Nietzsche's Search for Philosophy: On the Middle Writings
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Editions of Nietzsche's Writings Used with Abbreviations -- Introduction -- II -- III -- Chapter 1: Cooling Down the Human Mind: Nietzsche On Philosophy and the Philosopher in Human, all too Human -- Introduction -- Introduction to the text -- Beyond the consolations of philosophy -- Nietzsche's dilemma in Human, all too Human -- Philosophy in Mixed Opinions and Maxims and The Wanderer and His Shadow -- Nietzsche and Epicurus -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Nietzsche on Enlightenment and Fanaticism -- Introduction -- Nietzsche and the enlightenment -- Nietzsche and fanaticism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Dawn and the Passion of Knowledge -- Introduction -- The moment of Dawn -- The passion of knowledge -- Dawn and questions of knowledge -- A parable about the sea and the city -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: A Philosophy of Modesty: Ethics and the Search for a Care of Self -- Introduction -- The presumptions of morality -- The subject in question -- Being with oneself and others -- Nietzsche and the care of self -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Philosophical Cheerfulness: On The Gay Science -- Introduction -- Introduction to The Gay Science -- 'La gaya scienza' -- The death of God and philosophy -- The meaning of Nietzsche's cheerfulness -- Nietzsche and philosophy -- Chapter 6: On Nietzsche's Search for Happiness and Joy -- The happiness of the afternoon of antiquity -- Heroic-Idyllic -- The happiness of the free spirit -- Joy over pleasure -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Index