The death of God and the collapse of metaphysics. On the “historical” character of Nietzsche’s announcement

This article focuses on what could be called the “historical” character of metaphysics, which would account for its birth and definitive collapse, as illustrated by Nietzsche’s announcement death God. It elaborates two aspects this announcement. First, it compares characters Nietzsche relates to God, “deranged man” that appears in The Gay Science Zarathustra, who had originally considered proclaim event, but later dismissed. Second, proposes an interpretation images God outline how traditional notions supreme being have completely lost their meaning and, consequently, all power move world anymore, leaving metaphysics adrift “in horizon infinite”.