How the “True World” Finally Became a Fable

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"How the 'True World' Finally Became a Fable" is a short, satirical passage by Friedrich Nietzsche that traces the historical dissolution of the philosophical notion of a transcendent "true world" beyond appearances.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
philosophical text ⓘ
satirical passage ⓘ
author Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
collection Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
form short prose passage ⓘ
genre aphorism ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
includedIn section "Maxims and Arrows" and related passages of Twilight of the Idols ⓘ
influenced 20th-century continental philosophy ⓘ
post-structuralism ⓘ
postmodern philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Christian eschatology ⓘ
Kantian philosophy ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
keyConcept apparent world ⓘ
fable ⓘ
overcoming of metaphysics ⓘ
revaluation of values ⓘ
true world ⓘ
language German ⓘ
length very short ⓘ
mainTheme critique of Christianity ⓘ
critique of Platonism ⓘ
critique of the true world ⓘ
death of the true world ⓘ
dissolution of transcendence ⓘ
rejection of metaphysical dualism ⓘ
movement existentialism precursor ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
perspectivism ⓘ
narrativeDevice historical sketch ⓘ
satirical timeline ⓘ
originalTitle Wie die "wahre Welt" endlich zur Fabel wurde ⓘ
partOf Twilight of the Idols ⓘ
philosophicalClaim the true world is finally abolished ⓘ
with the true world the apparent world is also abolished ⓘ
philosophicalTarget Christian theology ⓘ
Kantian noumenal world ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
metaphysical realism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition continental philosophy ⓘ
publicationYear 1889 ⓘ
structure six stages ⓘ
tone ironic ⓘ
polemical ⓘ

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Twilight of the Idols → containsSection → How the “True World” Finally Became a Fable ⓘ
How the 'True World' Finally Became a Fable → originalTitle → Wie die "wahre Welt" endlich zur Fabel wurde ⓘ
linked to: How the “True World” Finally Became a Fable