The beginning of the nineteen century was characterized philosophically by the dominance of a new philosophy stream, Nihilism. This philosophy movement was characterized by its defeatist attitude towards life. The Nihilist’s portrayal of life was focused on its suffering and meaningless nature, a pessimistic attitude that shared by the Romantic society of the time. For the Nihilists, like Schopenhauer, the solution and attitude that man should take towards life’s suffering nature was the rejection of life itself, removing yourself from life and desire was the only way of escaping man’s painful destiny. On this philosophical and historical context Nietzsche developed his philosophy.
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Nietzsche was a revolutionary author and philosopher who has had a tremendous impact on German culture up through the twentieth century and even today. Nietzsche's views were very unlike the popular and conventional beliefs and practices of his time and nearly all of his published works were, and still are, rather controversial, especially in On the Genealogy of Morals. His philosophies are more than just controversial and unconventional viewpoints, however; they are absolutely extreme and dangerous if taken out of context or misinterpreted. After Nietzsche's death it took very little for his sister to make some slight alterations to his works to go along with Nazi ideology.
In this Commentary of sections 1-7 of essay two in Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Genealogy of Morals, I will give a brief overview of the text, to help with showing the content that the comment covers, the go deeper into the individual sections and relate them to Nietzsche’s way of thinking and also look into any problems or solutions offered by those arguments.
John Smith many people over heard the name in the American history . According to the Love and hate in James town book, the Arthur focus on Smith in a lot of points. Smith history and, how he got to be a big part of the colony; also, it tells the reader how Smith become important to the natives. Most Americans watched Pocahontas the cartoon that Disney created and they believed the story as it is; nevertheless, Price shows the reader that Smith was not with blonde hair, as tall, or fell in love with Pocahontas. Price focused on Smiths background and education, Smith after his dad died, and how important Smith was to the survival.
Purpose: The purpose of the article is to inform its readers about the fundamentals, cultural influence, and overall global impact of Nietzsche's philosophy. It summarizes Nietzsche's stances on various topics including politics and religion.
From the ages of 14 to 19 (1858–1864), Nietzsche attended a first-rate boarding school, Schulpforta, located about 4km from his home in Naumburg, where he prepared for university studies. The school's rigid educational atmosphere was reflected in its long history as a former Cistercian monastery (1137–1540), with buildings that included a 12th century Romanesque chapel and a 13th century Gothic church. At Schulpforta — a school whose alumnae included the German Idealist philosopher, Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) — Nietzsche met his lifelong acquaintance, Paul Deussen (1845–1919), who was confirmed at Nietzsche's side in 1861, and who was to become an Orientalist, historian of philosophy, and in 1911, the founder of the Schopenhauer Society.
Humans need the appearance of some sort of structure to live. They need rules to live by to tell them whether or not they are living “right”, in a good way or a bad way. We humans have come up with many different ways to tell whether we are living right “right” or not. We have come up with all of the different types of religions and the different sets of morals , all of which change throughout history and time depending on and reflecting it’s episteme. How can any religion or set of morals be considered the “right one” when there has been no consistency with either? Both Feuerbach and Nietzsche have the same belief, that religions and morals are only a crutch that humans grab on to in order to give some meaning to the random assortment of life on earth. Both think that religion was a crutch for humans because of our inability to be perfect. Religions especially Christianity (Jesus) have their own destruction built in to them because of the humanity aspect. Though Feuerbach and Nietzsche agreed upon this they had very different opinions on how it would come about.
