Abstract
«To revive the dim shadows of the past», returning to life in the present world
in «flesh and blood». These quotations, from the two philosophers and friends
Wilhelm Dilthey and Count Paul Yorck von Wartenburg respectively, identify
certain landmarks in Martin Heidegger’s attempt to place Dasein in a historical
context. In Martin Heidegger’s Sein und Zeit, the name of Friedrich Nietzsche appears just three times.
While the first two references are not particularly significant, in the case of the third the focus is
rather more interesting. In the paragraph 76 of his masterpiece, Heidegger drew inspiration from
Nietzsche’s cutting remarks of his second Unzeitgemässe Betrachtung. In Heidegger’s eyes,
Nietzsche is a masterful precursor of a genuine relationship between life and history. Generally
seen as a glorious but infertile burden relegated to museum status, history needs to be once more
linked to life, as a resource for the present and, above all, for the future. Such an attempt can
pave the way for philosophical liberation and bring back history into the service of life. Despite
different horizons, Heidegger and Nietzsche may again be read with a view to reviving the inevitable
relationship between history and life, constantly in danger of becoming pathological.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 123-138 |
Numero di pagine | 16 |
Rivista | RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEOSCOLASTICA |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2021 |
Keywords
- HEIDEGGER'S SEIN UND ZEIT
- NIETZSCHE