Influence Of Nietzsche On Christianity

He would disagree with what Socrates chose to do in accepting death and would look at the demanor of good and evil and raise the idea that this is all dogmatic, which then should be eradicated. If Socrates’s was to leave and struggle by failing to adhere to his principals he would suffer to a degree, but in his sufferage he would become a man of greatness. Nietzsche’s ideas of good and evil being formed through religion requires for it to be gone because God is “dead” therfore meaning is found at the end of ones

Socrates is known to be a very wise man and speaks from the heart. Whenever he talks to a person he questions their answers. By asking several questions to test their knowledge and to see if they know what they’re talking about. He feels that people should think outside the box and theirs more than what the Gods think. People should be able to give out their opinion even if they are right or wrong. But living in Athens everyone believes in the Gods. If you do wrong the Gods will be angry and they will turn their back on you. 
 In the chapter Euthyphro, he was surprise whenever he seen Socrates in the courthouse. Meletus did a lawsuit against Socrate because his been corrupting the youth by teaching them not to believe in gods. They

Nietzsche strongest argument was that, “Human nature is always driven by “the will to power””, but religion will tell one otherwise, saying that one should forbid their bad desires. Nietzsche is quite critical in particular towards Christianity since it was stated as the religion of slaves and pity by Nietzsche, caused by limiting one’s personal development since they were too obsessed with the treasures of the afterlife. Having said that, Nietzsche also referred to Buddhism as the nihilistic and the “desire for nothingness” religion, however he does praise certain aspects of the Buddhist teaching in comparison to Jesus’. Last but foremost, Nietzsche proves Socrates death to be at the hands of the acceptance of slave morality. For those who practice religion are guaranteed to fall as a slave rather than to become their own master due to all the restriction and standards set up by God. I simply do agree with Nietzsche due to all the evidence connecting back to each and every religion and philosophers. One must strive to reach and achieve their desire in order to be satisfied with one’s life. As people say, “no pain, no gain”, therefore one must live through all the suffering to accomplish greatness in their lives and make the most out of the given life. One can conclude, the practice of religion led many to the acceptance of slave

Nietzsche believed that at there finest the Greek gave room for the task between the Apollo and the Dionysus. Weirdly for a philosopher Nietzsche believed that Greek culture started to go wrong when the Greeks started to forget about the Dionysus, they became two Apollonian because of philosophy in general and Socrates in particular, with the arrival of Socrates on the scene the Greeks fell in love with the idea of being able to control every thing through there minds, being totally wise, and being able to understand every thing, they turned agents drinking, wine and unreason. Nietzsche argued that this was deeply

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.

Christianity had become the enemy of life and nature and the church has stifled its followers by turning them into closed minded and weak humans. Nietzsche ultimately believed that religion creates a concept of anti-natural morality which damages our development as humans quite

In Twilight of the Idols Nietzsche emphasizes that the Christian Church is a false idol. He dares to say, “..God to be an enemy of life..” and, “Life ends where the ‘kingdom of God’ begins..” because he believes that Christian morality is against life itself (Idols, 23). The reason for this is because Nietzsche believes that, “to have to fight against the instincts- this is the formula for decadence: so long as the life is ascendant, happiness equals instinct” which simply means that if one goes against instincts, or an intuitive way of carrying ones life, then as a consequence it will lead to the degeneration of society and intellect while if life is on the rise, happiness must be equivalent to following ones’ instinct (Idols, 15). Because of his belief it is understood that Nietzsche wants one to embrace their instincts. Nietzsche states that a life in which

In Nietzsche’s aphorisms 90-95 and 146-162 he attacks what he believes to be the fundamental basis of the “slave” morality prevalent in the Judeo-Christian tradition as well as other religions and societies. From the beginning, he distinguishes the two different types of moralities he believes to exist: the “master morality”, created by rulers of societies, and the “slave” morality, created by the lowest people in societies. The former stresses virtues of the strong and noble while looking down upon the weak and cowardly. This type of morality, however, is not as widespread as the “slave morality” that has been adopted by so many religions. Nietzsche looks through the psychology and logic of

We have grown weary of man. Nietzsche wants something better, to believe in human ability once again. Nietzsche’s weariness is based almost entirely in the culmination of ressentiment, the dissolution of Nietzsche’s concept of morality and the prevailing priestly morality. Nietzsche wants to move beyond simple concepts of good and evil, abandon the assessment of individuals through ressentiment, and restore men to their former wonderful ability.

