Nietzsche, Foucault e o cuidado de si: as práticas ascéticas e o desenvolvimento de um tipo de ser humano capaz de criar novos valores

Abstract

The following dissertation analyses the presence of a positive view of asceticism in Nietzsche's work. We start from the Foucault's comprehension about the Ancient Philosophy self-care thematic, in search for elements that substantiate this period in order to make the investigation in Nietzsche's work about the presence of similar elements that allow us to understand the possible re-update of this thematic in the work of the German philosopher. Up next we give attention to interpretations about asceticism in both authors. After that, the theme of the free spirit is analysed in the middle works, searching for the major characteristics likewise the imoralism, solitude, vita contemplativa and the relation with asceticism. Lastly, we analyze the spiritual gradations theorized by Nietzsche, where we understand the free spirit in the process of transition to the overman, so that, in relation to the latter period, be understood the tasks determined to each type until the establishment of the transvaluation of all values. After the analyses of the published works, posthumous writings and comments, it's possible to objectify how Nietzsche reflects traces of the Ancient Philosophy tradition about the self-care in search to provide a cure for humanity through the creation of new values.