Eng103 1ST Essay
Mary Santana
Professor Culver
English 103
March 13, 2015
A Misguided Super Man
Even though, so called “radical thinkers,” come in all shapes and sizes and have different ideologies, would they perhaps support one another’s philosophies? Friedrich Nietzsche’s out take on Christianity is, let’s face it, quite ominous, compared to certain important historical leaders such as, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but their ideologies might not be so far off. Both Nietzsche and Dr. King were thought of as “radical thinkers,” and are still thought of as “radical thinkers” till this day, for completely separate reasons. But I believe that their motivations/motives are the reason why their views in morality are equivalent in seriousness to; fundamentally the same. Even though these two great “critical thinkers” have opposing views in certain important issues, such as Christianity, I believe that if Nietzsche were to have lived during Dr. King’s time, he would agree with certain philosophies that Dr. King had. It is quite obvious that Nietzsche strongly believed that Christianity has nonetheless, demean our human rights by being one of the “founding fathers” of morality. Nietzsche claimed that morality is anti-nature, thus the creator of such a “self-torturing” principle, that
being Christianity, is a misleading leader. Nietzsche once stated that morality goes to the extent to “condemn for its own sake” and that the “church is hostile to life.” (Nietzsche, Friedrich) Furthermore, he believed that Christianity, along with “morals,” is a hindrance to us and its only purpose is to chain us and bring us down. I believe that he found the thought of having such a powerful institution, such as Christianity and morality, as outrages and absurd for depriving the people from their true passions and only making the people feel that shame and guilt are the worst sins one can commit. He believed that the people should not allow Christianity or morals, or anything in general, to make one
Professor Culver
English 103
March 13, 2015
A Misguided Super Man
Even though, so called “radical thinkers,” come in all shapes and sizes and have different ideologies, would they perhaps support one another’s philosophies? Friedrich Nietzsche’s out take on Christianity is, let’s face it, quite ominous, compared to certain important historical leaders such as, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but their ideologies might not be so far off. Both Nietzsche and Dr. King were thought of as “radical thinkers,” and are still thought of as “radical thinkers” till this day, for completely separate reasons. But I believe that their motivations/motives are the reason why their views in morality are equivalent in seriousness to; fundamentally the same. Even though these two great “critical thinkers” have opposing views in certain important issues, such as Christianity, I believe that if Nietzsche were to have lived during Dr. King’s time, he would agree with certain philosophies that Dr. King had. It is quite obvious that Nietzsche strongly believed that Christianity has nonetheless, demean our human rights by being one of the “founding fathers” of morality. Nietzsche claimed that morality is anti-nature, thus the creator of such a “self-torturing” principle, that
being Christianity, is a misleading leader. Nietzsche once stated that morality goes to the extent to “condemn for its own sake” and that the “church is hostile to life.” (Nietzsche, Friedrich) Furthermore, he believed that Christianity, along with “morals,” is a hindrance to us and its only purpose is to chain us and bring us down. I believe that he found the thought of having such a powerful institution, such as Christianity and morality, as outrages and absurd for depriving the people from their true passions and only making the people feel that shame and guilt are the worst sins one can commit. He believed that the people should not allow Christianity or morals, or anything in general, to make one