Abstract:
This article studies the Nietzschean interpretation of a pre-Socratic little considered by the secondary literature: Anaxagoras of Clazomenae. Some elements of Nietzsche’s absolute interpretative originality regarding the traditional exegesis of the Greek philosopher are highlighted such as, for instance, reading the Nous in materialistic terms, the explanation of the birth of qualities from quantitative provisions or interpreting Anaxagorean homeomeries as points of force. From these and other characteristics of the Nietzschean reading of Anaxagoras, precise aspects emerge that will later be found in the theory of the Will to Power, a theory which, therefore, has, in Anaxagoras’ interpretation, the very first theoretical development.
Keywords:
Anaxagoras; Will to Power; ancient ontology