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Nietzsche Today Nietzsche on Instinct and Language Edited by Jo&o Constancio and Maria Joio Mayer Branco De Gruyter De Gruyter Sei ee 0 hide Fats Dither ee in andes pe ‘op rl 199, Di Mor om Nir Mei: Sedo al Gawd torn wre eh - ‘oa Sheen (tye od Mae Me Sia 97) 192108 Zarathustra’ Laughter or the Birth of Tragedy from the Experience of the Comic Katia Hay nds Lach and rei, ‘aug dar Danton Nichi — so tet de ore de osten ese gegen ale friiche Wienacht ws? ‘The ai ofthe following paper i est to provide an interpretation of Nieuache’ reference to Zaratuat (and most patty, Zarausen' laughter as peace 0 The Birt of Tragedy ey ‘evestion to analyze its suuctral spice inode to show tht [Newsche's analysis of raped canst be understod a ragi ot Fessmitcinecprettion, barat oe that emerges from the expeionce ofthe comi, which, i is tars mst be understood 4 a fem oe seule of overcoming the uer absurdnss of uma lif, This wil ead us to farther nals concerning the uncon of aught (Bth 1 a concep and a5 a shetrcl method) in Nieche’ piorophy 2 whole In effete fondamental question andeling my sed isthe question about the possibly of atiatiag »pilesophy that ‘onsanly tes to incorporate moments of self-awareness ost “The paula difculty of detersining the begining of things {the beginning of if tbe beganing of ame the beginning of cnr sions, in fact the Reining of anything ae all) th sey ‘aks plac afer the eveats have ocared We cannot determine te binning of measingfl evens - the meaning peron or 1 ook, vil have in our lives un thi meaning hs taken pace, i. tee have given them che meaning and have searched forthe org An the sens of the present in dhe pat hat i until we ccs atetion ofthe begining. As arte would tay iti nour rcllec- on, in our petsnalstriesthatoccreeces sei « begining pas eter 2 ese and a mein Os 1 putin thee wor te Begning isafvays escopeiely Sooteel aed mao pouee. Ad ths roblematic nt ol lcd claton bre our expec Sn! our penonl artes ess cone for he conta: fon of phono and cen theories och a we ca en Fike Scheling Hegel or Heeger) an moron iit Plonophy al, ote proces of producing snd wring pho. {ophcaltext"The el meaning exe sete of ook sey SEES place on ie slendy ie Ti cel ld ep wot ec aot eat and erly est 9 compos te ey esa an ft ech ed ct soto ay «andar apa tenor be or ey inspec sleton dere na eb tng aye ls ae ape coup. In Niece xe, th pap eprsting the peice hich beep idycncened tv Atopt of Sel Crt rom egal an nie quite signin (15 yeas), Moreover if we et in ind tha The Bith of Tragey i Neches es pilosphicl tex ne ‘ould assime hath peace sold bene, nel a ania Son hs parley bu lio to hs pionpbicl wok a3 tol, For arte sme tine hinder how tundra it team ets slo showing show he ender nel nde Sing lle Inf acme tat 1886 wa for Nhe 3 tment or coadeng od ve deerming te mcg a Ieaphy all together he il not nly write a ew pace the Bish of Tago, bt ln o Moncey, Aleamnehlces, Morgerie {nd Die bche Wasenhat. ech esd fh ee dio of he een «fn pherpby only kes pace afer having found hs own se {hd sterarag dvd ois open col Tee nn 95 -ninrn Sp pees tree ees ra atc barca ee Sec trated mgt east eee 2 See nae raperaaaeg manger Lao thf Ty am een 245 object hatin this partial ease, Netsche i acral cenveni he meaning of his book. Ad yet, one mutt albo acknowledge the fac that che meaning and the sense we discover inthe peace sre by mo means alent the book inl Quite to the corary, and Nieaschehiself nots, sey remain hides under and vile by ll {he ero of youth” and by what be calls his “youl cosragy wad Youthful melancholy” volr Jugend nd