O Dionisíaco em Nietzsche: da “metafísica de artista” à “fisiologia da arte”

Abstract

The dyonysian is one of the notions that can help a greater understanding of the nietzschean aesthetic. In considering the concepts offered by "artist's metaphysics" and by “physiology of art” as particularly relevant for a discussion about this theme, this dissertation intents to investigate how the notion of dyonysian is approached in the course of Nietzsche’s philosophy, more precisely in the transition from the "artist's metaphysics" to the “physiology of art”. In a first instance, the work demonstrates the relationship between the notion of Primordial-One, the Romanticism, the tragic philosophy and the dyonysian that are present in the first phase of Nietzsche's thought. After that, the study presents and discuss the dyonysian in the greek tragedy. That discussion culminates in a theoretical review about the notion of dyonysian: the monistic conception of Dionysus and the idea of ecstasy as a necessary condition of all art. Thereafter, it is also indicated relevant considerations about Nietzsche´s “physiology of art”. On the one hand, it is highlighted the possibility of a artistic transfiguration of existence by the intensification of the will to power, on the other hand, it is indicated the symptoms of art décadence. In conclusion, the intention here is to show that the notion of dyonysian is essential for Nietzsche to develop his concepction about the tragic art based on the "artist's metaphysics" and it is also indispensable in his aesthetic considerations that appears in his project of a "physiology of art".