| COURSE NUMBER: |
PHIL 399 |
| COURSE TITLE: |
Special Topics in Philosophy - 2002/03 Fall - Nietzsche |
| NAME OF
INSTRUCTOR: |
Dr Henry Schuurman |
| CREDIT WEIGHT
AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: |
credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0) |
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
A course on a topic or figure of special interest to a member of the
philosophy faculty and offered on a non-recurring basis.
Prerequisites: PHIL 230
2002/03 Fall
This course will introduce students to the major themes
of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy. We will focus on
Nietzsche’s account of morality and religion. We will also
examine his discussion of the causes and consequences of Western
Nihilism, as well as the solutions he proposes for its overcoming (the
Overman and the Eternal Recurrence).
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| TEXTS: |
- Hollingdale, R.J. Nietzsche: the Man and His
Philosophy (revised edition). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1999. (NMP)
- Nietzsche, Friedrich. On the Advantage and
Disadvantage of History for Life. Translated by Peter
Preuss. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1980. (ADHL)
- Nietzsche, Friedrich. Basic Writings of Nietzsche.
Translated and Edited by Walter Kaufmann. New York: The Modern Library,
1992. (BW)
- Nietzsche, Friedrich. Twilight of the Idols/The
Anti-Christ. Translated by R.J. Hollingdale.
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1990. (AC)
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| MARK
DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
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| Several Socratic Exercises |
50% |
| Research paper |
25% |
| Final Exam |
25% |
|
100% |
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| COURSE OUTLINE: |
- Class #1(Sept. 3): Introduction to the
course. Watch Oedipus Tyrannus.
- Class #2(Sept.10): Discuss The Birth of
Tragedy. Read NMP, pp.3-17; 47-85 and BW, pp.17-98.
Paper#1 due.
- Class#3(Sept.24): Discuss Nietzsche’s view of
history. Read NMP, pp. 18-43; 86-112 and ADHL, pp.
1-64. Paper#2 due.
- Class#4(Oct.1): Discuss Nietzsche’s
aphorisms. Read NMP, pp.113-147 and BW, pp.145-178. Paper#3
due. Watch Fight Club.
- Class#5(Oct.8): Discuss Thus Spake
Zarathustra. Read handout and NMP, pp.148-168.
Paper#4 due.
- Class#6(Oct.15): Discuss Beyond Good and
Evil. Read NMP, pp.169-192 and BW, pp.181-246; 389-435.
Paper#5 due.
- Class#7(Oct.22): Discuss On the Genealogy
of Morals(GM). Read BW, pp.439-492.
- Class#8(Oct.29): Discuss GM. Read BW,
pp.493-532.
- Class#9(Nov.3-7): Watch Decalogue1-10 on successive
nights, Monday through Friday.
- Class#10(Nov12): Discuss GM. Read BW,
pp.533-99.
- Class#11(Nov.19): Discuss Twilight of the
Idols. Read NMP, pp.193-236 and selections from Twilight of
the Idols.
- Class#12(Nov.26): Discuss The Anti-Christ.
Read AC, pp.125-199.
- Class#13(Dec.3): Discuss Ecce Homo. Read
NMP, pp. 237-261 and BW, pp. 657-791. Research paper due.
Discuss final exam.
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