{"product_id":"nietzsche-and-epicurus-paperback","title":"Nietzsche and Epicurus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVinod Acharya\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRyan J. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores Nietzsche's decisive encounter with the ancient philosopher, Epicurus. The collected essays examine many previously unexplored and underappreciated convergences, and investigate how essential Epicurus was to Nietzsche's philosophical project through two interrelated overarching themes: nature and ethics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUncovering the nature of Nietzsche's reception of, relation to, and movement beyond Epicurus, contributors provide insights into the relationship between suffering, health and philosophy in both thinkers; Nietzsche's stylistic analysis of Epicurus; the ethics of self-cultivation in Nietzsche's Epicureanism; practices of eating and thinking in Nietzsche and Epicurus; the temporality of Epicurean pleasure; the practice of the gay science, and Epicureanism and politics. The essays also provide creative comparisons with the Stoics, Hobbes, Mill, Guyau, Buddhism, and more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNietzsche and Epicurus\u003c\/i\u003e offers original and illuminating perspectives on Nietzsche's relation to the Hellenistic thinker, in whom Nietzsche saw the embodiment of the practice of philosophy as an art of existing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyan Johnson \u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor of philosophy, Elon University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Deleuze-Lucretius Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eContemporary Encounters with Ancient Metaphysics \u003c\/i\u003e(2018). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinod Acharya \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Instructor in Philosophy, Seattle University, USA. He is author of \u003ci\u003eNietzsche's Meta- Existentialism\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47342584955129,"sku":"9781350279162","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/U0tkNTRxQW1sd3ZCY0VKeEJMT2RWUT09.webp?v=1769713815","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/nietzsche-and-epicurus-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}