fencer, (nash, emay soc be ical to grasp what Neasche meats wha he says that hin book was to "courageous” and "too aerate fo prove oe assertions (KSA 11, BTVAS 3) share waned expan oo many things and the this form of aeogance, this seein metal srogance, was doomed to fare especially if we cose is et. works). For sue, thse statements can be ascribed to Nitec’ eral entigue Of Metaphysics, this negative anu Towards ‘he widespread efor amoogs plosophers to elaborate a pst comprehensible logical sytem, and to hs (hidden) dese oy be eserbes in the 1886 preface to Daybreak ~ “tobe nampa, oncaled enigmatic” (KSA 3.11, D Prefce 1). More intiging, howeves and more importa to understand this pia orm oat ‘rts isto compeched what Nieasche means whe be eects bout his youl melancholy” a somthing wick had impeded im rx ating his goal and ako fom soit wha he waned 4. fc, sums Neiche concoulydecde to aes ths sue inthe very lst paragraph of his pefce leaving uly» hin shout the proper way to interpret In what could be cea 35 an internal dicusion berween the mare and the young pilesopker Nitze encourages the youre Fessmits-hisyoung melancholy Faends the "young Roman” te lear the ae of comfort inthis Me ~you shoul een lang my young cad, ve if youreally ae determined tema pesrey, lool Ox to speak the ngage ofthat Dion bleed coed 5 SSA ima inf he if Trap dre ig ed as pero Rene Ce 4 Se SH 26h HT 19 “whe on se ay 6 ay Zara (now suing rom bie Zarb) Zacasta. ches Zartara hn nto ae may aca man of ables, someone who loves ams and leaps 04 ‘He | T trow ths crown Ihave satcted ahr, you hgh ‘ae isa ough, betes you KSA 121, TVAS 7). ‘Whee tenn omit Zrathatra Nerce pees he Uaterars dive dct ee inpertth hienay oven Grek tragedy adh pilovophy I teva esis eines thyout and lnc (cc eso npr psn te Zarate inthe chptr "The Sil How", Zarthonrs beasom an inane vos that there someting wich bas or unt tho olen edit eT ‘hats mort unpardonable yo ou have ome anon do nt Sentra el Yow mon yerecomes chr ond wut shame Be drt come 3 Ca ht very ope meaning {or Zacstart) he mas Gn vec he You” (KSA 189, {nr aillac hour Zaha burden proved by hi ck of surosioanes, whch in stun ava fhe once ‘Nowa jehunbl enough ae. ba he oa I (RSA 418) The aden Zahra overwbaled by the worl overlie aby is ow en ade Baie, rein yg ri hig 9 an ‘Shea ature of tiga Stas eri soe, Zana ps, ‘oh pin, ery amir o what Nace conided tobe tbe ial ject of Grek oped melee pin of Dios he pala ipod who expences he angus finda in bir? TE te mr mtn ete Ease iri treteteht Bo ae epee ‘Seen eling hang eal en of gs yma Pe ee ae ee acenangeenney ease gigumacitneumrwennce Panne tine ei rao be ape 247 A rllering which in his Bit of Tragedy - Ncasche considers 0 be “the source and ground forall utering, ax omen in all reprehensible” (Quel und Urgrund ales Ltdens ale ts ah Verweriches, KSA 1.71, BT 10), Conversely, in Zaratusire this frm of apathy of melancholy {stich certainly resus fom a miconcrption of the boundaries ‘between fe andar is regarded asa ymptom of youths andy 5 we have sen abo, is something which mst be overcame, The Seemingly insurmountable troables ad gloomy spt pervading and haunting young thowghs mx be surmounted and eeplaced withthe lighness and vividness of ul an den, which alo promes pr sible reading ofthe image of th beige “What grea the haa ‘that ies a rie and nea goal” (KSA 4.16, ZA Drtace Tho, wen Niche sys that hi fst book ie ul of youth melancholy, he means that his book was, in a sent, too pesmi ad ris ‘ous and ths this solems romantic se not a sign for some Lid ‘of deep, mature wisdom, bur of unrgenen® Quoting the laughing ‘eu sige Zarathustra, what