Leo Strauss on Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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Editor’s Introduction: Strauss, Nietzsche, and the History of Political Philosophy
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1 Introduction: Nietzsche’s Philosophy, Existentialism, and the Problem of Our Age
2 Restoring Nature as Ethical Principle: Zarathustra, Prologue
3 The Creative Self: Zarathustra, Part 1, 1–8
4 The True Individual as the Highest Goal: Zarathustra, Part 1, 9–15
5 Postulated Nature and Final Truth: Zarathustra, Part 1, 16–22
6 Truth, Interpretation, and Intelligibility: Zarathustra, Part 2, 1–12
7 Will to Power and Self- Overcoming: Zarathustra, Part 2, 15–20
8 Summary and Review: Fusing Plato and the Creative Self
9 Greek Philosophy and the Bible; Nature and History: Zarathustra, Part 2, 20–22
10 Eternal Recurrence: Zarathustra, Part 2, 21; Part 3, 1–13
11 Survey: Nietzsche and Political Philosophy
12 The Goodness of the Whole, Socratic and Heideggerian Critiques: Zarathustra, Part 3, 4–12
13 Creative Contemplation: Zarathustra, Part 3, 13
14 Restoring the Sacred and the Final Question: Zarathustra, Part 4
Notes
Index
Philosophy: Political Philosophy
Political Science: Political and Social Theory
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