An approach to the tragic in Nietzsche and Unamuno

The current paper attempts to contribute to the elucidation of the tragic in the philosophies of Nietzsche and Unamuno; it is proposed that actually exists a correspondence between them that goes further than the nominal coincidence on the name «tragedy». The common factor can be found in the experi...

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Main Author: Begoña Pessis García
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Pontificia Comillas 2018-01-01
Series:Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica
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Online Access:https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/8341
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description The current paper attempts to contribute to the elucidation of the tragic in the philosophies of Nietzsche and Unamuno; it is proposed that actually exists a correspondence between them that goes further than the nominal coincidence on the name «tragedy». The common factor can be found in the experience of human suffering which both recognize as being primary, and which will be understood as a contradictory tension of the aspiration of infinity and continuous overcoming that the tragic men feel against the boundaries of their individual and finite existence.
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spelling doaj.art-4f406a844c0e49a987f3132f37003cfb2022-12-21T22:22:49ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica0031-47492386-58222018-01-01732781067109010.14422/pen.v73.i278.y2017.0047788An approach to the tragic in Nietzsche and UnamunoBegoña Pessis García0Universidad de ChileThe current paper attempts to contribute to the elucidation of the tragic in the philosophies of Nietzsche and Unamuno; it is proposed that actually exists a correspondence between them that goes further than the nominal coincidence on the name «tragedy». The common factor can be found in the experience of human suffering which both recognize as being primary, and which will be understood as a contradictory tension of the aspiration of infinity and continuous overcoming that the tragic men feel against the boundaries of their individual and finite existence.https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/8341tragediaNietzscheUnamunodolorlímites
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An approach to the tragic in Nietzsche and Unamuno
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title An approach to the tragic in Nietzsche and Unamuno
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