Niece cline in his pele the Binh of Tragedy isthe necessity to overcome pees 40 over. come Romantic, o overcome melancholy nl alia, o overcome Chasity: for Jess, says Zarathustra also too pesmi and ‘wo young overcome hoe Veil 00 eal did har Hebrew de whom the preacher of slow es honour] He sl new ony teas the heavy ear (Seer ofthe Hebrew tgethe:wih hae nthe pre vod andthe igheos ~The Habre Jon he e war ove bay a yearsing fr dent only e hd remained in he widens pd fa from the goad andthe raheost Petaps he wold hve lean so ie and learned love the cath at ah a well (SA 495,241 On rer Dea, 7 SR ete mame a ‘pisence ahaha Kind enc Doss a Ron nd ides Sone ipiebeneeeti an Ce ecm br —— 1 pemame ot fomue meal, pin ine Cat ae peri neaty sierra eee ceo ee ear thane en fo lg en tan ht ne ms an C0 mae antesnermeehoate td tga mers igaeseegee ce oe cece See a gt fe As So singe e iced snlte epihlstierse bit neaarns Sia eee Saar eT pega rn ey cl roa, pana tt oreo vg, SERCH cae te ene wh! See ome chops estate mt cabin ch elon lng pa SNS Poh Lage wh i of ges eee 249 Inde the comprehension of whatitmeansto laugh propetyevokes important questions concerning Ntsc’ crite of malty sd ‘is existential and philosophical seanpoint Ban ene ants is what believe o be one of Nitache cena pits inhi peace The Bich of Tragedy ~ this same preoeupation wr alo nderyng fis analysis of the socalled "Gree cess” ov Greek sete ‘nis carly weigs. As me can readin The Dione Word View Measured aguas the grav, th sanciy and serisy of other ‘eligions, Geek region iin danger of being uadereted ot Playa faeasy uals one ines in one eepeeerton of ‘often overoked trait of mort profound wien, otha the nicurean feof the gods sodden appears to bea cow of hat Incomparable as pope ined alse a ty sopreme estan KSAT 60,9 ttl, in oer word the insight we ge afer understanding the metiog of Zarathustra laughter by m0 meane opponed to Nicrache thoughts in his esays on Greek tragedy and Greck religion, Quite ‘on de contrary, Neches cleenc o Zarathsts aed laughs is aes an invitation to pay special sention to etn leet of his esay, which oterwie might puss unnoticed, ei af Necanche werepiring as a special ey to rread The Birth of Tragedy in odes nerstand is ea? meaning ~a meaning tha, s Niece sees, wa ately present athe moment of int conepion. ta [Nietsche were reminding us that it would bef obleve tat the ‘eth or the esence of tragedy andthe Dionysian shoal lea to melancholic and pessimistic view fifo neaton of ie Indeed, with thse lines in mind, where Zarathusa-Nietache ‘acourges so lm o aug, the pase fom the ith of Tragedy (aio depicted in other eal wings" where king Mids hats tie ise Silom, may acquire anew eon; we gun he erecta Perspective inact this whole scene, where the ede is supped ‘understand "pope Gack wisdom” canbe read asa ome see, rather than 2 agi one, ‘Yee we us cll uf ths spectator wh ha already tured ay "Do mor go away at ten Re 9 what popula Geek wan at to ay abou hs noxpable sree existence You se spread out tetee you ere An ance legend cunts how King Mis fr 1 lag tne bel he wise Silom te comparion of Donon, ‘rium, When Sienna el eo he igs ands, ‘hekingaked bat wa te best and mos xe tag or buna wing The daemon tomsined alent lf and anmoving tl, feed by she Keg pea nally bok ow it shel ager nuda "Wace creatre, bor or eid facet and foik what athe nse plese thing for You ther? The ery shige beyond yur reach not to ave bes bor, be othr However the econ et ing or you so eso (KSA 135.803) Apart rom te funy nage of King Midas despertely chasing ay, or uly understanding the meaning of bis baning, searching for 