The Eternal Return of the Same in Heidegger’s Nietzsche

Authors

  • Andrea Díaz Genis Universidad de la República de Montevideo
    Uruguay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/EstudiosNIETen.vi10.10183

Keywords:

eternal return, will to power, ontology

Abstract

This article aims to make a reading of Heidegger’s interpretation of the idea of eternal return in Nietzsche, as leading question of fundamental metaphysical problem about what being is. We try to show how Heidegger explains himself through Nietzsche, and the central place given to this thought in Western philosophy. The eternal recurrence and the will to power appear as two sides of the same coin. Heidegger «substantializes»
by showing a metaphysical Nietzsche instead of relativizing him, as we need. This article considers the idea of eternal return as an ethical idea, an idea that helps, as a «perspective», to prove the value of life. We must act «as if» life will repeat itself, which does not mean it should be understood as an ontological statement about being or time.

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Author Biography

  • Andrea Díaz Genis, Universidad de la República de Montevideo
    Universidad de la República de Montevideo

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2010-12-01

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Díaz Genis, A. (2010). The Eternal Return of the Same in Heidegger’s Nietzsche. Estudios Nietzsche, 10, 67-81. https://doi.org/10.24310/EstudiosNIETen.vi10.10183