"Voda stačí.": Nietzsche, opojení a otevřenost světu

Abstract

In the biographical work Ecce homo, specifically in the chapter “Why I Am So Clever,” Nietzsche discusses the issues of nutrition, place, climate, and recreation that for him form a “casuistry of selfishness.” With the sentence “water is enough,” he indicates not only his relationship to intoxicating drinks, but also makes a general recommendation. The article is devoted to the question of how the motifs of intoxication and philosophy are related to each other. If, for Nietzsche, the intensification of philosophical life carries the title of “amor fati,” then the question can be more precisely stated as follows: How are the motifs of intoxication and “amor fati” related to each other? This seemingly marginal question gains urgency if we consider the inseparability of “amor fati” and the Dionysian ideal, which carries within it the meaning of intoxication. The answer rests in the development of the motif of “bodily virtue” that disposes a person to be open and affirmative to the world.

Keywords

• friedrich nietzsche
• ecce homo
• intoxication
• “amor fati”