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Ascetismo e inocência: a questão da religião no Humano, demasiado humano de Nietzsche

We intend to analyze, in this article, the Nietzsche's historical-physio-psychological strategy in Human, All Too Human, in regard to his analysis of religious metaphysics and, more specifically, of asceticism. For this, we'll try to demonstrate how the Nietzschean argument gets to the theory of innocence of the human being and the demonstration that asceticism and holiness would remain as an exercise of power of the individual over himself, as dominating impulses, tyrannizing over some portions of their own nature that, with the absence of external "objects" finishes turning against itself, resulting in the contempt and scorn of man to himself, feeling that leads to the morality of guilt. The procedure of Nietzsche, to alleviate man of that weight, would restore the innocence and irresponsibility by way of affirmation of the need of all things and critique the idea of free will.

religion; human; innocence; asceticis


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