''Nietzsche and Classical Greek Philosophy: Beautiful and Diseased explains Friedrich Nietzsche’s ambivalence toward Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Daw-Nay N. R. Evans Jr. argues that Nietzsche’s relationship to his classical Greek predecessors is more subtle and systematic tha…
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A solution to the problem of Socrates in Nietzsche's thought -- Neither friend nor foe: Nietzsche's view of Plato -- Thick as thieves: Nietzsche's debts to Aristotle -- Between myth and reality: Heraclitus's influence on Nietzsche
This book presents a new understanding of Nietzsche's view of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Through a careful study of how these philosophers appropriate reason in both life-negating and life-affirming ways, Daw-Nay N.R. Evans Jr. offers a fresh perspective on Nietzsche and cl…