Friedrich Nietzsche's apology of war

The article discusses the role of metaphor and the concept of war in Fr. Nietzsche's texts. The doctrine of the opposition between the Apollonian and Dionisian origins in the culture of ancient Greece is the original context of the war thematization; Nietzsche's analysis of the crisis state of the contemporary world leads to idea of "higher culture" based on violence and war. On the other hand, Nietzsche completely subordinates his style to the metaphor of war: he declares a war on morality, Christianity, compassion; he constantly engages in war with them, identifying himself with the war. Nietzsche's statements are open to different contexts, thus, the images intertwined with concepts acquire depth; the concepts accompanied by images acquire dimension, relief, scale. Metaphor defines the axiological importance of the concept; the concept is a means of expanding the metaphor. The openness of these statements to different contexts often leads to contextual chimeras, combinations of disparate contexts, which in turn leads to an explosion of the language norm, liberation from the power of tradition, a new language. Nietzsche's apology of war is a demonstration of the new philosophy and is located on the other side of good and evil. The "war" stands as the ultimate foundation of the language of life itself, the language of the "Free Spirits".

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