Nietzsche, Plato and Darwin: life, creation and nihilism

Abstract

At the present paper, the relations between Nietzsche and Plato, and Nietzsche and Darwin, will be addressed from the respective Nietzschean self-descriptions –namely, his own philosophy as ‘inverted Platonism’, and his ‘anti-Darwin’ posture. Starting from this, three objectives will be seeked for: in the first place, to establish that the Nietzschean description of ‘anti-Darwin’ is sustained nor on a ontobiological opposition, nor in opposition to a teleological character of any kind, but mainly in an axiological rupture; in second place, to show the connection between the Nietzschean perspective and Platonism in divergence with perspectives that either put Nietzsche in complete opposition with Platonism, or find agreement not with Platonism but with Plato, or find full continuity between each other –the Heiddegerian ‘metaphysical Nietzsche’. Finally, the third objective will consist on showing that both self-descriptions are structurally associated, meaning, that one isn’t completely comprehensible without the other.