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Abstract
A recurrent theme in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche is his imperative that we must create ourselves. Though this theme of self-creation runs throughout the entirety of his published works, Nietzsche neither fully articulates in one place the processes and guidelines by which such self-creation could occur, nor does he fully resolve the paradoxes inherent in this concept. This paper attempts to distill from these fragments a coherent interpretation of both how we can and why we should, despite (or, paradoxically, because of) our many external and internal constraints, fashion ourselves the way an artist shapes a work of art.
Recommended Citation
Crown-Weber, Andrew
(2008)
"Autopoiesis: Self-Creation in Nietzsche,"
Kaleidoscope:
Vol. 7, Article 11.
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https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kaleidoscope/vol7/iss1/11