The natural law as will to power: netzschian’s considerations about nature legislation

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31977/grirfi.v21i3.2420

Keywords:

Nietzsche; Natural Law; Will to Power; Strength.

Abstract

The present investigation strives to show Nietzsche's considerations about natural law. Since the German philosopher bases his thinking on an organicist conception, in principle one is led to think of a welcome and even a positive emphasis on natural law. However, in several passages of his writings Nietzsche is hostile towards natural law, mainly because it acts as a framework, measurement and calculation of the movement of nature. Natural law, for this reason, consists in falsifying nature. For, the legal mechanisms are imposed on the free action of nature, depriving it of its organic singularity to fit it in an artificial rationality. The free action of nature cannot be captured by rational framing mechanisms dictated by natural law. However, Nietzsche recognizes in the will to power a kind of natural law that acts on natural phenomena without constraining them, but leads them to the highest peaks of force.

 

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Author Biography

Adilson Felicio Feiler, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)

Doutor(a) em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre – RS, Brasil. Professor(a) da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo – RS, Brasil.

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Published

2021-10-28

How to Cite

FEILER, Adilson Felicio. The natural law as will to power: netzschian’s considerations about nature legislation. Griot : Revista de Filosofia, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 3, p. 375–389, 2021. DOI: 10.31977/grirfi.v21i3.2420. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrb.edu.br/index.php/griot/article/view/2420. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

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