Niilism and gnosticism: from world’s denial to earth’s faithfulness in Nietzsche’s Zaratustra

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https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.34.062.DS05

Keywords:

Niilismo, dualismo, gnosticismo, zoroastrismo, fidelidade à terra.

Abstract

Starting from the interpretation of nihilism as a denial of life, this text intends to demonstrate how Zarathustra's exhortation of "fidelity to the earth" can be understood as a form of confrontation with nihilism in the work of F. Nietzsche. To this end, we will start from an intratextual analysis of the relationship between nihilism and Gnosticism in the work of the German philosopher in order to demonstrate how the historical founding character of Zoroastrianism is presented through a dualistic moral whose Gnostic premises lead to nihilism as a negation of the world and, from there, how the literary character created by Nietzsche is effective as a counterpoint to this perspective, through a new link between human beings and the world. In this way, we intend to demonstrate that, with his exhortation, Nietzsche's Zarathustra became the one who self-suppresses the morality founded by his historical namesake and led to the transvaluation of values through the creation of new virtues.

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Author Biography

Jelson Roberto de Oliveira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR)

Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da PUCPR.

Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos.

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Published

2022-08-22

How to Cite

Roberto de Oliveira, J. (2022). Niilism and gnosticism: from world’s denial to earth’s faithfulness in Nietzsche’s Zaratustra . Revista De Filosofia Aurora, 34(62). https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.34.062.DS05