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标题：NIETZSCHE’S EARLY POLITICAL THINKING II: “THE GREEK STATE”
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作者：Timothy H. Wilson
期刊名称：Minerva : an Internet Journal of Philosophy
印刷版ISSN：1393-614X
出版年度：2013
卷号：17
页码：171-216
出版社：University of Limerick
摘要：This paper uses an extended discussion of Nietzsche's essay "The Greek State" to uncover the political aspects of his early thinking. The paper builds on a similar discussion of another essay from the same period, "Homer on Competition," in arguing that Nietzsche's thinking is based on a confrontation with the work of Plato. It is argued that the key to understanding "The Greek State" is seeing it, in its entirety, as an enigmatic interpretation and re-writing of Plato's Republic. Nietzsche interprets the Republic as Plato's accomplishment of the task of the genuine philosopher: the legislation of values and the moulding of human character