problem down into those of selfhood, time, reason and culture. It is concluded that for Nietzsche freedom is always premised upon a relationship of the self to itself, whereas for Spinoza it devolves on a relationship between self and others.

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Year 2016, Issue: 26, 1 - 20, 30.04.2016
https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.21936

Abstract

References

  • ANSELL-PEARSON, Keith (2005), How to Read Nietzsche, London: Granta.
  • DELLA ROCCA, Michael (2002), “Spinoza’s Substance Monism”, in Spinoza: The Metaphysical Themes, ed. by Olli Koistinen & J. I. Biro, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • DELEUZE, Gilles (1992), Expressionism in Philosophy: Spinoza, trans. Martin Joughin, New York: Zone Books.
  • DELEUZE, Gilles (1983), Nietzsche and Philosophy, trans. Hugh Tomlinson, London: Athlone Press.
  • DUDLEY, Will (2008), Hegel, Nietzsche and Philosophy: Thinking Freedom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • LLOYD, Genevieve (1996), Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Spinoza and Ethics, London; New York: Routledge.
  • MONTAG, Warren (2000), Bodies, Masses, Power, London; New York: Verso.
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (2002), Beyond Good and Evil, trans. Judith Norman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (1997), Daybreak, trans. R. J. Hollingdale, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (2007), On the Genealogy of Morality, ed. by Keith Ansell-Pearson, trans. Carol Diethe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (1974), The Gay Science, trans. Walter Kaufmann, New York: Vintage Books.
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (1971), Thus Spoke Zarathustra in The Portable Nietzsche, ed. by Walter Kaufmann, London: Chatto and Windus.
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (2005), Twilight of the Idols in The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols and Other Writings, ed. by Aaron Ridley & Judith Norman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • SPINOZA, Baruch (1996), Ethics, London: Penguin.
  • SPINOZA, Baruch (1951), Tractatus Politicus, trans. R. H. M. Elwes, New York: Dover Publications.
  • URS SOMMER, Andreas (2012), “Nietzsche’s Readings on Spinoza”, Journal of Nietzsche Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 156-184.
  • YOVEL, Yirmiyahu (1992), Spinoza and Other Heretics, Oxford: Princeton University Press.
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Journal Section Research Article
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Zeynep Talay Turner This is me

Publication Date April 30, 2016
Submission Date June 10, 2016
Published in Issue Year 2016 Issue: 26

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APA Turner, Z. T. (2016). Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi(26), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.21936
AMA Turner ZT. Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom. Kaygı. April 2016;(26):1-20. doi:10.20981/kuufefd.21936
Chicago Turner, Zeynep Talay. “Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, no. 26 (April 2016): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.21936.
EndNote Turner ZT (April 1, 2016) Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 26 1–20.
IEEE Z. T. Turner, “Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom”, Kaygı, no. 26, pp. 1–20, April 2016, doi: 10.20981/kuufefd.21936.
ISNAD Turner, Zeynep Talay. “Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 26 (April 2016), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.21936.
JAMA Turner ZT. Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom. Kaygı. 2016;:1–20.
MLA Turner, Zeynep Talay. “Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, no. 26, 2016, pp. 1-20, doi:10.20981/kuufefd.21936.
Vancouver Turner ZT. Nietzsche and Spinoza: Thinking Freedom. Kaygı. 2016(26):1-20.

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