Cheerful or Joyful Science? On Troubadour Spirit of Philosophy Cover Image

Vesela ili radosna nauka? O trubadurskom duhu filozofije
Cheerful or Joyful Science? On Troubadour Spirit of Philosophy

Author(s): Dragan Prole
Subject(s): Aesthetics, 19th Century Philosophy
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: cheerfulness; joyfulness; science; Nietzsche; Schiller

Summary/Abstract: Nietzsche’s book Fröhliche Wissenschaft (1882) was translated into Serbian language in 1984. by Milan Tabaković as Cheerful Science. Perhaps surprisingly, that solution has been widely accepted for decades, hardly any counter argument or different translation subsequent. Instead proposed adjective cheerful, it seems far more adequate and precise to say that for Nietzsche some sort of „science“ is joyful. This article deals with conceptual distinction between cheerfulness and joyfulness, as well as with some conceptual designs we came across in Winkelman’s aesthetics and in Schiller’s poetry. The author is eager to provide the interpretation of the provancal troubadours expression gay saber. Finally, we will try to uncover the possibilities of Nietzsche’s philosophy to assimilate the spirit of troubadours poetry.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 85-103
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian