Trinity College Trinity College Digital Repository Senior Theses and Projects Student Scholarship Spring 2016 Amor Fati in Jaco Van Dormael's Film, Mr. Nobody Rebecca L. Smith Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses Part of the Other Philosophy Commons Recommended Citation Smith, Rebecca L., "Amor Fati in Jaco Van Dormael's Film, Mr. Nobody". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2016. Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/544 !1 Amor Fati in Jaco Van Dormael’s film, Mr. Nobody Senior Thesis Written by Rebecca L. Smith Advised by Professor Julia Goesser Assaiante For the Department of Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College In the month of May, 2016 !2 Table of Contents Introduction Page 3 Chapter One: Anna Page 7 Chapter Two: Elise Page 16 Chapter Three: Jean Page 24 Conclusion Page 34 Bibliography Page 40 !3 Introduction Amor fati is a unique concept found in a multitude of Nietzsche’s philosophical works, and while he does not discuss the topic directly it is central to much of his thought. It is an im- portant notion within Nietzsche’s philosophies and ideas, yet he never wrote about it explicitly. What exactly is ‘amor fati’ and why is it such an important topic even though there is little writ- ten about it by Nietzsche, himself? Amor fati is “the love of fate, the acceptance of necessity”.1 It is way of living in which one receives what life gives one and appreciates it, understands it, and even loves it.