Nietzsche and Heraclitus Who Laughs: Loneliness, Tragic Joy and Becoming Innnnocent

Authors

  • Jelson Roberto de Oliveira PUCPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2010.3.6263

Keywords:

Nietzsche. Heráclitus. Solitude. Tragic joy. Innocence of becoming.

Abstract

We are discussing the interpretation of Nietzsche about Heraclitus as the most Greek and anti-Platonic of the pre-Platonic philosophers, from the statement of opposites in the agonic game of becoming. Representative of an attitude originally Hellenistic, Heraclitus is interpreted as a true philosopher, as he intuitively captured the flow of becoming as a process of internalization of knowledge, translated by an investigation of himself. Accordingly, the Nietzschean interpretation goes against the tradition that had described Heraclitus as tearful and dark and re-invents the character as the solitude, tragic joy and innocence of becoming, items for which Nietzsche ordering the metaphors of the game, the artist and child.

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Author Biography

Jelson Roberto de Oliveira, PUCPR

Professor de Filosofia. Doutor em Filosofia pela UFSCar.

Published

2010-12-30

How to Cite

Oliveira, J. R. de. (2010). Nietzsche and Heraclitus Who Laughs: Loneliness, Tragic Joy and Becoming Innnnocent. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 55(3). https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2010.3.6263