Abstract

This paper aims to examine the few mentions to Helvetius in Nietzsche's work, with the more specific purpose of making sense of Nietzsche's assertion that the French thinker would be at the head of "the last great event of morality". The hypothesis to be defended is that Helvetius has importance both positively - as a proponent of a more realistic model of analysis of moral phenomena - and negatively - as the precursor of the most recent unfolding of herd morality.

Keywords:
Nietzsche; Helvetius; Morality; Utilitarianism.