Music in The Thought ofNietzsche: The Sound of the Innermost Abyss ofBeing
According to Nietzsche, who defines himself as the apostle of Dionysus, music is also Dionysian. For Nietzsche, who expresses existence as a flow and becoming without reducing it to a fixed and static essence, if the leaven of this flow and becoming is Dionysian music, the timbre of this music is Apollonian. It is possible to see Schopenhauer's philosophical magic in Nietzsche's interpretation of music. Although Schopenhauer's objection to the teachings that the source of existence is divine is noted as a shocking thesis in the agenda of the Judeo-Christian doctrine; for Nietzsche, the meaning Schopenhauer attributes to music is at the same address with these teachings: Music is a way of escaping from life. However, Schopenhauer's objection to Judeo-Christian doctrine was transformed in Nietzsche's hands into the evaluation of life as an aesthetic phenomenon. The two main elements of language, which are the means of experiencing life as an aesthetic phenomenon, are metaphorical and musical expression. According to Nietzsche, it is music that creates even metaphorical expression. This study examines the phenomenon of music, which, according to Nietzsche, is the address of the power that can justify the existence of even the worst world.
- Journal
- BEYTULHIKME-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY
- Year
- 2024
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1247-1264
- ISSN
- 1303-8303
- DOI
- 10.29228/beytulhikme.78712
- WoS UID
- WOS:001398314700017