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C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction: The Oneness of Desire—But Which One? 3 1 The Republic as Prologue 17 part one: platonic eros—the effectual truth 2 First Truths 53 3 What Does Eros Want? 67 4 Love of Wisdom versus Love of the Wise: Eros in Action 95 part two: rousseau and the expansiveness of being 5 Between Eros and Will to Power: Rousseau and ‘‘The Desire to Extend Our Being’’ 135 6 Emile, or On Philosophy? 177 part three: nietzsche’s new eternity 7 Nietzsche’s Politeia, I 205 8 Nietzsche’s Politeia, II 239 9 Will to Power versus Eros, or a Battle of Eternities 275 Epilogue: One or Many? 305 References 331 Index 339 ...

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