Nietzsche's Conscience

by Aaron Ridley

Book Overview

Aaron Ridley explores Nietzsche's mature ethical thought as expressed in his masterpiece On the Genealogy of Morals. Taking seriously the use that Nietzsche makes of human types, Ridley arranges his book thematically around the six characters who loom largest in that work--the slave, the priest, the philosopher, the artist, the scientist, and the noble. By elucidating what the Genealogy says about these figures, he achieves a persuasive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801435579
• ISBN13: 9780801435577
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher