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Nietzsche and Spinoza
amor fati and amor dei
pp. 183-203
Abstract
Amor fati — love of fate — is the defiant formula by which Nietzsche sums up his philosophical affirmation. The term, never before used in philosophy,1 is clearly a polemical transformation of Spinoza's amor dei intellectualis, rejecting the primacy of the intellect and positing fatum (fate) instead of Spinoza's nature-God as the object of love.
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Yovel Yirmiyahu (1986) Nietzsche as affirmative thinker: papers presented at the fifth Jerusalem philosophical encounter, april 1983. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 183-203
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-4360-5_12
Full citation:
Yovel Yirmiyahu (1986) „Nietzsche and Spinoza: amor fati and amor dei“, In: Y. Yovel (ed.), Nietzsche as affirmative thinker, Dordrecht, Springer, 183–203.