Teaching (Philosophy) with loneliness

Abstract

This paper aims at analysing the possibility of teaching philosophy under the perspective of solitude, mainly based on the work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, written by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. For this purpose, firstly, it is analysed how the concept of solitude can be tied to bitterness and sadness, assuming a pejorative sense for the conservation of human life by considering the emergence of the faculty of memory and the development of consciousness. Furthermore, the distinction between solitude and loneliness found in such work is addressed. Finally, the relevance of such conceptual relations for the teaching of philosophy is discussed.