Schopenhauer and the young Nietzsche: From Metaphysics of Will to Metaphysics of Artist

Starting from the comparison between the philosophies of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, this paper aims to expound the so called "artist's metaphysics" in Nietzsche's early works. For this purpose, we will analyze the concept of Will, meeting-point of the differences and similarities of both thinkers. In the end, Nietzsche's creative appropriation of Schopenhauer leads to a crucial difference: according to Nietzsche, the Will is Artist because it accommodates in it an unconscious finality: genius and tragic appearance (tragische Daseinsform).