Browsing by UP Author "Van Tongeren, Paul"

Browsing by UP Author "Van Tongeren, Paul"

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  • Nietzsche's revaluation of the cardinal virtues: the case of Sophrosyne 
    Van Tongeren, Paul; South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities (South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities, 2001)
    Peter Geach is reported to have said that temperance is far from being an interesting subject, but "rather a humdrum common sense matter". I hope to show that his opinion proves that he did not know the early history of ...
  • Nietzsche, Democracy and Transcendence 
    Van Tongeren, Paul (Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, 2007)
    Socialism, utilitarianism and democracy are, according to Nietzsche, secularised versions of Christianity. They have continued the monomaniac one-sidedness of the Christian idea of what a human being is and should be, and ...
  • Nihilisme en moraal 
    Van Tongeren, Paul (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2013-12)
    The term "nihilism" is often used as an invective to blame a person or a way of thinking. If used in that way there would be a simple opposition between "nihilism and morality". That opposition could maybe point to a ...
  • Over het Nihilisme : Nietzsches actualiteit of de onze? 
    Van Tongeren, Paul (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2017-03)
    If philosophy claims to be an analysis of the here and now, it should also reflect on the preconditions of a description and diagnosis of the present. One of the challenges presented by such an analysis is the risk of ...