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Nietzsche Lecture at Davidson
November 5, 2013 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Davidson College invites the public on Tuesday evening, November 5, to the annual Hansford M. Epes Distinguished Lecture. The speaker, Brian Leiter from the University of Chicago, will discuss “The Truth is Terrible: Nietzsche’s Idea of an Aesthetic Justification for Existence” beginning at 7 p.m., in the Alvarez College Union Smith 900 Room. There is no charge to attend.
Leiter is University of Chicago’s Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence, Director of Law, Philosophy & Human Values.
The author of Nietzsche on Morality and Why Tolerate Religion?, Leiter teaches and writes primarily in the areas of moral, political, and legal philosophy, in both Anglophone and Continental traditions. He has delivered named lectures around the world, and was voted professor of the year by his students. Leiter also maintains blogs including “The Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog,” “Brian Leiter’s Nietzsche Blog,” and “Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports.”
