Nietzsche Essays

Srivaishnav Gandhe Dr.Bird English 453.6 30 Nov. 2017 Thesis Nietzsche and his Influence on the Modern Western World “Nietzsche is an atheist, a life-affirming nihilist, an extreme pessimist, a trickster, a gleefully defiant irreverent rebel and a sick hero”, my father said when I asked, “What does Nietzsche mean to you.” My father was one of the many people who hated Nietzsche. And maybe he is right in his own perspective because, “What do we do when someone questions our existence?.” “What do we

Both, Friedrich Nietzsche and the Buddha, at least at the level of conventional truth, look at the life and the world as largely nihilistic and unsatisfying, and search for a solution to the meaninglessness of their respective cultural situations by turning within and advocating a transformation of our inner forces and of our outlook on the world. The major difference between Nietzsche and Buddhism, however, lies in the role of the will in nihilism and its overcoming. For the Buddha, only by cutting

concept from the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Friedrich Nietzsche was born in a small town in the Prussian province of Saxony. Ironically the philosopher who rejected religion and coined the phrase "god is dead" was a descendant of respected clergymen. Nietzsche's critique of religion is largely based on his critique of Christianity. He states that he dislikes religion especially Christianity because it encourages and promotes slave morality. Nietzsche claims that there are two types of morality

“Blessed are the forget, for they get the better even of their blunders.” (01:16:01-01:16:39) Howard replies with, “That’s Nietzsche, right?” Although it is Nietzsche, Mary is misinterpreting it, Shaw writes “This quotation from Nietzsche may seem to contradict the notion of the eternal recurrence, but in fact he is attempting here to refocus our minds on the future rather than the past.” (263) Mary later tells Dr. Wierwial that he admires the works he does, and while he is mumbling a reply she

Nietzsche 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. First of all, from my interpretation of Nietzsche, modern humanity did not invent the idea of God. Rather the God had a functional role from his point of view. There is no doubt that, modern humanity had the idea of God, but in my opinion, this idea was like a heritage to the

Philosophy 101 3 December 2017 Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is a German philosopher. He was a nineteen-century’s philosopher and he challenged the Christianity and morality. He was born in the town of Rochen, near Leipzig on October 15, 1844. He was the son and grandson of a minister. When he was four years old his father passed away and after six months later, his younger brother suddenly passed away. After that incident Nietzsche, his sister and mother moved to the place where

life. First, “they identify as wrong or sinful” certain aspects of human life that Nietzsche thinks are vital (34). For example, this vaue system discourages willing and value-creation by claiming all authority in those areas. As a result, these instincts are repressed in humans, who “would rather will nothingness than not will,” finally resulting in a denial of life, which is seen as unhealthy by Nietzsche (Nietzsche, On the Geneaology of Morals 163). Second, they “favor … the universal rule of one

suffering and sin, guilt, and anxiety. Kierkegaard’s work is mostly revolved around religion, specifically Christianity based. Coming from a line of Lutheran pastors, shows how major of an influence religion is on his work. On the contrary, Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher/existentialist, was different from Kierkegaard with a more atheist background. Nietzsche’s writing came from somewhere non- religious, even though he came from a long line of pastors as well. Nietzsche’s writings

writing. Nietzsche believed in two types of morality, slave and master. Nietzsche believed that those who have a slave morality are motivated by their bitter indignation of having been treated unfairly. The core motivator for those with slave morality is resentment. Slave morality is born out of resentment of the powerful. The man of resentment has a strong passion of hate. Fundamentally, slave morality develops out of the resentment by the weak in the face of the powerful. As Nietzsche writes “Ressentiment

Friedrich Nietzsche, an extremely controversial thinker of his time, was an “outspoken critic of German nationalism, anti-Semitism, and religious dogmatism” (Kellner). Indubitably, Nietzsche has had a great impact on the improvement of twentieth century social thought. Key ideas from Nietzsche are included in the following: The Gay Science, On the Genealogy of Morality and Beyond Good and Evil. In the Gay Science, Nietzsche presents the famous image of the madman declaring “God is dead… and we have