THE IDEAS OF MORALITY AND HEROISM IN NIETZSCHE’S PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

Author’s main intention shows two horizons of understanding Nietzsche’s philosophy:first one, ethical, reflects Nietzsche’s attempt to confront “harmful”, Socratic idea ofmorality with vivid, pre-Socratic idea of heroism; while the second one, aesthetical, deals withNietzsche’s understanding of tragedy, as an authentic paradigm of Hellenic life in all its forms.Regarding the first horizon, it’s important to show Nietzsche’s attempt to exclude clear boundariesbetween mans theoretical, practical and poetical area, because he tries to replace practicalidea of morality with an idea of heroism, and a creative principle, which is basically poetical.It’s the same, although heterogeneous, ground of Nietzsche’s philosophy that develop his understandingof tragedy. He is trying to build a certain wall between the early-Hellenic idea of justiceand rational and philosophical understanding of morality, but it’s the early period of Hellenictragedy that expresses the authentic process of creation of moral consciousness in Hellenic history,because neither the ethical, cognitive nor educational purposes cannot be excluded fromthe tragedy as the art form of one era. These problems lead to the weakest point of Nietzsche’sphilosophy: his necessity to remove the decadent tissue of the era he is contemplating, often leadsto the removal of its healthiest tissue as well.