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After a Foreword, Preface (and Precaution), and Introduction,
the text comprises one hundred and eighty-nine sections, divided
into seven parts.
Part One
Mission: Untimely
The True Task of Philosophy
Part Two
Great Doubt and the Death of God
Part Three
The Will to Power as Generosity
Part Four
The Crooked Path of Eternity
Time and the Eternal Return
Part Five
Beyond the Dream of Change: Towards a Zen Psychology
Part Six
On Nomadic Truth
Part Seven
The Innocence of Becoming
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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“Buddha is Dead looks in some depth at the life
and work of Nietzsche, particularly at what the author sees as a
parallel between the ‘great doubt’ of Zen and the ‘creative
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of his most profound insights. European nihilism as encountered
in philosophy and the voidness of the Mahayana have been dealt with
in great depth by philosophers such as Nishitani. Bazzano takes
a poetic approach to these subjects.
… The great advantage of a formal spiritual training is that
the trainee goes on to experience the fullness of life tragically.
We can do it our own way, but at our peril. The Buddha and those
who have followed him have beaten a path to the deathless that we
would do well to follow if we wish to avoid the pitfalls and tragedy
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is that embracing doubt does not lead necessarily to cynicism and
negativity, but can bring about a change of heart and allows for
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