Nietzsche and Levinas tension at "İçimizdeki Şeytan" by Sabahatti̇n Ali

Philosopy, by definition, correlates with very much fields, sciences and activities. No doubt, one of the these fields is literature. Literature can be accused naifly about leaking to field of philosopy. At the same time, it requires that plenty philosophers specify a philosophical thought by using literary form. The philosophers as Albert Camus, J. P. Sartre, are the first which can be exemplified. However, it doesn't mean that every literary work has philosophical qualification or every philosophical thought can be conveyed with literary language. When philosopher needs consistent way of thinking and philosophical grounding about issues like being, moral, life, God; man of letters can express the same issues with a literary language and in a matter of speaking juicily. At this point, it makes sense to mention about two philosophers who has both philosophical consistency and literary attitude: Nietzsche and Levinas. Life occupation, ethical and moral understanding of these two philosophers can liken this: If philosophy is a path, thoughts of Nietzsche and Levinas are a fork in that path. While Nietzsche is mentioning and suggesting ethical view which affirms life, thinks ego and not deny the priority of this thought, Levinas suggests a moral view which speaking of an "ego" by necessity with being of "someone elsothere" and even states that it is not a choice, it is an obligation. In this respect, "living" act takes utterly different shape for these two philosophers. According to Levinas, in living act, human being is constant,,sufferer, quiet and if "ego" is in this position because of being "other", ethic is a matter. According to Nietzsche, on the contrary in living act human being purports dynamic wriggly and strong. According to Levinas, it is possible to mention about noticing an "ego" with existing of embarrassingness of "other". In case, Nietzsche acutely challenges the fraud which of all moral views about thinking "someone else". Based on this, in this paper, ethic of Nietzsche and moral philosophy of Levinas will be reviewed and compared with "The Evil Inside Us" by Sabahattin Ali, and are tried to show that which one of these what kind of and how creates an opportunity in life. In this sense and accordingly, another purpose of this study grounds that mentioned work suits such philosophical analysis.