This paper argues that Nietzsche, in his so-called ‘middle period’, consistently denounced the realm of politics, considering it the greatest obstacle to self-knowledge, which he regarded as the ultimate aim of the free spirit (freier Geist). For the same reason, he excoriated the economic system he saw emerging in his time, capitalism, as well as its enemy, socialism. Both, for Nietzsche, were forms of materialism that threatened to destroy human individuality.

Nietzsche's Free Spirit Philosophy as an Anti-Political Manifesto

Laura Langone
2023-01-01

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This paper argues that Nietzsche, in his so-called ‘middle period’, consistently denounced the realm of politics, considering it the greatest obstacle to self-knowledge, which he regarded as the ultimate aim of the free spirit (freier Geist). For the same reason, he excoriated the economic system he saw emerging in his time, capitalism, as well as its enemy, socialism. Both, for Nietzsche, were forms of materialism that threatened to destroy human individuality.
2023
978-3-11-079623-0
free spirit
capitalism
socialism
self-cultivation
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