The Nietzschean Body and the Death of God
"God is dead!" This is one of the most famous claims in Nietzsche’s philosophy, difficult to fully affirm. While the higher men fail to overcome the ghost of God, Zarathustra joyfully affirms God’s death. This affirmation deconstructs the metaphysical and moral concept of "divinity,&q...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2020
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Journal for continental philosophy of religion
Année: 2020, Volume: 2, Numéro: 1, Pages: 3-21 |
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Nietzsche
B Dionysius B Death B God B Body |
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| Résumé: | "God is dead!" This is one of the most famous claims in Nietzsche’s philosophy, difficult to fully affirm. While the higher men fail to overcome the ghost of God, Zarathustra joyfully affirms God’s death. This affirmation deconstructs the metaphysical and moral concept of "divinity," turning it into a metaphor. The new metaphor of the divine, mainly developed through the figure of Dionysius, expresses the capacity of affirming life beyond the old values, related to the dead God. It also involves the creation of a higher body beyond the body of despair, associated with these values. The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between the death of God and the body in Nietzsche’s account by analyzing the meanings of this death for the higher men, the question of the divine in Zarathustra’s account, and the status of the Dionysian body. |
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| ISSN: | 2588-9613 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for continental philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/25889613-00201002 |