"In this book, author Ge Ling Shang provides a systematic comparison of original texts by Zhuangzi (fourth century B.C.E.) and Nietzsche (1846-1900), under the rubric of religiosity, to challenge those who have customarily relegated both thinkers to relativism, nihilism, escapism, pessimism, or anti-religion."--BOOK JACKET.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

(8)

Reinterpreting Zhuangzi and Nietzsche

2

(2)

Perspective on Comparative Philosophy

4

(1)

Method and Plan

5

(4)

Zhuangzi's Dao: A Way Of Freedom

9

(50)

The Concept of Dao in Early Chinese History

11

(4)

Wuwu: A Deconstruction of Metaphysical Perspectives of Dao

15

(8)

Dao Throughs as One

23

(6)

Wuzhi: Equalizing Opinions is the Way of True Knowledge

29

(8)

Language without Words: Beyond Language and Silence

37

(9)

Wuwei or Non-doing: Against the Tradition of Morality

46

(6)

Xiao Yao You: A Spiritual Freedom Realized in this World

52

(7)

Nietzsche's Philosophy Of Life Affirmation

59

(44)

Nietzsche's Mission: Revaluation of All Values

60

(7)

Genealogy: A New Way of Philosophizing

67

(4)

Truth, Knowledge, and Morals

71

(15)

Metaphysics as a Symptom of Human Decadence

72

(4)

Truths as Lies and Will to Truth as Ascetic Ideal

76

(2)

Language and Truth

78

(1)

Does Nietzsche Renounce the Existence of Truth?

79

(1)

A Genealogical Critique of Morality

80

(3)

Overcoming Metaphysics

83

(3)

The World of Appearances and the Will to Power

86

(7)

Religiosity: Liberation as Life Affirmation

93

(10)

An Interplay Between Zhuangzi And Nietzsche

103

(34)

Goblet Words and Dionysian Dithyramb

104

(4)

Truth, Knowledge, and Interpretation

108

(5)

Revaluation and Devaluation: Beyond Good and Evil

113

(5)

Nature as Primary Unity

118

(7)

True Person and Ubermensch: Living in the World

125

(6)

Ziran and Freedom: Life Affirmation

131

(3)

Further Reflections on Differences Between Zhuangzi and Nietzsche

134

(3)

Converging New Worlds: Zhuangzi, Nietzsche, And Contemporary Philosophy

137

(28)

Affirmation after Deconstruction: Zhuangzi and Nietzsche Challenge Postmodern Solutions

138

(8)

The Liberation of Thought: Zhuangzi and Nietzsche in Contemporary China

146

(7)

Philosophical Religiosity

153

(12)

Notes

165

(16)

Selected References

181

(8)

Index

189

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