Abstract

The present study sees Nietzsche as a persistent seeker of truth. What Nietzsche is deeply concerned with is the continuation of philosophy as the highest expression of human endeavor. We deal first with his highly ambivalent attitude towards Greek philosophy, some of which he saw as healthy, while finding much that was diseased. Thus, beginning with the Greeks as the foundation of philosophy and truth-seeking, Nietzsche relentlessly seeks to expose the weaknesses of traditional philosophy and truth. ;Much has been written about Nietzsche's criticism of traditional philosophy and its concept of truth. While we will have something to say about these matters, our focus will be on Nietzsche's real project: revitalizing philosophy and truth. It is extremely difficult to introduce them, however. A new philosophy truly signals a new epoch. Just as medieval philosophy was superseded by something entirely different--modernism--it is our claim that Nietzsche's new philosophy is equally innovative, though difficult to characterize clearly. But this difficulty can be at least partially overcome by going outside Nietzsche's own writing, to the work of Marcel Proust, which exemplifies Nietzsche's new philosophy