Nietzsche, Eternal Recurrence and Education
The Role of the Great Cultivating Thought in the Art of Self‐Cultivation ( Bildung )
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11953306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven A Stolz (0000-0001-5900-0329, University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 186-203 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9752.12488 |
| OpenAlex | W3081721450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
In this essay, I briefly outline Nietzsche's doctrine of the eternal recurrence that has implications for education, and life in general; and, lastly, I argue that from an educational point of view, Nietzsche's doctrine of the eternal recurrence is best viewed as the great cultivating thought that has radical ramifications for any project of character education. Indeed, Nietzsche's concern with self-cultivation (Bildung) to a large degree brings together the central tenets of his thinking to emphasise an ethics of character that is meant to serve as an alternative approach to cultivating character or the self in such a way that it reveals ‘what one is’ now (being), and who they could become (becoming). In order to bring this about, Nietzsche does not conceive the eternal recurrence as a theoretical doctrine, but as an exercise that we incorporate into our lives as a habitual practice, vis-à-vis, through repeated and prolonged meditation, reflection, thought and dialogue on the significance of the idea in such a way that it transforms the individual for the better. Subsequently, the idea of the eternal recurrence only becomes cultivating and truly educational if it transforms our lives in such a way that we come to revalue the self as a work of art to a point where we are able to educate ourselves against our age
Aesthetics · Bildung · Character (mathematics · Doctrine · Epistemology · Higher education · Meditation · Philosophy of education · Self · Sociology · Theology · Education, Literature, Philosophy Research · Law · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |