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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Zarathustra"”.
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The seasons of Zarathustra and their correspondence to the metamorphoses of the spirit
… his works. This is especially true in Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Although this is often aesthetically pleasing, it can be very difficult for the reader to understand the nuances and interconnections with the various metaphors. This is generally considered one of the main drawbacks of Thus Spoke …
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Nietzsche as Philosopher of Religion
… finds expression in the figures of Dionysus and Zarathustra. Nietzsche's critique of Christianity must not be taken for hostility toward religion in general: he insists upon its uses as well as disadvantages, in the ""service"" and ""enhancement"" of life. In all of Nietzsche's work I show how he …
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Nietzsche vs. Canetti- Zwei Anthropologische Systeme Im Vergleich
… Friedrich Nietzsche as described in "Also sprach Zarathustra" and of Elias Canetti as described in "Masse und Macht." This comparison is based on the fact that both authors share a certain number of key theoretical terms, namely "crowds," "power," and "metamorphosis." Each of these terms is …
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Nietzsche's conceptual personae of freedom
… the free spirit, the sovereign individual, and Zarathustra. These three personae embody freedom as plural and processual. They animate a conception of freedom as something to be striven for, and, indeed, striven for differently by different individuals. Highlighting the infinite variability of …
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Nietzsche's eternal recurrence of the same : the effect of logic abridgement, contradictions and inconsistencies
… Greek thought. The only experience of E-R, Zarathustra's mountain vision, is second only because it sets the scene alluded to in following rubrics. The third rubric explores .ii?.ih T jc,i -I'w Nietzsche's evaluation of rationality so that his thought processes will be understood …
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Mahler's Third Symphony and the Languages of Transcendence
… excerpt from Friedrich Nietzsche’s "Also sprach Zarathustra" to introduce spoken language into the symphony. The relationship of music and language plays an integral role in Mahler’s expressive design of the Third Symphony, specifically in his vision of transcendence. Mahler creates a subtle …
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Vision and desire: Jim Morrison's mythography beyond the death of God
… Metamorphoses? found in Nietzsche?s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, a transformational trinity which is easily aligned to the story of Oedipus. Critical theory will be drawn from mythology, principally through the work of Joseph Campbell, existentialism, from the work of Soren Kierkegaard and Jean-Paul …
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The concept of typology in Schiller, Nietzsche and Jung: an historical and comparative study
… Jung claimed, the problem that Nietzsche had his Zarathustra identify and work through in Also sprach Zarathustra (1883-1885). This was the problem of opposites entailing such opposing modes as good and evil, or above and below. Furthermore, Nietzsche’s ideas on the typological pair Apollonian and …
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Who is it that writes? Poetry and the plural self
… I was first arrested by Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra. I have always wanted to ‘answer’ Zarathustra, that is, respond stylistically and address some of Nietzsche’s key ideas in that book which I read as a literary work. “Letters ...”, as Nietzsche would say of his book, is a work for …
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In a Garden of Lions: a Creative Rendering Inspired by the Three Metamorphoses of Friedrich Nietzsche
… of 2002, I read Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra. It made an indelible mark: even the colors and smells of that roof-top porch in Toronto where I read it all the way through still arise in the forefront of my mind every time I think of this text. Since then, I have been captivated with …
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Thinking Through the Phenomenon of Trust: A Philosophical Investigation
… is "faithful to the earth" (in the words of his Zarathustra).</p><p>After these historical analyses, I offer a phenomenological description of trust that focuses on the most global, and diffuse manifestation of trust: existential trust. I unpack this idea of existential trust and distinguish its …
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Nietzsche and Comedy: Provocative Laughter Amidst a Tragic Philosophy
… of Tragedy, The Gay Science, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra--I will argue that comedy and laughter are central to Nietzsche's endeavor to surmount pessimism, bring intellectual honesty (Redlichkeit) to Wissenschaft, and appreciate appearance where we become witness to the wonder and folly of the …
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'Sie rief mich aus der Nacht': The Birth Complex in Nietzsche and Wagner
This thesis addresses the role of the birth complex in Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and in Richard Wagner’s operas. I see the birth complex as characterised by a dialectical relation between flesh and light, which is itself polarised by the tension between desire and anxiety. A structural …