Abstract

NIETZCHE'S RESPONSE TO SCHOPNHAUER'S PHILOSOPHY I shall argue here that Nietzsche’s philosophy of art, which is the foundation of his ethics, is deeply rooted in Schopenhauer’s understanding of art. Also, Nietzsche’s theory of the will to power has been significantly influenced by Schopenhauer’s metaphysics of the will. In his early period, Nietzsche accepted some of Schopenhauer’s fundamental philosophical principles, as seen in The Birth of Tragedy (1872). Nietzsche will accept some of his ideas, but most importantly, some of Nietzsche’s fundamental ideas will be formulated in direct criticism and rejection of Schopenhauer’s.