Anywhere he goes, anyone he meet, he asked questions and arguments interrogation to see if that person is the wisest. His action inadvertently offended the self-esteem of others so the number of people jealous of him is increasing. Everything went on like this for decades until Socrates nearly 70 years old, the people of Athens are too fed up with his philosophies. An Athens citizen named Meletus wrote to the court accused him of being responsible for the spread of atheism along with Spreading free thought and the liberal lifestyle should have corrupted and decadent youth

Nietzsche does not dispute the influence that Socrates has imposed on the world. Rather, Nietzsche disputes the philosophy that he has imposed on the world, believing it to be detrimental to humankind. In this paper, I argue that Nietzsche finds Socrates and his philosophy to be life-negating and causal of decline, while any form of existence should be life-affirming and empowering, though such a form has yet to exist in the modern era. In order to prove this, I will first examine his critique of Socrates, demonstrating that Socrates, as an individual, belonged to the lowest level of society in Athens as a consequence of his repulsive figure, and therefore, created his philosophy not with the intent of enlightenment, but as a ressentiment (i.e. resentment) towards the Athenian aristocracy. Second, I will examine

In Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy, the two impulses, Dionysian and Apollinian are identified. Dionysian is described as irrational, chaotic; to follow your emotions, your heart no matter how irrational your decision may be, it is what Schopenhauer defines as will (people wants). It is brought up with festivals that occurred in Rome and the tradition continued all the way to Babylon. In these festivals, people would dance until they couldn’t stand, not knowing where they were going or why they were dancing. Apollinian is described as following facts, science; think with reason, or anything that is apart of a thing’s individuality. Sculptures are seen as Apollinian because they have a form and were shaped which talks shows their individuality.

Nietzsche found Socrates and Plato to be anti-greek because they represented a movement towards the rational. Reason was essential to them, particularly pure reason which was purified from the irrational or instinct. Socrates believes that in order to

Following this is the death of Greek tragedy as we see the dionysian be eliminated from the greek world and the three waves of exhaustion. Relating back to Homer’s stylized poems that initially created the greek world into a tragic culture perspective demonstrated an individual lived in someone else’s world or fantasy. Poems were being incorporated into the society and structured based on these meanings in a hierarchical authority. Nietzsche found it sad that these poems were used and people lived in someone else’s world instead of their own. For example, in society a hard working person such a farmer who would do all the manual labor while the aristocrats decided upon the ways how institutions should be structured was living in someone else’s world. The poor worked hard and the rich stayed rich; which continues today if Nietzsche saw it now. A world of “heroes” is unstable,who engaged in agonistic struggle in a moral, political and cultural level. The culture didn’t change much as most us live in someone else’s world, not making our own decisions in life. Power isn’t available for some individuals that they could not redefine it or assert it. Consequences leading to an individual aspect and the elements that lead up to the elimination of the Dionysian from the Greek world. Nietzsche states,” Greek tragedy met her death in a different way from all the older sister arts: she died tragically by her own hand, after irresolvable conflicts, while the other died happy and peaceful at an advanced age”. Main reason tragedy dies is because metaphysics eliminates the dionysian. Real implications relating to agon of instability from heroic and tragic culture because they keep getting caught up between the tension of apollonian and dionysian as it demonstrates irresolvable conflicts. Exhaustion proved it led to the death of tragedy as truth will exist. Instability

Nietzsche is widely known as a critic of religion. In fact, he talks in depth about morality in regards to religion in his essays about the genealogy of morals. But the problem is not within religion itself or within morals. The problem is involved in the combination of the two to create society’s understanding of morality through a very religious lens. In fact, Nietzsche has criticism for almost any set of morals constructed by a group of individuals and meant to be applied to society as a whole. True morality, according to Nietzsche, requires a separation from these group dynamic views of morality- or at least a sincere look into where they originated and why they persist- and a movement towards a more introverted, and intrinsically personalized understanding of what morals mean in spite of the fact that “the normative force to which every member of society is exposed, in the form of obligations, codes of behavior, and other moral rules and guidelines, is disproportionally high” (Korfmacher 6).