Rebecca Bamford is assistant professor of philosophy at Quinnipiac University. She was previously assistant editor of the Journal of Nietzsche Studies. Her monograph Nietzsche’s Method: Experimentalism in Science and Mind is forthcoming with De Gruyter. She currently serves as Secretary of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society.Contributors:Ruth Abbey, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, USA; Christa Davis Acampora, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College CUNY, USA; Paul Bishop, William Jacks Chair in Modern Languages, University of Glasgow, UK; Marcus Born, Researcher in Modern German Literature, Heidelberg University, Germany; Daniel Conway, Professor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA; Christine Daigle, Professor of Philosophy, Brock University, Canada; Katia Hay, Post-doctoral researcher in Philosophy, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Duncan Large, Professor of Languages, Translation and Communication, Swansea University, UK; Katrina Mitcheson, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West of England, UK; Martine Prange, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Leiden; the Netherlands; Herman Siemens, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; Andreas Urs Sommer, Professor of Philosophy, University of Freiburg, Germany

This impressive volume gathers the work of many notable Nietzsche scholars on a figural notion that has not received sustained attention in the literature. The complex character of the free spirit is duly articulated in a multi-layered and comprehensive manner, with attention to both chronological and substantive questions in Nietzsche’s texts. Highly recommended.

• Notes on Abbreviations / Acknowledgements / Introduction, Rebecca Bamford / Part I: Origins / 1. Skilled Marksman and Strict Self-Examination: Nietzsche on La Rochefoucauld, Ruth Abbey / 2. The Ethical Ideal of the Free Spirit in Human, All Too Human, Christine Daigle / 3. Beyond Selfishness: Epicurean Ethics in Nietzsche and Guyau, Keith Ansell-Pearson / 4. The Free Spirit and Aesthetic Self-Re-Education, Duncan Large / 5. Health and Self-Cultivation in Dawn, Rebecca Bamford / 6. Ridendo Dicere Severum: On Probity, Laughter and Self-Critique in Nietzsche’s Figure of the Free Spirit, Herman Siemens and Katia Hay / Part II: Developments, Applications, and Extensions / 7. The Experiment of Incorporating Unbounded Truth, Katrina Mitcheson / 8. Perspectives on a Philosophy of the Future in Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, Marcus Andreas Born / 9. Nietzsche’s “Free Spirit”, Richard Schacht / 10. Being Unattached: Freedom and Nietzsche’s Free Spirits, Christa Davis Acampora / 11. Free the Spirit!: Kantian, Jungian, and Neoplatonic Resonances in Nietzsche, Paul Bishop / 12. Almost Everything is Permitted: Nietzsche’s Not-So-Free Spirits, Daniel Conway / 13. Is There a Free Spirit in Nietzsche’s Late Writings?, Andreas Urs Sommer / Notes on Contributors / Index

Rebecca Bamford is assistant professor of philosophy at Quinnipiac University. She was previously assistant editor of the Journal of Nietzsche Studies. Her monograph Nietzsche’s Method: Experimentalism in Science and Mind is forthcoming with De Gruyter. She currently serves as Secretary of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society.Contributors:Ruth Abbey, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, USA; Christa Davis Acampora, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College CUNY, USA; Paul Bishop, William Jacks Chair in Modern Languages, University of Glasgow, UK; Marcus Born, Researcher in Modern German Literature, Heidelberg University, Germany; Daniel Conway, Professor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA; Christine Daigle, Professor of Philosophy, Brock University, Canada; Katia Hay, Post-doctoral researcher in Philosophy, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Duncan Large, Professor of Languages, Translation and Communication, Swansea University, UK; Katrina Mitcheson, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West of England, UK; Martine Prange, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Leiden; the Netherlands; Herman Siemens, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; Andreas Urs Sommer, Professor of Philosophy, University of Freiburg, Germany

This impressive volume gathers the work of many notable Nietzsche scholars on a figural notion that has not received sustained attention in the literature. The complex character of the free spirit is duly articulated in a multi-layered and comprehensive manner, with attention to both chronological and substantive questions in Nietzsche’s texts. Highly recommended.

