Literature and Theatre in the Cynicism of Diogenes the Cynic and Nietzsche

This article connects the biography of Diogenes of Sinope written by Diogenes Laertius and Friedrich Nietzsche’s autobiography, Ecce Homo. Through the notion of theatre, our purpose is to compare the two biographical texts in order to find a particular philosophical writing that is different from th...

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Author: Torres Estrada, Andrés Camilo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:México
Institution:INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY
Repository:En-claves del pensamiento
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.enclavesdelpensamiento.mx:article/445
Online Access:https://www.enclavesdelpensamiento.mx/index.php/enclaves/article/view/445
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Diógenes
Nietzsche
cinismo
teatro
literatura
Diogenes
cynicism
theatre
literature
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Summary:This article connects the biography of Diogenes of Sinope written by Diogenes Laertius and Friedrich Nietzsche’s autobiography, Ecce Homo. Through the notion of theatre, our purpose is to compare the two biographical texts in order to find a particular philosophical writing that is different from the usual forms of theory. From this analysis it is possible to show that both authors considered inseparable the form and content of their philosophies; they regarded practice as indistinguishable from theory and that their particular ways of expressing constituted themselves a way of thinking: resistance to meaning.