Nietzsche and Greek Thought

I. Nietzsche's Philosophic Historiography.- Nietzsche's Use of Intellectual History.- History and the Self -Definition of Humanity.- II. Nietzsche on the Greek Decline.- "Socrates" as a Symptom of the Greek Decline.- III. Nietzsche on the Early Presocratics.- Philosophy in "the Tragic Age".- Nietzsche on Anaximander.- Nietzsche on Herakleitos.- Nietzsche and Parmenides.- IV. Positivism and Ecstasy.- Rationality without Beauty, Release without Proportion.- Poetry as Dianoia, Imagination as Rationality.- V. Keeping Track of "Socrates".- The Socrates of the Pythagorizing and Oligarchal Tradition.- Nietzsche's Traditionalist Reading of Plato.- VI. What Nietzsche Loved About Socrates.- Nietzsche's Dialectic and Anti-Systematics.- Plato's Socrates is Not a Twilit Idol.- VII. The Tyranny of "Reason".- "Rationalism" and "Morality," Reason and Nature.- Man's Fatedness is Existential.- Nietzsche's Remarks on Aristotle, and the Tragic Sense.- Epilogue.

I. Nietzsche s Philosophic Historiography. - Nietzsche s Use of Intellectual History. - History and the Self -Definition of Humanity. - II. Nietzsche on the Greek Decline. - Socrates as a Symptom of the Greek Decline. - III. Nietzsche on the Early Presocratics. - Philosophy in the Tragic Age . - Nietzsche on Anaximander. - Nietzsche on Herakleitos. - Nietzsche and Parmenides. - IV. Positivism and Ecstasy. - Rationality without Beauty, Release without Proportion. - Poetry as Dianoia, Imagination as Rationality. - V. Keeping Track of Socrates . - The Socrates of the Pythagorizing and Oligarchal Tradition. - Nietzsche s Traditionalist Reading of Plato. - VI. What Nietzsche Loved About Socrates. - Nietzsche s Dialectic and Anti-Systematics. - Plato s Socrates is Not a Twilit Idol. - VII. The Tyranny of Reason . - Rationalism and Morality, Reason and Nature. - Man s Fatedness is Existential. - Nietzsche s Remarks on Aristotle, and the Tragic Sense. - Epilogue.