• Notes on Abbreviations / Acknowledgements / Introduction, Rebecca Bamford / Part I: Origins / 1. Skilled Marksman and Strict Self-Examination: Nietzsche on La Rochefoucauld, Ruth Abbey / 2. The Ethical Ideal of the Free Spirit in Human, All Too Human, Christine Daigle / 3. Beyond Selfishness: Epicurean Ethics in Nietzsche and Guyau, Keith Ansell-Pearson / 4. The Free Spirit and Aesthetic Self-Re-Education, Duncan Large / 5. Health and Self-Cultivation in Dawn, Rebecca Bamford / 6. Ridendo Dicere Severum: On Probity, Laughter and Self-Critique in Nietzsche’s Figure of the Free Spirit, Herman Siemens and Katia Hay / Part II: Developments, Applications, and Extensions / 7. The Experiment of Incorporating Unbounded Truth, Katrina Mitcheson / 8. Perspectives on a Philosophy of the Future in Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, Marcus Andreas Born / 9. Nietzsche’s “Free Spirit”, Richard Schacht / 10. Being Unattached: Freedom and Nietzsche’s Free Spirits, Christa Davis Acampora / 11. Free the Spirit!: Kantian, Jungian, and Neoplatonic Resonances in Nietzsche, Paul Bishop / 12. Almost Everything is Permitted: Nietzsche’s Not-So-Free Spirits, Daniel Conway / 13. Is There a Free Spirit in Nietzsche’s Late Writings?, Andreas Urs Sommer / Notes on Contributors / Index

Rebecca Bamford is assistant professor of philosophy at Quinnipiac University. She was previously assistant editor of the Journal of Nietzsche Studies. Her monograph Nietzsche’s Method: Experimentalism in Science and Mind is forthcoming with De Gruyter. She currently serves as Secretary of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society.Contributors:Ruth Abbey, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, USA; Christa Davis Acampora, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College CUNY, USA; Paul Bishop, William Jacks Chair in Modern Languages, University of Glasgow, UK; Marcus Born, Researcher in Modern German Literature, Heidelberg University, Germany; Daniel Conway, Professor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA; Christine Daigle, Professor of Philosophy, Brock University, Canada; Katia Hay, Post-doctoral researcher in Philosophy, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Duncan Large, Professor of Languages, Translation and Communication, Swansea University, UK; Katrina Mitcheson, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West of England, UK; Martine Prange, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Leiden; the Netherlands; Herman Siemens, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; Andreas Urs Sommer, Professor of Philosophy, University of Freiburg, Germany

This impressive volume gathers the work of many notable Nietzsche scholars on a figural notion that has not received sustained attention in the literature. The complex character of the free spirit is duly articulated in a multi-layered and comprehensive manner, with attention to both chronological and substantive questions in Nietzsche’s texts. Highly recommended.

• Notes on Abbreviations / Acknowledgements / Introduction, Rebecca Bamford / Part I: Origins / 1. Skilled Marksman and Strict Self-Examination: Nietzsche on La Rochefoucauld, Ruth Abbey / 2. The Ethical Ideal of the Free Spirit in Human, All Too Human, Christine Daigle / 3. Beyond Selfishness: Epicurean Ethics in Nietzsche and Guyau, Keith Ansell-Pearson / 4. The Free Spirit and Aesthetic Self-Re-Education, Duncan Large / 5. Health and Self-Cultivation in Dawn, Rebecca Bamford / 6. Ridendo Dicere Severum: On Probity, Laughter and Self-Critique in Nietzsche’s Figure of the Free Spirit, Herman Siemens and Katia Hay / Part II: Developments, Applications, and Extensions / 7. The Experiment of Incorporating Unbounded Truth, Katrina Mitcheson / 8. Perspectives on a Philosophy of the Future in Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, Marcus Andreas Born / 9. Nietzsche’s “Free Spirit”, Richard Schacht / 10. Being Unattached: Freedom and Nietzsche’s Free Spirits, Christa Davis Acampora / 11. Free the Spirit!: Kantian, Jungian, and Neoplatonic Resonances in Nietzsche, Paul Bishop / 12. Almost Everything is Permitted: Nietzsche’s Not-So-Free Spirits, Daniel Conway / 13. Is There a Free Spirit in Nietzsche’s Late Writings?, Andreas Urs Sommer / Notes on Contributors / Index