Friedrich Nietzsche was brought up in a religious family with houseful of five women. He became interested in philology, which is the study of languages. With philology he also admired Ancient Greek culture, such as their heroic values portrayed by arête. At a young age of 24, Nietzsche also became a professor, however he suffered poor health which led him to retire. Nietzsche’s basic question was what sort of life could be worth living? Nietzsche is often known as a nihilist. Nihilism is the view that nothing really matters. In the past Nietzsche had a nervous breakdown regarding the Nazis. Due to this he spent eleven years of his life being insane and cared for by his sister Elizabeth Forster- Nietzsche. Elizabeth Forster popularized much
By briefly examining Nietzsche personal history, one can understand why he criticized the morals of his day, understand what his true concepts were from the false ones created by his sister. When losing his faith in god, he began to re-evaluate the values of his day to try and help those in what he considered a god-less world succeed and live a fulfilled life. By examining some of his work, one can generalize his thoughts on achieving personal achievement, the criticizing of religion, and dismissing the forged work that Nietzsche’s sister tried to publish in his name. Although difficult to understand at first glance, no one can deny that Nietzsche’s controversial work had a profound effect on philosophy, and will continue to inspire those
Following the exposition on the three interpretations of the will to power, this essay will proceed with the contention that the most intelligible reading of Nietzsche will be to reject the ontological doctrine, as well as the empirical doctrine within the biological and physical domain, while accepting a “limiting” version of the psychological doctrine. Here, the presiding view is that from the psychological, biological and physical doctrines, the extension to the biological and physical world merely acts as an extended hyperbole to affirm the
I think that the three questions that I will try to find answers are highly interconnected with each other and because of this reason, I will not answer them separately. I will be answering them without order.
Friedrich Nietzsche saw himself surrounded by a world of human constructs. Humanity had become a herd, clinging to these concepts like cattle grazing at a favorite patch of grass. Individual identity struggled to exist. The morality of the mediocre reigned supreme. Nietzsche lived in a dead world.
In our constantly changing world, situations can arise that need to be dealt with in a logical way to meet everyone’s needs. Although, this is extremely difficult, keeping majority happy, can seem perfect for a country. Friedrich Nietzsche discusses plenty about moral goods, and ultimately tries to develop a critical understanding of morality, in his novel written On the Genealogy of Morality (2007). This can be compared to many situations that have occurred, from citizens revolting against their government to minorities being left out of society. The two articles that I will be comparing to Nietzsche’s ideologies for this assignment are based upon the Burkini ban in France. The first article discusses the causes for this issue and is called
Whether the happening be good or bad, humans tend to rationalize the circumstance and make it an event that served a greater purpose. In Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, Zarathustra describes this behavior, along with many others, as life denying as he was mainly concerned with ethics. The prologue tells the story of how Zarathustra went up a mountain and spent ten years there gaining wisdom; he then descends to share his wisdom but the people laugh at him and he comes to realize that they did not and would not take him seriously because they were too far gone with old beliefs. He also came to the conclusion that he did not want people who conform and do not think for themselves, or followers, but rather people who desire to go in the same direction he is going. Throughout the prologue and part one of the book Nietzsche is trying to teach those who can think for themselves about how to live well and without excuses.
Friedrich Nietzsche was born in German in October, 15 1844. Growing up, he was raised in Christian protestant family. He had one younger brother and one younger sister. He looked to his father for a life advice including for religious. But as time passes, his father died and his younger brother followed a year later. After his father died, he lost that father figure. Therefore, As he grew he started to develop new ideas that are taboo during that period. He was mistake for being a Nazi or nihilist, which he wasn’t. It was his sister who edited his work and sold it to the Nazi. He didn’t support nihilist, instead he warned against nihilism, which stated that nothing matters in life.
I remember the first time I heard about Nietzsche was a few years ago, in my chemistry class. I had a friend who spent all his time, in science classes, reading books about philosophy. His nonconformity caught my attention. I started to be interested by the big mustache of the author on the cover page of his book Le Gai Savoir, because I knew, of course, that all authors with big mustache – such as Victor Hugo and Albert Einstein – wrote about great things! So I started to read Nietzsche 's works. Then, one day, my dad caught me reading Le Gai Savoir and he told me that this philosopher, born in a town near Leipzig on 15 October 1844 (Wotling 797), had changed the way he perceived his life. He told me that when he was eighteen in China, he was very poor and due to his stressful condition, he failed the final admission exam for a university. Because of the high amount of population and competition in China, the final exam decides unfortunately the fate of a person. He had developed depression. However, one day, he bought a Nietzsche 's book and started to read it. He told me that Nietzsche 's poetry and positive ideas motivated him to change his life, to be greater, and to "become who [he really is]" (Nietzsche, Le Gai Savoir 251). And this is why he wasn 't afraid of immigrating to Canada with my mother. In this essay, I will introduce this great philosopher and I will show that he agrees with the point of view of Socrates that "an unexamined life is not worth living",