The key aspects of interpretation are understanding, clarifying, and questioning definitions; what Nietzsche brings to the process is a sense of how important context, history and culture are to understanding any term. In the case of morals, for instance, he argues that if we are to truly understand what we mean by “good” or “evil,” we cannot ever assume the two concepts have a stable meaning, outside of a given moment in history. Indeed, to understand what they mean now, and might mean in the future, we need to trace the genealogy of concepts back to their very roots – a feat of interpretation that Nietzsche undertakes masterfully.
The key aspects of interpretation are understanding, clarifying, and questioning definitions; what Nietzsche brings to the process is a sense of how important context, history and culture are to understanding any term. In the case of morals, for instance, he argues that if we are to truly understand what we mean by “good” or “evil,” we cannot ever assume the two concepts have a stable meaning, outside of a given moment in history. Indeed, to understand what they mean now, and might mean in the future, we need to trace the genealogy of concepts back to their very roots – a feat of interpretation that Nietzsche undertakes masterfully.
An Analysis of Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality
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An Analysis of Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality
112
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781912127191 |
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| Publisher: | Macat Library |
| Publication date: | 07/04/2017 |
| Series: | The Macat Library |
| Pages: | 112 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d) |