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180183 VO-L All pleasure wants eternity (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie

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Language: German

Examination dates

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Friday 04.11. 13:15 - 18:15 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Saturday 05.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Friday 11.11. 13:15 - 18:15 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Saturday 12.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Friday 25.11. 13:15 - 18:15 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
Saturday 26.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The topic of this lecture is the famous Midnight Song from Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra: O man! Take heed! / What says deep midnight's voice indeed? / I slept my sleep-, / From deepest dream I've woke, and plead:- / The world is deep, / And deeper than the day could read. / Deep is its woe-, / Joy - deeper still than grief can be: / Woe says: Hence! Go! / But joys all want eternity-, / -Want deep, profound eternity! - On the basis of these verses, some central constellations of Nietzsche's thought will be elaborated and their anthropological and cultural-philosophical implications will be questioned and made productive for the present.The lecture is thus also an introduction to Nietzsche's philosophy and a foundation of aesthetic and cultural theoretical questions.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam. There will be 5 questions on the contents of the lecture, from which 3 questions are to be selected and answered in the form of short essays. Examination time: 1 hour. First exam date: 16.12.2022, 16:45, HS 33 - Further examination dates will take place at the end of the WS and in the SS 2023.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Basic knowledge of the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and the cultural history of the 19th century is assumed. The standard of assessment is the ability to address the subject matter of the lecture in its context and to reflect critically on it with reference to the primary literature.

Examination topics

The contents of the lecture and the primary literature given for it.

Reading list

Primary literature
Friedrich Nietzsche: Also sprach Zarathustra. In: Sämtliche Werke , Kritische Studienausgabe in 15 Bänden (KSA), hg. von Giorgio Colli und Mazzino Montinari. München und New York 1980, Band 4
Konrad Paul Liessmann: Alle Lust will Ewigkeit. Mitternächtliche Versuchungen. Wien: Zsolnay 2021

Further literature:
Rüdiger Safranski: Nietzsche. Biographie seines Denkens. Frankfurt/M 2002
Konrad Paul Liessmann: Philosophie des verbotenen Wissens. Friedrich Nietzsche und die schwarzen Seiten des Denkens. Hamburg 2009
Werner Stegmaier: Nietzsche zur Einführung. Hamburg 2013
Werner Stegmaier: Oh Mensch! Gieb Acht! Kontextuelle Interpretation des Mitternachts-Lieds aus Also sprach Zarathustra. In: Nietzsche-Studien, Band 42, Heft 1, S. 85 - 115
Heinrich Meier: Was ist Nietzsches Zarathustra? Eine philosophische Auseinandersetzung. München 2017
Elisabeth Bronfen: Tiefer als der Tag gedacht. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Nacht. München 2008
Werner Stegmaier: Zarathustras philosophische Auslegung des Mitternachts-Lieds. In: Katharina Grätz / Sebastian Kaufmann (Hg.): Nietzsche zwischen Philosophie und Literatur. Heidelberg 2016, S. 425-442
Herfried Münkler: Marx, Wagner, Nietzsche: Welt im Umbruch. Berlin. Rowohlt 2021

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