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Author Panaioti, Antoine, 1984- author.

Title Nietzsche and Buddhist philosophy / Antoine Panaioti
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on translations, texts, and sources; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Nihilism and Buddhism: Chapter 1. Nietzsche as Buddha.-- Chapter 2. Nietzsche as anti-Buddha; Part II. Suffering -- Chapter 3. Amor fati and the affirmation of suffering -- Chapter 4. Nirvā & ndotbelow; a and the cessation of suffering; Part III. Compassion ; Chapter 5. Overcoming compassion -- Chapter 6. Cultivating compassion; Conclusion: Toward a new response to the challenge of nihilism; Bibliography; Indian sources; Western sources; Index
Summary "Nietzsche once proclaimed himself the 'Buddha of Europe', and throughout his life Buddhism held enormous interest for him. While he followed Buddhist thinking in demolishing what he regarded as the two-headed delusion of Being and Self, he saw himself as advocating a response to the ensuing nihilist crisis that was diametrically opposed to that of his Indian counterpart. In this book Antoine Panai;oti explores the deep and complex relations between Nietzsche's views and Buddhist philosophy. He discusses the psychological models and theories which underlie their supposedly opposing ethics of 'great health' and explodes the apparent dichotomy between Nietzsche's Dionysian life-affirmation and Buddhist life-negation, arguing for a novel, hybrid response to the challenge of formulating a tenable post-nihilist ethics. His book will interest students and scholars of Nietzsche's philosophy, Buddhist thought and the metaphysical, existential and ethical issues that emerge with the demise of theism"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
SUBJECT Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 fast
Subject Buddhist philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
PHILOSOPHY -- Buddhist.
Buddhist philosophy
Form Electronic book
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