The Paradox of Fatalism and Self-Creation in Nietzsche

Abstract

Abstract I want to identify and then try to resolve a deep and troubling paradox in Nietzsche’;s work that threatens the core of a popular understanding of Nietzsche as the philosopher who calls for people to create them selves. This paradox, as I think will become amply apparent, is striking once the texts are looked at in the right way. Yet, surprisingly, it has received almost no attention in the voluminous literature on Nietzsche.

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