Title: The Roles of Zarathustra and Dionysos in Nietzsche’s Ecce Homo and Late Philosophy
Abstract:This essay examines Nietzsche's two possibly most important symbols generally and especially in Ecce Homo, namely, Zarathustra and Dionysos. Zarathustra was the teacher of eternal recurrence, but he a...This essay examines Nietzsche's two possibly most important symbols generally and especially in Ecce Homo, namely, Zarathustra and Dionysos. Zarathustra was the teacher of eternal recurrence, but he also represents the overcoming of morality, as well as atheism, skepticism and the like. Dionysos became an even more important symbol, representing tragedy, life-affirmation, revaluation, the antichrist and immoralism. He more than anything else is a symbol of total affirmation. Zarathustra can be regarded as more or less synonymous with Nietzsche himself, while Dionysos represents a god, the future and Nietzsche's teacher. This fits well and is compatible with the author's claim that Ecce Homo is both backward- and forward-looking.Read More
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-12-16
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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