The “Education” of Second Nature – The Connection Between Self and Drives in the Bildung-theory of Nietzsche Cover Image

A második természet kinevelése. Az önmagaság és az ösztönösség összefüggései Nietzsche művelődéskoncepciójában
The “Education” of Second Nature – The Connection Between Self and Drives in the Bildung-theory of Nietzsche

Author(s): Péter Tánczos
Subject(s): 19th Century Philosophy
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: Friedrich Nietzsche; second nature; self; drive; instinct; Bildung;

Summary/Abstract: The notion of “second nature” plays an important, but ambiguous role in the oeuvres of Friedrich Nietzsche. At first, the German philosopher interprets this conception having huge philosophical tradition as habit or rigid manner, since the term second nature has negative connotations for him. In my paper I argue that Nietzsche can only affirm the second nature as one of his own notions, when it could be interconnected with the concept of self, drive, and instinct. In the late works of Nietzsche, the second nature will be an integral part of his philosophy in the sense of instinctive knowledge, and it will be the conceptual foundation of creating the self.

  • Issue Year: LXXXIII/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 46-57
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian