NIETZSCHE
AND OTHER EXPONENTS OF
INDIVIDUALISM
BY
PAUL CARUS
CHICAGO LONDON
THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANTI-SCIENTIFIC TENDENCIESDEUSSEN'S RECOLLECTIONS
EXTREME NOMINALISM
A PHILOSOPHY OF ORIGINALITY
THE OVERMAN
ZARATHUSTRA
A PROTEST AGAINST HIMSELF
NIETZSCHE'S PREDECESSOR
EGO-SOVEREIGNTY
ANOTHER NIETZSCHE
NIETZSCHE'S DISCIPLES
THE PRINCIPLE OF VALUATION
INDIVIDUALISM
CONCLUSION.
INDEX
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE. STATUE BY KLEIN.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE AS A PUPIL AT SCHULPFORTA IN THE YEAR 1861.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE FROM PHOTOGRAPH IN THE POSSESSION OF PROFESSOR DEUSSEN.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE IN THE PRIME OF LIFE.
COINS OF ANCIENT ELIS.
NIETZSCHE'S HANDWRITING.
NIETZSCHE'S DRUNKEN SONG--ILLUSTRATION BY LINDLOF.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE GERMAN ARTILLERY, 1868.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE AS PROFESSOR AT BASLE.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE—THE LATEST PORTRAIT, AFTER AN OIL PAINTING BY C. STOEVING.
PENCIL SKETCH OF MAX STIRNER.
BUST OF NIETZSCHE, BY KLINGER.
ANTI-SCIENTIFIC TENDENCIES.
Philosophies are world-conceptions presenting three main features:(1) A systematic comprehension of the knowledge of their age; (2) Anemotional attitude toward the cosmos; and (3) A principle that willserve as a basis for rules of conduct. The first feature determines theworth of the several philosophical systems in the history of mankind,being the gis