Nietzsche constantly dealt with Stoic thought from his early years until 1888, oscillating between criticism and appreciation. Necessity and transience are essential themes of the Stoic tradition that Nietzsche uses and thematises in his thought. Before being philosophical concepts, necessity and transience are experiences of existence that need to be prepared for and coped with: hence asceticism as a philosophical practice, ‘technology of the self’ – as Foucault says – oriented in this sense. Through precise references to the texts and the reading of some images (skin, stone, statue ecc.) that Nietzsche uses to characterise the Stoic form of life, this contribution aims to highlight how Nietzsche uses the cues taken from Stoicism to reshape the subjectivity and as a lever to free it for the affirmation of amor fati and the absolute value of immanence.
«Con quanto stupore leggo Marc’Aurelio …!». Nietzsche e «la dura pelle degli stoici»
Lupo, L.
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2023-01-01
Abstract
Nietzsche constantly dealt with Stoic thought from his early years until 1888, oscillating between criticism and appreciation. Necessity and transience are essential themes of the Stoic tradition that Nietzsche uses and thematises in his thought. Before being philosophical concepts, necessity and transience are experiences of existence that need to be prepared for and coped with: hence asceticism as a philosophical practice, ‘technology of the self’ – as Foucault says – oriented in this sense. Through precise references to the texts and the reading of some images (skin, stone, statue ecc.) that Nietzsche uses to characterise the Stoic form of life, this contribution aims to highlight how Nietzsche uses the cues taken from Stoicism to reshape the subjectivity and as a lever to free it for the affirmation of amor fati and the absolute value of immanence.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
