The reception of the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche in the work of Thomas Mann and Nikos Kazantzakis
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The literary modernity was greatly influenced by the theories of Friedrich Nietzsche. In this paper we examine the theoretical and biographical discourse of Thomas Mann and Nikos Kazantzakis in the light of their theoretical indebtedness to the German philosopher. Nietzsche negotiates the traditional metaphysics of Plato as well as the character of Being, by integrating in his thought elements of the philosophy of Schopenhauer, the English Empiricists etc. Thus, we follow Mann's and Kazantzakis' use of terms such as truth, ethics, aesthetics etc. in their attempt to define the Self and give satisfactory answers to the ontological question.
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Πετροπούλου Ε. (2017). The reception of the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche in the work of Thomas Mann and Nikos Kazantzakis. Comparison, 10, 82–95. https://doi.org/10.12681/comparison.11460
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