TY - JOUR
T1 - What we are at liberty to do
T2 - On Giving Style to One's Character in Nietzsche's Daybreak (§560)
AU - Constancio, Joao
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F00183%2F2020/PT#
UIDB/00183/2020
UIDP/00183/2020
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In aphorism 290 of The Gay Science, Nietzsche praises the art of "[giving] style to one's character," fitting all the strengths and weaknesses of character "into an artistic plan," impressing on all facets of character "a single taste," or of giving oneself one's "own law" (GS 290). And there, he uses the same metaphor as in aphorism 560 of Daybreak: our character is a "garden," and to give style to one's character means using one's "freedom" to act as "gardener of one's character." This "freedom" is the freedom to "create oneself." The article examines the meaning of self-creation in the light of Nietzsche's conception of character, freedom, and consciousness.
AB - In aphorism 290 of The Gay Science, Nietzsche praises the art of "[giving] style to one's character," fitting all the strengths and weaknesses of character "into an artistic plan," impressing on all facets of character "a single taste," or of giving oneself one's "own law" (GS 290). And there, he uses the same metaphor as in aphorism 560 of Daybreak: our character is a "garden," and to give style to one's character means using one's "freedom" to act as "gardener of one's character." This "freedom" is the freedom to "create oneself." The article examines the meaning of self-creation in the light of Nietzsche's conception of character, freedom, and consciousness.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85179663111
SN - 1052-0406
VL - 50
SP - 191
EP - 230
JO - Nineteenth Century Prose
JF - Nineteenth Century Prose
IS - 1-2
ER -