Die Lust in Nietzsches Werk
On Pleasure in Nietzsche’s Work

Summary/Abstract: The joy of creation plays a crucial role in Nietzsche’s philosophy. The ‘found of joy’ never stops welling up for Zarathustra and the flow is almost too painful for him. The phenomenon of joy in Nietzsche’s work is very complex. Hence, in this paper I will concentrate on the utmost kind of joy that emerges in the end of Thus spoke Zarathustra in the Drunken Song. It is the joy to create a work of art and to integrate even sorrow in this utmost kind of joy. Joy takes place at noon, in the moment when oppositions are in harmony and beauty. In this paper, the aim is to interpret especially the last quote of the Drunken Song, when all joy wants eternity. Eternity is a kind of wholeness that is not similar to absoluteness and only possible in the specific movement of creation. Therefore, joy of creation seems to be the joy of a moment when opposites unite.

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