The ascetism as a sypthom of the sick will to power

Authors

  • Junot Cornélio Matos Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Antonio de Odilon Brito Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v7iesp.56763

Keywords:

Will to Power, Ascetics Ideals, Health, Disease, Genealogy of Morals

Abstract

The present article has as an objective arguing that asceticism in Nietzsche, developed by the author mainly in his On the Genealogy of Morality, can be faced as a symptom of a weakened Will to Power. Firstly one will seek to present a conceptualization of what is the Will to Power in Nietzsche, as well as arguing in favour of its ontic-ontological character, from which the second concept of this article is derived. The second step will be given in the direction of conceptualizing what the author understands as being the ascetic ideals in relation to the slave morality. The third and last step, lastly, will consist in the demonstration of a relation between the first concept and asceticism, arguing that the later is a symptom of an ill life. That is, if life and world are Will to Powert, hence asceticism, far from being an expression of the lack of the former, would be nothing more than a symptom of a disease, which would consist in the weakening of the essence of the human being.

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Author Biographies

Junot Cornélio Matos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Professor do Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE); Doutor em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

Antonio de Odilon Brito, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

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2020-12-17

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Matos, J. C. ., & Brito, A. de O. . . (2020). The ascetism as a sypthom of the sick will to power. Aufklärung, 7(esp), p.29–38. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v7iesp.56763

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