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‘THE GREAT REASON’. NIETZSCHE AND THE PROBLEM OF THE BODY IN ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA

P. Scolari

First published: 2018https://doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2018H/21/S06.046View metrics

Abstract

Nietzsche’s various observations about the body undoubtedly represent a fundamental hermeneutic crossroad in the area of the moral reflection on the topic of corporeity. At the same time, the reconstruction of his thought on this delicate subject constitutes a decisive testbed to critically rethink reason, seeking to review its position within the world of the human. The Leitmotif of the body firmly binds to one another Nietzsche’s harsh criticisms of the Western civilisation, which, from Socrates onward, saw the dominance of an abstract and calculating form of rationality, to the detriment of an incarnated and more human reason. From the early writings to the mature ones, from Zarathustra to the late polemical pamphlets, through the myriad posthumous fragments; scattered around almost all of his works and stretching over almost twenty years, Nietzsche’s interest in the corporeal dimension of the human never loses tension.

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Title
‘THE GREAT REASON’. NIETZSCHE AND THE PROBLEM OF THE BODY IN ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
Authors
P. Scolari
Proceedings
5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018
Publisher
STEF92 Technology
Year
2018
Pages
367-378
SWS Citekey
Scolari20186367378
ISSN
2367-5659
ISBN
978-619-7408-31-7
Language
en
Publication type
Proceedings Paper
Proceedings contents
Open official contents
Keywords
NietzschebodycorporealityZarathustra
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