%0 Thesis %A RYAN, THOMAS JAMES %D 2018 %T The Affirmation of Eros: Passion and Eternity in Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Gay Science %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/The_Affirmation_of_Eros_Passion_and_Eternity_in_Friedrich_Nietzsche_s_The_Gay_Science/7039508 %R 10.26180/5b8cf855657fb %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/12938252 %K Nietzsche %K Hellenistic Philosophy %K History of Philosophy %K Love %K Philosophy %X This thesis investigates the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's relationship with three ancient philosophical traditions: Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Platonism. It argues that in his work The Gay Science he radically breaks from these traditions, by developing an ethics grounded in the love of life. The thesis accomplishes a richer understanding of Nietzsche’s middle-period ethics and of his relationship to antiquity %I Monash University