Abstract
This article aims to analyze the aphorism 103 of The wanderer and his shadow, entitled "Lessing", in order to show the confrontation of Nietzsche with the thought of the great essayist, poet and playwright, considered the creator of modern German theater. This confrontation has as its starting point at the aphorism referred above the question of "style", which gives the opportunity to reflect about this question in Nietzsche, in this important moment of his work, turning point, as we know, especially from three other important "characters" to the discussion of this subject: Schopenhauer, Wagner and the French culture.
Keywords
style; poetry; prose; classic