Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 23 No. 1, 2008.
Original scientific paper
Nietzsche and Heidegger
Janko M. Lozar
orcid.org/0000-0001-9396-755X
; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Philosophy, Slovenia
Abstract
The present treatise attempts to point out the complexity of the relationship between Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger. The background of this relationship is the phenomenon of attunement. Heidegger criticized Nietzsche for his metaphysical nihilism, which is arguably manifestes in his thought of the Will to Power as Will to Will. Heidegger’s interpretation is nevertheless a genuine approach to this enigmatic thinker, pointing out for the first time the relevance of Nietzsche for modern metaphysics; relevance, which had previously been set aside despite all possible either affirmative or negative approaches to the thinker of Zarathustra. All this notwithstanding, however, there still remains a topic in Nietzsche, which needs our further attention and which can fruitfully contribute to the understanding of what appears to be their common thought. The door leading into the arena of both Nietzsche and Heidegger is the topic of atopical fundamental attunement. Deciding this matter thus proves of crucial importance for the understanding not only of Nietzsche and Heidegger, but also of our present-day situation.
Keywords
anxiety; serenity; Zarathustra; Being; time
Hrčak ID:
30807
URI
Publication date:
23.7.2008.
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