19 Oct
2005
19 Oct
'05
1:02 p.m.
The Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a lecture
by
Adrian Moore (Oxford)
on
"Williams, Nietzsche,and the Meaninglessness of Immortality"
Friday, 21 October, 5.00 PM, Zrinyi 14, room 412
Abstract:
In this paper I consider some of the arguments that Bernard Williams
advances in "The Makropolus Case" for the meaninglessness of
immortality, and defend them against various counter-arguments. I then
turn to Nietzsche, whose views about the eternal return might appear to
make him an opponent of Williams. I argue that, properly interpreted,
these views in fact make him an ally.
Kriszta Biber
Department Coordinator
Philosophy Department
Tel: 36-1-327-3806
Fax: 36-1-327-3072
E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu