180149 SE Friedrich Nietzsche and Indian Philosophy (2014W)
Zarathustra, the counter-ideal to the ascetic ideal
Continuous assessment of course work
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- Registration is open from Su 14.09.2014 14:00 to Mo 29.09.2014 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 20:00
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max. 45 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
07.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
14.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
21.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
28.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
04.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
11.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
18.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
25.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
02.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
09.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
16.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
13.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
20.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Tuesday
27.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral presentation (20 Minutes), seminar text (about 10 pages), participation in the discussions of the seminar and regular presence.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
1. Introduction in Indian Philosophy, in particular in Shankara’s Vedanta philosophy and Deussen’s interpretation of the System of Vedanta.
2. Introduction in Nietzsche’s philosophy, emphasizing his reading of Indian Philosophy.
3. Analysis of the influence of Indian Philosophy on Nietzsche’s work.
4. Tracing Nietzsche’s image of Indian Philosophy
5. At the end of the semester all participants of the seminar should have a clear understanding of the decisive problems, Nietzsche was struggling
with in his reading of Indian Philosophy.
2. Introduction in Nietzsche’s philosophy, emphasizing his reading of Indian Philosophy.
3. Analysis of the influence of Indian Philosophy on Nietzsche’s work.
4. Tracing Nietzsche’s image of Indian Philosophy
5. At the end of the semester all participants of the seminar should have a clear understanding of the decisive problems, Nietzsche was struggling
with in his reading of Indian Philosophy.
Examination topics
Close reading of relevant text passages in the work of Nietzsche, Deussen and relevant literature, mentioned below.
Reading list
Paul Deussen: Allgemeine Geschichte der Philosophie. Der Vedānta des Çañkara; S. 579-614 [wird auf Moodle bereit gestellt]
Paul Deussen, Das System des Vedānta. Nach den Brahma-Sūtra's des Badarayana und dem Kommentare des Çañkara über dieselben, Leibzig: Brockhaus 1883. [Wird auf Moodle bereit gestellt]
Nietzsche, Friedrich: Sämtliche Werke, Kritische Studienausgabe, hg. Giorgio Colli und Mazzino Montinari, DTV: München, Berlin, New York Oktober 1980.
Nietzsche Soorce online: http://www.nietzschesource.org/
Paul Deussen, Das System des Vedānta. Nach den Brahma-Sūtra's des Badarayana und dem Kommentare des Çañkara über dieselben, Leibzig: Brockhaus 1883. [Wird auf Moodle bereit gestellt]
Nietzsche, Friedrich: Sämtliche Werke, Kritische Studienausgabe, hg. Giorgio Colli und Mazzino Montinari, DTV: München, Berlin, New York Oktober 1980.
Nietzsche Soorce online: http://www.nietzschesource.org/
Association in the course directory
BA M 8.2
Last modified: Sa 10.09.2022 00:19
explicit references to Indian philosophies. Due to the historical fact that Nietzsche’s image of Indian Philosophy is strongly influenced by Schopenhauer and his friend Paul Deussen,
one of the leading Sanskrit scholars of their time, we will also have a close look on Nietzsche’s relation to these two authors. Both of them favored the ascetic traditions of
Indian Philosophy. Therefor it is no surprise that Nietzsche, in his “Genealogy of Morals” called Shankara’s Vedanta philosophy a kind of prototype for any ascetic approach toward philosophy. In the same text Nietzsche calls us to create a counter-ideal to the classic ascetic ideal of doing philosophy. Is Zarathustra, the representative of Nietzsche’s counter-ideal, therefore necessarily an enemy of all Indian Philosophies?