Ulysses#
Summary#
Ulysses appears as a model for the philosophical task of translating man back into nature. Nietzsche invokes the hero’s stopped ears as a symbol of resistance to the seductive metaphysical voices that have long proclaimed humanity’s special origin and higher nature. The philosopher must stand before the text of homo natura with Oedipus-eyes and Ulysses-ears, deaf to the flattering bird-catchers of old transcendent illusions.