Friedrich Nietzsche and Overcoming

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This paper examines how the concept of overcoming refers to a broad area of debate and discussion in Nietzschean scholarship. The paper looks at various views and interpretations of the term 'overcoming' and, at the same time, proposes a study to work towards a coherent and homogeneous definition of this concept that alludes to the various views and critiques in the literature.

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Introduction
Proposed Title
Problem Statement and Context
Importance and Significance of the Study
Literature and Sources

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"A central philosophical aspect to be considered is the relationship between Nietzsche's work and the history of metaphysics; which also includes the problem of human becoming. While the concept of overcoming is seen as an attack on the tradition of metaphysical thought, philosophers like Martin Heidegger viewed Nietzsche as the last great thinker to think in the metaphysical mode of thought. Heidegger envisaged a new mode of thinking that was out of step with the Nietzschean oeuvre. (Pattison, 2000, p. 106) This is an important critique as it leads to the various assumptions and views in postmodern thought that relate to the concept of overcoming. Derridean and other theoretical views of overcoming in the Nietzschean context will also be considered. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Donnelley S. Whitehead and Nietzsche: Overcoming the Evil of Time. Available:http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2507[28 August 2008]
• Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra. Available:http://philosophy.eserver.org/nietzsche-zarathustra.txt [28 August 2008]
• Limnatis, N. G. (2007). Reginster, Bernard. the Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism. The Review of Metaphysics, 61(1), 153+.
• Man is something to be overcome. Available:http://centrebouddhisteparis.org/En_Anglais/Sangharakshita_en_anglais/Nietzsche_and_Superman/To_be_overcome/to_be_overcome.html [28 August 2008]
• More, M. (1994, Fall). On Becoming Posthuman. Free Inquiry, 14, 38+.

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