3 ‘uh snot ely pepe wo hea, what iterating hte that ‘heel and coe rt, tah chat oly Sens and Dionysos ean tani accompanad by a "sil laughter” Senos laughs case Re kaows nore abot men than men do He laughs becuse be Koos the sce about senseless and be knows ha this krowledge ienecray for ofercoming onset. But his doesnot mean that he is mune to fe fui om the contrary, ke the Dionyiae man bee“ uinuly broken" (BT 7)" Hi nugher thus ndspensabe, becuse it roves hrm withthe seesacy distance which enables bi to coe with this wath, co overoame it He laughs and in that ‘ery anstance he detaches himself om mel ~ which by no means Trp loss of ems eather pn afm of acceptance ofthe solute absurd (oncelese from the gue a abwariy”, KSA 1.5% BE 7, my ansaio) and special frm of dealing wih the ‘orl lack of sense and permanent conadicion of se word. The ‘llged chvflnes of the ancient Geeks was tthe res of ack {fprofandy lack of pain and ack of every, ae many bad hough, but» renal of hs very ing the acseprance andthe overcoming A Ss eerie mcg 3 SS oe a0 Senn GS rte "Tone wee peal =u fpf KSA Paha ame i of dy eaere 25) Furernre, fr Ne, his uber rah epee she sae ao eee fr ersanng (ed) oe Nese aprch sino penne Shee Cs aetna we py br soa fans ‘et fr iA ported ar pence ‘igh “Aboos” orig ee Hagler Shingo the fn: Gogh ere eae oF peshuman nary wch wud awake he Soncs fs ion Goel Netra he ‘Serle feng mw ngs ering soa Ants ny pole af havng eed Se ee pun ot ‘aly isa omlen dona whi of chee cater fe Nice ts edo ony fly ania in Ge apy td Gc come Thi ny be yet "esos sake Semi ae a wep Sj he word of bean san A "Sethe Dac Ra nen sro yt ch sa ah ao exes hier inp an bara pastes sat typo jos (ch ace ro te Siar tte hn eet oe Sr of cei. An 5 psy Nee) sand tie wens Niece perpen stl ape Re ors Sas ii coma sey pen fe emess fom he pepe cet ete oe ‘te come, fom te spon of orcning ete ‘eco fale Tf sogh “apy or Be ome !vetrdconal ben persed as mar hens in Neth th 21 BAS 2. hea hye Bk ie he w apc ot ‘Sino pri ft Satake ae Serena meee 22 CEN 7 inert ap he. 2 een cl eng em 2+ ele Zhe nea pins gtd nd wi Seo i oR emp ety 25 Car fia (65.26 4843500, ast ity Tged, itis mgt he exe which Sra Shane's dtr fom ote fonaote andor neapyoeal ‘Stetson fhe pee pref ee eee 9 SRE Uc ernie egy Nee pec weston del Aer yy rms oes of Tat en wae “kee Toner fal nen eh sven when Le ov howe ial ‘Steir hin ses ow lag = TM im KoA: 30, ciation. a hb Ba of Tey Nis eet le ase “Dine cote af KSA LIT, BT dw dae nis ay Slime Bain ate eee nor attrac come Fee as wt ys coe cna of le tre we Sie ne spot wage ne ae oe ans” SSNS Sch nd eons ttn To eh seen ane wel esi noi gh fom te bl tonometer an erties pe SA 7,51) That ote ches fds dns nk wes the noon Shahan nr ofmennning nutes ha {Cc nrc lense hat Nera ani sort ns fap pen tough be expen cane ee ats ca sl gh ol Shas de (Gh 1, 80, oan coring ng net Cnc suns be eran of ie Grek wor eee the neon fs eral sre ney ofthe “tag woven Batis the worew he Gear Me pyr oy ae ome Seely ciel cetsen sad cepan.fe Rao nel ctn psn ge andy rhe Se Come sn rent wal ened rokelie Sy sae esis sas agen borne secs mre Sty 2 bce, pre ot SRR ae cout ny ud Ale i prec Scape ur feck Newer king nerd Seece Gkeoey th Birk of Ty eas 253, ower i eas ut 4 Nee Hee at sine scion ep aay poet ae Gra egy cen eves nr eel isla srw Neue’ cna ta ‘ln you 3h 121. TIVS Yee ‘mann ae anton nd me toto as hem og a ns gh thew! mtn Neca ey ae ules deh tm ne Dat nd Mein Wien gg nl dn ike hot reg Nia as Sra rns conte nc ag et “py tec ic se an ee nde carpe theme snd Rens he Soro at tah sent eon shea Neca parasols eh commana ‘Neth tat vig ake Senna veneers thn frig