For an understanding of “hope” in the emergence of “man of the future” at the end of the Second Treatise on the Genealogy of Morals

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https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.036.e202431001

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The thought of the eternal return of the same, although at the heart of Nietzsche's late philosophy, is not directly addressed in the Genealogy of Morality. This does not mean that it is absent from this work, nor could it be since the philosopher saw in the cosmological possibility of returning a new measure of value for an attempt to overcome nihilism. Carrying out the genealogical examination without considering the thought of the eternal return is, therefore, not paying attention to the fact that such an examination is not reduced to the diagnosis and criticism of morality but is carried out with a view to overcoming it. The question that arises from the beginning is, therefore, twofold: in what way is the thought of the eternal return present in the work? And why didn't Nietzsche explore it conceptually? The answer lies in the understanding of "hope" in the emergence of the "man of the future" – mentioned at the end of the Second Treatise on the Genealogy of Morality.

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Luis Eduardo Xavier Rubira, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Luís Rubira possui graduação em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas (1995), mestrado em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (2000), doutorado em Filosofia na Universidade de São Paulo (2009), com estágio de estudos na Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne/França (2007-2008) e pós-doutorado em Filosofia pela Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (2014-2015). É Professor Adjunto de Filosofia na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), membro do Grupo de Estudos Nietzsche (GEN) e do Groupe International de Recherches sur Nietzsche (GIRN), Vice-Coordenador do GT-Nietzsche da ANPOF e Editor Associado da Revista Dissertatio. Atua na área de Filosofia, com ênfase em Ética e História da Filosofia Moderna e Contemporânea. Suas linhas de Pesquisa são Nietzsche e Filosofia Política Contemporânea. Tem como foco os seguintes temas: moral, tempo, valores, transvaloração, eterno retorno.

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2024-04-11

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Eduardo Xavier Rubira, L. (2024). For an understanding of “hope” in the emergence of “man of the future” at the end of the Second Treatise on the Genealogy of Morals. Revista De Filosofia Aurora, 36, e202431001. https://doi.org/10.1590/2965-1557.036.e202431001

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