Gesù dal punto di vista di scrittori e filosofi (Hegel - Renan - Nietzsche - Freud - Berto)

1 Tesi di Estetica: "Gesù dal punto di vista di scrittori e filosofi" (Hegel-Renan-Nietzsche-Freud-Berto). Introduzione in inglese INTRODUCTION During the centuries Jesus Christ figure has been dis- cussed in different cultural fields. Literature, art, history, phi- losophy, science and religion have described, criticized, or loved him according to their requirements or aspirations. The object of my discourse is Jesus's representation by some writers and philosophers. He is most probably the most important character of mankind's history from whose birth our civilation descends. The basic purpose of my study is to explain, through the analysis of some texts, Jesus's fig- ure from an exclusively human, psychological and aesthetic point of view. For this discourse I chiefly used and analitically ex- amined five important works even if I made inquiries into some minor readings. These texts which will be discussed ex- tensively during the various chapters of my thesis, are: -Leben Jesu by Hegel; -Vie de Jésus by Ernest Renan; -Der wille zur macht by Nietzsche; -Totem und tabù by Freud; -La Gloria by Giuseppe Berto;