eed aon hepa tha iets dann nny nonkre pep be Sehnngahewes co nee ma prof Neh pen tober cin ar vary ying sk Soe aie ber ha ed wc) prop dn wat we mie oS ‘le mmo. Tan ea Sashes ha ‘tatoos fv al band sees Shoop one ey nro 1 wonder if the rade understands which ak twas ake acing ‘w undertake wth his Boo? Tow rae ery rk tt i ot yet have the core fr immodest?) at he te pers nyt " Nangage of or ery cu foe sch petal ews ind es of ing aboriginal > express Sangean ew eatin Sthopehamian and Kantian fontalatiny, things wa fun renal ran counter both she apt aad he ste of Kant sd ‘Schopenhauer KSA 1.9, BLAS 5, in similar vine says hat he “euge have ung on and oe tad! What apr ies that id noe deco say whe at ay atthe sometime a3 poee™ (KSA 1.15, BIAS 3). In bre, Nits ‘eves be should have bee es explicis he sould have “aun”, he shoulshave spoken a= poet, heshoudave beeales “convinced less “arrogant tall ofthis only order tobe mote expesive, ‘nore eloguen, inorder ray more han ca be ad ough words Sin Toil argues ake from other hikers, stating thir syle Sd conepeal Frameworks ise indeed gute signin ha, for Nits, all hee “eros” 440 not involve the coment of his hough, but ater the way a which they were peseted and defended. One could almost sy thas fom a Nictchesn pone of view, in onder t cise Kant for Schopeiauer pe needs en create 4 new ligase, 2 new Se, let one remmine Kansan or Schopenoueian by using thei same ‘xpresions. To conceive or ste the pice oF individuation She sousce of al satering (re above), even foe ses this concept in an emily diferent coment and meaing to depend to much fn Schopenhauer hs pilosophy and on is langage 5 wes [istarche ys that his se book i fal of youth melancholy, he ‘means tos thathisbook wastoopesinst, revo animate both inform and int content Ot pu ein otber word, lear laugh means, fe Niesche also oar 0 write repent noble book today Edel that i aly ‘wen, lary enbrrasing, aap fo imagery ad confsed Inve aagery, etoionl, here and there sugary the post of ‘feminaoy uncven i pas lsking the wl flaca Sry cominced and therfore #0 amogot fo proves seins USAT IG BTS Cnn, Nish’ sarcastic wiey and hyperbolic slits Inakes i ical to grasp with clarity hs sharp preisons. And yet, this may be the te characteristic of his "new" se namely the tw syle that he has developed throughout his texts and openly es foc his preface esate ul of contradictions and paradoxes hat outa hows how Language cn sy more than tap, and ow by beng ov ssoming lee "convinced, lee scenic he Te cD scully "prove aerions. lee a syle ha costly eis inotporte moments of slants and selfs, and t does So by breaking what seems to have become the naar or lop “scours in philosophical tx. Ire 2 yl tha foes the reader © read more inttvely, sowing in that, nthe end al inerpreaion Zaha eo ag ome apne 255 i aly sendy an a of reason. sy hat i aware of i Ore noe conta quinn le hs of sci whch eet fee, for sea Scjond teenth ane ht in te ee titers tothe tar ifs wean nono ea tel ae ‘komo snd eee iret shin rip rm of communication wh he caer whee thers pon island town inp fei gen oop ne Oro be me pe Reece abn of pana eng dont eee er the enor nag eyes len wi es wa ‘mor andthe ae ent ar sesh sa ie cra pes fom fe compehensa commons ‘aly ofthe oresity o aavioy of convaason hea ‘aye conraons in Nhe wings fo eng cur conpreenson of Neth fea ws fees ‘laterectin olson vss nanos sang ois was npan snag Sil = neat inont = fang Leaf Bose ee tout angio paradoxes Merve we poe tee Sinton un conan we woud esl he anna ig bind onde he ere AoE She agen a ce Unilin" Tae hat “compen a

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