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The moral meaning of nature : Nietzsche's Darwinian religion and its critics / Peter J. Woodford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780226539928
  • 022653992X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Moral meaning of nature.DDC classification:
  • 193 23
LOC classification:
  • B3318.N3 W66 2018eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Friedrich Nietzsche: a Darwinian religion -- Franz Overbeck: the life history of asceticism -- Georg Simmel: evolution and the self-transcendence of life -- Heinrich Rickert: the autonomy of agency and the science of life -- Conclusion.
Summary: What does biological evolution tell us about the nature of religion, about ethical values, or even about the meaning and purpose of life? Notable contemporary debates have indicated the continuing cultural weight of such questions. This text aims to shed new light on them by examining the significance of an early philosophical discussion of Darwin in late 19th-century Germany.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Friedrich Nietzsche: a Darwinian religion -- Franz Overbeck: the life history of asceticism -- Georg Simmel: evolution and the self-transcendence of life -- Heinrich Rickert: the autonomy of agency and the science of life -- Conclusion.

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What does biological evolution tell us about the nature of religion, about ethical values, or even about the meaning and purpose of life? Notable contemporary debates have indicated the continuing cultural weight of such questions. This text aims to shed new light on them by examining the significance of an early philosophical discussion of Darwin in late 19th-century Germany.

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