Nietzsche's eternal recurrence of the same : the effect of logic

208 Pages·2009·4.38 MB·English

by  Murray, Gordon

Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence of the Same:
The Effect of Logic Abridgment, Contradictions and Inconsistencies.
by
Gordon Murray
A
Thesis
submitted to tlie Department ofPhilosophy
in partial fulHllment ofthe requirements
for the degree of
Master of Arts
May 1998
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario
Gordon Murray, 1998

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
am
dedicating this thesis to
I
my
Elizabeth, wife
our sons, Raymond and Scott
and our grandchildren
Jamieson and Kristen.
wish to express my indebtedness to
I
Dr. Richard S.G. Brown
and to
Dr. John R.A. Mayer
of the
Department of Philosophy

Table of Contents
Foreword
1
Introduction 3
Chapter 1 Presocratics and Eternal Recurrence 8
Chapter 2 Zarathustra's Vision of E-R 15
Chapter 3 Nietzsche Degrades Rationality 24
Chapter 4 The Cosmological Mechanics of E-R 31
Chapter 5 Cosmological ProofTested 38
Chapter 6 E-R as an Ethical Imperative 48
Chapter 7 Does E-R Preclude Alteration or Attitude? 60
Chapter 8 Can E-R Overcome Nihilism? 64
Chapter 9 Is E-R a Redemption for Revenge? 73
Chapter 10 E-R of the Similar Refuted 84
Conclusion 91
Bibliography 97
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