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
surface form: 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 How the “True World” Finally Became a Fable self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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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subject surface form: How the 'True World' Finally Became a Fable
this entity surface form: Wie die "wahre Welt" endlich zur Fabel wurde