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The inevitable existence of suffering in life has been one of the main themes of mytho-poetic/philosophical thought. However, the responses of themytho-poetic/philosophical thought to suffering and therefore to life, differ from each other. This difference, which can basically be interpreted as the rejection of suffering, transforms into a new and different perspective on suffering as a condition fort he possibility of transformation and the affirmation of life as a whole in Nietzsche’s philosophy. Nietzsche criticizes the explanations of traditional philosophical thought, religious teachings, moral and cultural norms and scientific-religious-philosophical quests for truth on the inevitable suffering of life because they classify suffering as bad/evil and try to exclude, destroy, numb d placate it from the existence. For Nietzsche, these responses to inevitable suffering are expressions of denial of life and therefore of suffering and of man’s separation from himself and from life. By re-evaluating suffering, Nietzsche, with his response to his own suffering, reveals the possibility of the creative-free individual who cheerfully affirms the totality of life, recreates life and himself and senses the primordial unity with nature. In this respect, this study aims to reveal the self-transcendence and transformation adventure of human through the mediation of suffering in the cyclical continuity of suffering and joy due to the tragic nature of existence within the aspect of Nietzsche’s philosophy.

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