And while Nietzsche explicitly poses the Man-god (or Ubermensch) as an alternative to this nihilism, Dostoevsky (whom Nietzsche much admired) poses a re-affirmation of the God-man. Nietzsche actually coined the phrase Will to Power in 1883 in Thus Spoke Zarathustra (and he started developing the concept at most in 1880 in The Wanderer and his Shadow).

A Note on Dostoevsky and Nietzsche 161 tion, Notes from the Underworld, in which individual self- assertion (or "will to power") is proclaimed to be the main- spring of … While in Nice, Nietzsche discovered in a bookshop the volume L’esprit souterrain. Nietzsche announced the death of God, whereas Dostoevsky warned against the danger of atheism. (Kaufmann, "Notes" 118) Dostoevsky, then, was not trying to give an example of a particular Nietzschean type. This article argues that the much-discussed influence of Dostoevsky on Nietzsche can be better understood by unraveling the specific nature of the translation L’ esprit … Imagine being an admirer and pen pal of Nietzsche. The first time that Nietzsche crossed the path of Dostoevsky was in the winter of 1886–87. Although in his later philosophy Nietzsche understands the saint as a representative of the ascetic ideal, nevertheless, this literature does not account for the shift that took place in Nietzsche's understanding of the saintly ideal and its significance. What did he take away from reading Dostoevsky? When I put myself into the shoes of someone who befriended Nietzsche I find myself feeling like I live in the twilight zone. Dostoevsky’s “underground man” is often grotesque, generally cruel, and completely isolated from other human beings. *Random. Friedrich Nietzsche Public domain Experts consider Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground to be the diary of a mad man and one of the first examples of existentialism. Two years later, he defined Dostoevsky as the only psychologist from whom he had anything to learn. And that he finds me ‘infiniment suggestif’? Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (/ ˌ d ɒ s t ə ˈ j ɛ f s k i, ˌ d ʌ s-/; Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, tr. Both of them are credited with laying much of the foundation for what came to be called existentialist thought. I'm sure someone else can provide more detail, but it looks like Dostoevsky didn't really influence Nietzsche's idea of Will to Power. After reading L’ esprit souterrain, the first French translation of Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground, Nietzsche embraced Dostoevsky as a master psychologist, notwithstanding their ideological differences. Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ dəstɐˈjɛfskʲɪj] (); 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. This book describes the double encounter between Nietzsche and Dostoevsky. The second, metaphorical encounter between Nietzsche and Dostoevsky happened on the verge of nihilism. The novel encompasses the life and thoughts of a lonely, spiteful, sickly man ranting into a journal.

Nietzsche explicitly acknowledged Dostoevsky’s relevance to his work, noting its affinities as well as its points of opposition. Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote Notes from Underground in 1864. Deeper yet, it is about what Dostoevsky (like Nietzsche) sees as the hidden nihilism of Western civilization. - Notes from the Underground - House of the Dead - The Landlady - Demon's - The Injured and Insulted. While in Nice, Nietzsche discovered in a bookshop the volume L’esprit souterrainL’esprit souterrain But the similarities between the thoughts of Dostoevsky and Nietzsche are striking, and are worthy of consideration. Friedrich Nietzsche — ‘Dostoevsky,the only psychologist from whom I've anything to learn.’ The first mention of Dostoevsky in Nietzsche’s correspondence can be found in a letter that Nietzsche sent to his friend Franz Overbeck on 12 February, 1887. This letter contained the following postscript: “Did I write you of H. Taine? Joseph Frank (Dostoevsky biographer) notes that in the Nietzsche archives there are "some notes [Nietzsche] took of The Devils"(citing G. Fridlender) [see the footnote on page 149 of Dostoevsky…

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