A philosophy of shadows: Martínez Estrada’s Nietzsche

Abstract

The article deals with the tensions presents in the Ezequiel Martínez Estrada’s lecture of Nietzsche. We will trace two different possibilities that emerge from a philosophy that accept the unavoidable character of appearance. The first one, identifiable with Nietzsche as apostate or heretic, encourage a practice of denouncement as false all that presume to be truth. The second one, identifiable with Nietzsche as utopist, admits the necessity of appearance and therefore displace the truth/falsehood problem to the judgement between types of appearances. Finally, we will analyze if Martínez Estrada’s lecture resolve the tension choosing one of the poles.

Keywords

• Martínez Estrada
• Nietzsche
• vitalismo
• apostasía
• utopía