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    Konchalovsky, Frankl, Freedom: Reconsidering Runaway Train
    Comparative and Continental Philosophy 13 (3): 247-257. 2021.
    One of several life-affirming themes in Viktor Frankl’s classic Man’s Search for Meaning is the inviolate character of human freedom. Contrasting what he calls “inner freedom” with the dire external restrictions he experienced as a prisoner at Auschwitz and other concentration camps, Frankl insists that no matter how restrictive and dehumanizing one’s situation, the exercise of this internal freedom is always a possibility. Similar sentiments are found in Camus’s The Myth of Sisyphus. Though it …Read more
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    Nietzsche on the deaths of Socrates and Jesus
    Minerva - An Internet Journal of Philosophy 10 (1). 2006.
    As is the case with his similarly polymorphous dialogue with Socrates, Friedrich Nietzsche's career-spanning engagement with the figure of Jesus is ambivalent in the extreme. In the writings of the last year of his active life however, this self-professed “antichrist” is unwavering in his commendation of the Nazarene’s character and posture vis a vis his martyrdom. Even more remarkable is the Antichrist’s heretofore-ignored tampering with the most famous death-scene in the Western tradition. Thi…Read more
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    Nietzsche and the "Happiness of Repose"
    Comparative and Continental Philosophy 9 (1): 62-70. 2017.
    One of the more interesting aspects of the relatively unexplored topic of Nietzsche’s interest in Epicurus and Epicurean philosophy is his tendency to associate both with suffering. In this essay I examine a number of Nietzsche’s references to Epicurus and Epicureanism, paying particular attention to his recurring suggestion that both the foundation of this philosophy and its special appeal have much to do with the mitigation of suffering and the prospect of rest and contentedness. I also examin…Read more
  • Of the 60,000 scholarly studies of the life of Jesus that appeared in the 19th century, one of the most unusual and fascinating was Friedrich Nietzsche's The Antichrist. Unfortunately, a number of factors combine to virtually ensure that Nietzsche's reflections not only on Jesus, but on St. Paul and the earliest Christian community, have not received the attention they deserve. The vocabulary Nietzsche employs in his treatment of Christianity's principal protagonists is very often so deliberatel…Read more
  • Raymond Angelo Belliotti, Stalking Nietzsche (review)
    Philosophy in Review 20 311-315. 2000.
  • Aaron Ridley, Nietzsche's Conscience (review)
    Philosophy in Review 20 311-315. 2000.
  • Nietzsche On The Deaths Of Socrates And Jesus
    Minerva 10 245-266. 2006.
    As is the case with his similarly polymorphous dialogue with Socrates, Friedrich Nietzsche's careerspanningengagement with the figure of Jesus is ambivalent in the extreme. In the writings of the lastyear of his active life however, this self-professed “antichrist” is unwavering in his commendation ofthe Nazarene’s character and posture vis a vis his martyrdom. Even more remarkable is the Antichrist’sheretofore-ignored tampering with the most famous death-scene in the Western tradition. This pap…Read more
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    Dying At The Right Time
    Philosophy Now 76 23-25. 2009.
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    Traces the development of Nietzsche's ideas on Jesus, St. Paul, and early Christianity.
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    Daybreak 72: Nietzsche, Epicurus, and the after Death
    Journal of Nietzsche Studies 43 (2): 342. 2012.
    Dozens of references to Epicurus and Epicureanism can be found in the writings of Nietzsche. Very little scholarly attention, however, has been paid to Nietzsche's particular interest in Epicureanism's relationship to Christianity. One motif within Nietzsche's ruminations on this larger theme is the persuasive opposing view Epicureanism is said to have offered to notions of personal immortality circulating among antiquity's “mystery religions” and nascent Christianity. This article examines Dayb…Read more
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    Aaron Ridley, Nietzsche's Conscience Reviewed by
    Philosophy in Review 20 (5): 311-315. 2000.
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    Nietzsche, Mithras, and “Complete Heathendom”
    Comparative and Continental Philosophy 2 (1): 27-43. 2010.
    This paper examines several passages in which Nietzsche considers burgeoning Christianity’s relationship to the secretive “mystery cults” that flourished alongside the official state religions of ancient Rome. The purpose of this paper is four-fold. i) To shed light on an unexplored aspect of Nietzsche’s philosophy. ii) To explore the intellectual reality behind some of his specific charges concerning Pauline Christianity’s indebtedness to the ancient Mithras cult. iii) To assess the validity of…Read more