ART AND PHILOSOPHY: FOR A CRITIQUE OF ASCETIC IDEALS

This article aims to reconstitute some elements of Nietzsche’s critique of ascetic ideals, in their complex relationship with concepts such as seriousness and intellectual probity. Considering the implication between art and philosophy, it is argued that Nietzsche develops a special kind of irony wh...

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Author: Giacoia Jr., Oswaldo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repository:Revista philósophos
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/43624
Online Access:https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/43624
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Nietzsche
seriedade
ideal ascético.
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Summary:This article aims to reconstitute some elements of Nietzsche’s critique of ascetic ideals, in their complex relationship with concepts such as seriousness and intellectual probity. Considering the implication between art and philosophy, it is argued that Nietzsche develops a special kind of irony which, unlike the Socratic one, constitutes an expedient for a “maieutic of laughter”.