Citation

Souladié Y. Nietzsche-Studien 2006; 35(1): 29-46.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006)

DOI

10.1515/9783110186468.29

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Abstract

Why is it that Nietzsche insists so much upon Socrates' ugliness? Is it simply gratuitous hatred, as has often been argued? Are there not good grounds to believe that the physiology of art endows this ugliness with profound philosophical meaning? Heavily emphasised, the latter constitutes a valuable tool with which to gain an understanding of the nature of the ever evasive character that Socrates represents. It is from this ugliness, then, and by deciphering his mysterious last words, "Oh Crito I owe Asclepius a cock", so rich in meaning in Nietzsche's eyes, that we shall analyse the double Greek/anti-Greek status of the philosophical character Socrates - and in doing so - shed some light upon the role that he played in the decline of Greek culture. © 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston.

Language: fr

Keywords

Suicide; Nietzsche; Aesthetic; Socrates; Ugliness