Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion

Nietzsche, Metaphor, ReligionPresents a radically anti foundationalist reading of Nietzsche's philosophy of religion. Nietzsche argued that metaphor is at the basis of language, concepts, and perception, making it the vehicle by which humans interpret the world. As such, metaphor has profound consequences for the nature of religion and of philosophy. Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion connects Nietzsche's early writings on rhetoric and metaphor, especially as understood by

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