القناع : قراءة في ضوء فلسفة نيتشه

Abstract EN

Nietzsche found himself in an era that can be likened to a masquerade party, and most of the values of his time were merely false, deceptive, and disguised.

He had no choice but to use his hammer to strike and destroy those masks, to reveal the true hidden identities, as he removed the masks worn by holy men hiding from the world of truth having become just a false idea of fabrication.

He also removed of the mask of Christian ethics, in order to restore the virtues to man, and to return the values more closely attached to earth and life.

Despite the fact that Nietzsche refused to hide behind a metaphorical mask, he could not conceal his admiration for the mask, and everything profound.

He saw that the more people climbed up the social ladder and became more prominent and powerful, the more they wore such masks.

Therefore, the mask was for him as a philosophical strategy with many connections, that is, it did not have a passing presence that was diminished at the first sight of criticism and destruction.

Rather, it is fair to say that everything in Nietzsche's philosophy is a (mask), so if in the old days the leader of a tribe, or its priest, or its magician wore a religious mask to control and intimidate to frighten their enemies, Nietzsche is also found to wear various masks to camouflage and disguise on the one hand, and to show a new identity on the other.

The identity of the higher being (Supreme Man - Superman) was a mask behind which Nietzsche would hide after the tragic incidents that happened in his life.

In order to redraw the map of human values and virtues, in accordance with the personality of a hero, and the nature of the mask being a trait for all superheroes who commenced their heroics with concealed identities after having harsh experiences, and tragic accidents, so it is correct to say that we consider Nietzsche the greatest destroyer of old masks and the innovator of new ones.