AN ARTISTIC THEODICE: REFLECTIONS ON THE NIETZSCHEAN SENTENCE ON "THE AESTHETIC JUSTIFICATION OF THE WORLD"

Abstract

In 1872, Friedrich Nietzsche published his first great work, The Birth of tragedy in the spirit of music , where he announces a thesis that will remain, although nuanced, throughout his philosophy: the aesthetic justificationtica of the world and existence. Said thesis has a metaphysical anchor that leads to understand the cosmos as an artistic creation that finds its redemption in its work; while in human life, this justification is only possible through art, through an activity that gives meaning to a cold and indifferent world. However, this will only be maintained by Nietzsche in his early years, since the meaning of a algodicea is modified, even, in a certain sense, rejected for considering it one more step within the deployment of a thought that has divided the world and despised life: metaphysics.