Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:13:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissPPS.pdf: 1001746 bytes, checksum: 680712b91d43406436d2b5a674fb134d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-03-10 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / This study aims at following Deleuzes s reflections about Nietzsche, assuming as the reading object the book Nietzsche and the Philosophy (1962). From the first pages, Deleuze asserts that Nietzsche is responsible for inscribing in the History of Philosophy a new image of thinking, consonant with a new image of the philosopher. Especially on the third chapter, this idea gains profundity, for Deleuze not only discovers in Nietzsche a project of critical nature but also turns it against Kant. In a few words, Deleuze believes to find in Nietzsche s Genealogy of Moral a sort of answer to the Critique of Pure Reason, since Kant did not manage to carry out his critical undertaking fully, for not having considered the problems in terms of values. Nietzsche is the major responsible for such feat. To Deleuze, the Kantian critique is just a caricature of the real critique. Although these are the most important ideas, Deleuze was followed as a whole, trying to keep the attention to the whole of his reflections in the most important chapters for this essay. In short, it is about a flight which starts with the tragic thinking and ends in the critique. / Este estudo visa acompanhar as reflexões de Deleuze sobre Nietzsche, assumindo como objeto de leitura o livro Nietzsche e a filosofia (1962). Desde as primeiras páginas, Deleuze afirma ser Nietzsche o responsável por inscrever na História da Filosofia uma nova imagem do pensamento, condizente com uma nova imagem do filósofo. Sobretudo, no terceiro capítulo, essa idéia ganha profundidade, pois, Deleuze não só descobre em Nietzsche um projeto de natureza crítica, como também, volta-o contra Kant. Em poucas palavras, Deleuze acredita encontrar na Genealogia da Moral de Nietzsche, uma espécie de réplica à Crítica da Razão Pura, já que Kant não conseguiu levar o seu empreendimento crítico a bom termo, por não ter considerado os problemas em termos de valores. Nietzsche é o grande responsável por tal feito. Para Deleuze, a crítica kantiana não passa de uma caricatura da verdadeira crítica. Embora essas idéias sejam as mais importantes, acompanhou-se Deleuze como um todo, procurando manter a atenção para o conjunto de suas reflexões nos capítulos mais importantes para este ensaio. Em suma, trata-se de um vôo que começa com o pensamento trágico e termina na crítica.

This thesis examines how ethics and various conceptualizations of the divine are explored and expressed in contemporary fiction, and in this particular case, in Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000. It is meant to highlight the philosophical underpinnings within these works, and to discuss how readers and consumers of such fiction and media may be affected in their views regarding religiosity and ethics. This exploration is mainly done through the lens of virtue ethics, specifically Aristotelian and Nietzschean schools of thought, with the primary focus being on the heroes and villains of the respective works. This essay argues that in the case of both Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000, the Aristotelian tendency appears to be more clearly present in both works, while a Nietzschean perspective appears to be driving the villains of Star Wars and to some degree those of Warhammer 40,000 as well. How these ethical frameworks are linked to the transcendent reality described in both works is also discussed, with concepts such as Classical Theism being weighed against that of Pantheism. While fiction such as Star Wars has been the subject of research before, it has not been examined as closely through the lens of ethics. Warhammer 40,000 has only received limited attention, and this essay argues that the similarities between Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000 can most likely be established between other works of fiction as well, opening up for further exploration.