From Nietzsche to Wittgenstein: The Problem of Truth and Nihilism in the Modern World (Literature and the Sciences of Man)

By Glen T. Martin and Radford University Foundation

This fascinating study offers a complete interpretation of the philosophies of both Nietzsche and Wittgenstein. It finds in Nietzsche's philosophy an expression of the scepticism and relativism of the modern world to which he gave the name nihilism. If Nietzsche's conclusion that there is no truth poses the basic problematic of modernity, Professor Martin understands Wittgenstein's philosophy as addressing, in a radically new way, the overcoming of this nihilism. Martin offers a new interpretation of Wittgenstein's life work as focusing on the groundlessness of the human situation and as restoring truth to its legitimate place within the conventions of language. The final chapter explores the spiritual implications for modern man of seeing clearly the limits of human language.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820409170
• ISBN13: 9780820409177
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"