Only Nietzsche Can Save Us. Spiritual Exercises as a Tool for Human Formation and Rebuilding Culture from the Ruins of Nihilism Cover Image

Tylko Nietzsche może nas uratować. Ćwiczenia duchowe narzędziem formacji człowieka i odbudowy kultury z gruzów nihilizmu
Only Nietzsche Can Save Us. Spiritual Exercises as a Tool for Human Formation and Rebuilding Culture from the Ruins of Nihilism

Author(s): Henryk Benisz
Subject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Studies of Literature, Epistemology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Contemporary Philosophy, Existentialism, Culture and social structure , Social psychology and group interaction, Ontology, Philosophy of History, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: godlessness; nihilism; spiritual exercises; Dionysian; overman

Summary/Abstract: Heidegger’s famous interview, which appeared in the magazine Der Spiegel, reveals the fundamental problems of modern man resulting from godlessness. For Heidegger, Holderlin and Nietzsche are the creators who diagnose threats and try to cope with them. In ancient times, the sacredness of man and the world was maintained by the Stoics, who practiced philosophy as a spiritual exercise. Although Christianity also values spiritual exercises, it advocates the spirit opposed to the body and subordinated to the transcendent God. Only Nietzsche proposes a concept of spiritual development that is based on the earthly type of divinity and takes into account the overall needs of the (over)man.

  • Issue Year: 2/2025
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 251-269
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish
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