“No philosopher before Nietzsche spoke in this way; none declared himself the destiny of philosophy and of humanity. We must confront even this unheard-of claim and ask why he spoke in this way.” “Martin Heidegger especially insisted upon this; he saw Ecce Homo not as the ‘apotheosis of uninhibited self-presentation and boundless self-mirroring’ nor as … Continuar lendo NIETZSCHE’S SELF-EVALUATION AS THE DESTINY OF PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANITY (Ecce Homo, ‘Why I Am a Destiny 1’) – Werner Stegmaier, Univ. de Greifswald, 2010. (trad. Lisa Marie Anderson)