Abstract
Nietzsche often uses the flame as a symbol for various concepts; however, in this poem, he clearly identifies himself with this unquenched, unsatiated and — alas! — consuming flame. This flame, after burning with unbelievable force and splendor, turned his spirit suddenly, as Lange-Eichbaum2 phrases it, into a completely burned out crater, a unique case in the history of medicine.
Yes, I do know my origin!
Unquenchable like the flame
I consume myself and glow.
Into light turns all I touch,
Into coal all that I leave:
Flame is surely what I am!
Ja! ich weiss woher ich stamme!
Ungesättigt gleich der Flamme
Glühe und verzeh’r ich mich.
Licht wird alles, was ich fasse,
Kohle alles, was ich lasse:
Flamme bin ich sicherlich!
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Karl Schlechta, ed.: Friedrich Nietzsche (München: Carl Hanser Verlag 1966), Vol. II, No. 62, p. 32. Hereinafter referred to as Nietzsche-Schlechta.
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Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, ed.: Friedrich Nietzsche, Nachgelassene Fragmente Anfang 1888 bis Anfang Januar 1889 (Berlin: Walter de Gruvter 1972), hereinafter referred to as Nietzsche-Montinari,Vol. VIII3, p. 168.
A. Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Idea,translated by R.B. Haldane and J. Kemp (London: Trübner and Co. 1883), Vol. I, Fourth Book, p. 365–66.
C. von Westernhagen: Wagner (Zürich/Freiburg i. Br.: Atlantic Verlag AG 1968 ) pp. 373–80.
F. Nietzsche: The Will to Power, translated by A.M. Ludovici (New York: Russell & Russell 1964), (1063), p. 427.
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Dauer, D.W. (1975). Nietzsche and the Concept of Time. In: Fraser, J.T., Lawrence, N. (eds) The Study of Time II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50121-0_6
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