Quando a embarcação do Novo Colombo encostou às margens do São Francisco: Wilson Lins e a recepção de Nietzsche no sertão baiano

The following article is characterized as a contribution to the history of philosophy in Brazil and aims to analyze the work of Wilson Lins, as his work is of paramount importance for the studies referring Nietzsche's idea reception in Brazil, starting from the state of Bahia. The methodology of investigation characterizes itself as conceptual and bibliographic. In general terms it presents a study on Nietzsche's philosophical production between the years 1869 to 1873 and, regarding today's reception and comprehension of the conceps in brazilian territory, the research investigates the visionary production of Wilson Lins from the years 1939 to 1959, starting from two of his works: (1) Zarathustra me contou...(1939), wich allows to associate and set the unfoldings of the studies of philosophy, literature, anthropology and art; (2) 12 Ensaios de Nietzsche (1945), texts related to the german philosopher's aesthetics.