“An Art for Artists”

Abstract

This article aims to highlight Nietzsche's reflection on the relationship between philosophy and art. Its intent is not simply to celebrate an alleged privilege of art in relation to truth, but rather to bring philosophy and knowledge back to their veiled creative origin. In spite of the search for a beyond the veil, which makes the vision of the world transparent, art stops at the depth of the surface: philosophy, abandoning the prejudice of knowledge, must welcome its whole spirit on this ridge creative and return to the forms, to the ripples, through which the world offers itself to us. Philosophy must therefore fully recognize, according to Nietzsche, that its impetus is not in the direction of truth, but in that of creation.

Keywords

• Nietzsche
• Art
• Surface
• Body
• Depth