Hegel, Nietzsche and the Criticism of Metaphysics

by Stephen Houlgate

This study of Hegel and Nietzsche evaluates and compares their work through their common criticism of the metaphysics for operating with conceptual oppositions such as being/becoming and egoism/altruism. Dr Houlgate exposes Nietzsche's critique as employing the distinction of Life and Thought, which itself constitutes a metaphysical dualism of the kind Nietzsche attacks. By comparison Hegel is shown to provide a more profound critique of metaphysical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521892791
• ISBN13: 9780521892797
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"