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Kierkegaard and Nietzsche on the Best Way of Life

A New Method of Ethics

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  • © 2013

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  1. Thomas P. Miles

    1. Boston College, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Thomas P. Miles
    Pages 1-13

  3. Kierkegaard’s Ways of Life

    • Thomas P. Miles
    Pages 14-57

  4. Nietzsche’s Ways of Life

    • Thomas P. Miles
    Pages 58-103

  5. Kierkegaard on Internal Collapse as Despair

    • Thomas P. Miles
    Pages 104-139

  6. Nietzsche on Internal Collapse as Nihilism

    • Thomas P. Miles
    Pages 140-167

  7. Contrasting Kierkegaard and Nietzsche

    • Thomas P. Miles
    Pages 168-210

  8. Comparing Kierkegaard and Nietzsche

    • Thomas P. Miles
    Pages 211-233

  9. Conclusions

    • Thomas P. Miles
    Pages 234-271

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 272-301
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Kierkegaard and Nietzsche revive an ancient approach to ethics that evaluates different ways of life considered as a whole. Comparing and contrasting their respective ideals of faith and individual sovereignty, this work reveals a valuable new path for contemporary ethics.

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  • Boston College, USA

    Thomas P. Miles

About the author

Thomas P. Miles is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Boston College, USA. He is a Fulbright scholar who holds degrees in philosophy from Yale University, Cambridge University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has published numerous articles on Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, as well as Wittgenstein, Hume, and Dante.

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