Richard Brown
Associate Professor
Philosophy
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Ric Brown came to Brock as an undergraduate in 1968 studying Eastern philosophy with Mervyn Sprung, T.R.V. Murti, R.K. Tripathi, and Wilhelm Halbfass. He then did his M.A. and Ph.D. at McMaster. His main interest these days, however, is Nietzsche. Apart from philosophy, Ric has some 4000 classical music cds — and loves Wagner.
Research Interest
Nietzsche and Kierkegaard; Indian Philosophy
Publications
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“Nihilism: ‘Thus Speaks Physiology’â€, Nietzsche and the Rhetoric of Nihilism: Essays on Interpretation, Language and Politics. Edited by T. Darby, B. Egyed, B. Jones. Carleton University Press, 1989, pp. 133-144.
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“Nietzsche and the Bhagavad Gita: Elective or Ironic Affinities?†in Nietzsche and the Divine, edited by John Lippitt and Jim Urpeth. Clinamen Press, Manchester 2000, pp. 162-180.
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“Nietzsche: ‘That Profound Physiologist’â€. Nietzsche and Science, edited by Gregory Moore and Thomas H. Brobjer, Ashgate Press, Great Britain. July 2004, pp. 51-70.
