Schopenhauer in Signos: machinery and free will in the magnetism of love
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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378656907Keywords:
Nestor Victor, Philosophy, Brazilian Literature, Schopenhauer, Symbolist fictionAbstract
Signs, a volume of short tales by Nestor Victor, was published in 1897 and reflects the impact of Schopenhauer's philosophy in late XIXth Brazil. Widely known and admired, Schopenhauer was read in Rio de Janeiro by an artist who stressed the philosopher's merit and who meditated on the conception of truth towards love, back in 1890's, having as a reference Schopenhauer's Metaphysics of Love. In this article, it'll be investigated the presence of philosophy in short tales written by N. Victor. For Cruz e Sousa, schopenhauerian system could be defined in terms of clock machinery. In this way, N. Victor develops narrative forms that present themselves in oppositional relation towards the duties concerned with preservation of life. In the fictional universe of the volume, human beings don't find existentially themselves, since passion fades away as long as boredom pops up intimately related to the very idea of duty.Downloads
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