This volume, edited by Vinod Acharya and Ryan J. Johnson, consists of fourteen chapters concerning Nietzsche's lifelong fascination with Epicurus. Epicurus was hailed by Nietzsche as the ideal thinker in the middle period of his philosophical career and subsequently accused of being a decadent figure.
The volume is divided into four parts. Part 1 is titled “Encounters: Body, Mood, Geography and Aesthetic” and consists of five chapters: Carlotta Santini on Nietzsche's critique of Epicurus's writing style; Ryan Johnson on the topic of “gastrosophia,” namely the moral effects of foods according to Nietzsche and Epicurus; Jill Marsden on the kinship between Nietzsche and Epicurus about philosophy and the art of living; Babette Babich on Nietzsche's reception of Epicurus's Garden; and Céline Leboeuf on Nietzsche's and Epicurus's ideas regarding suffering, health, and happiness. Part 2, “Comparative Studies,” comprises four chapters: Michael Ure and Thomas Ryan on the theory of eternal recurrence of...
