The racist and fascist foundation of Nazism has often been attributed to the writings of Nietzsche. In actuality, however, not only did Nietzsche not espouse such ideas, but also he also expressly opposed them. The blatant racism, oppression, and mass mentality of the Nazi regime are incompatible with Nietzsche's writings. Conceptually, it is difficult to fathom how Hitler managed to warp Nietzsche's ideas and writings to fuel his own totalitarian Nazi agenda. Although Nietzsche's writings did influence Hitler, it was only through misinterpretation and manipulation that Hitler came to believe that Nietzsche held pro-Nazi beliefs and promoted his works as the philosophical underpinning of the Third Reich.…
In Beyond Good & Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche seeks to develop the idea of moral philosophy beyond basic pleasures, how they relate to the general population, and further into our own personal intricacies and how they create a set of rules that apply to most individuals. Throughout the book, Nietzsche articulate well over 200 epigrams, each of which highlights a different aspect of human morality. Nietzsche’s 68th epigram dictates: “‘I have done that,’ says my memory. ‘I cannot have done that,’ says my pride, and remains inexorable. Eventually--memory yields.” When assessing this aphorism, it is not only important to assess why our memory yields and what ensues as a result, but also what would occur if we didn’t. One could argue that we must remember our mistakes and learn from them and, by choosing to forget our mistakes for our own pride’s sake, we stall our own moral progression. However, it could also be said that forgetting our own mistakes is vital to our moral progression because rather than merely learning from our mistakes, by constantly remembering them, we allow ourselves to be caught in a cycle of guilt, preventing us from truly moving on. Rather than blindly assessing the aphorism on its own, one must look through Nietzsche’s lens regarding the concepts of intention and truth in order to determine which of the above interpretations is more plausible. Although the first notion is a reasonable interpretation of Nietzsche’s epigram regarding widely accepted notions of morality, the second proves to be a more valid conclusion when following Nietzschean philosophy. While the first interpretation allows for moral recognition and awareness, the second allows for actual progress in the individual.…
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…
Friedrich Nietzsche is a German Philosopher, who studied and written several critical texts. The type of texts he wrote were along the lines of philosophy, religion, contemporary culture, and science. Nietzsche is known for a lot of his work, but master-slave morality is highly valued. Master-slave morality was the first subject in Nietzsche’s book, On the Genealogy of Morality. In this book Nietzsche defines the difference between Slave morality and Master morality. When Nietzsche compares between the two types of morality he distinguish strength versus weakness, the difference is primarily one of power and also love independence. The master knows he has power and abilities to aspire to excellence, also he…
For the vast majority morals are sets of guidelines that we should comply, they let us know what is correct or off-base. Moral philosophers need to find how these guidelines are legitimized, and at the consistent outcomes of moral or moral convictions. The time of enlightenment saw a questioning of religious and customary qualities. Philosophers expected to construct moral framework in light of reasonable grounds. Kant's moral framework depends on levelheadedness. It endeavors to indicate how any objective being would consent to widespread moral laws. Its impact has been colossal and current philosophers still utilize Kant's thoughts as a beginning stage for exchanges on morality. The other incredible moral arrangement of the post-enlightenment time is…
On the Genealogy of Morality the word ‘ressentiment’ is possibly one of the key concepts in Nietzsche’s ideas about the psychology of ‘slave-morality’, the birth of morality, and the way it reassigned morality as we know it today. The word meaning itself is very close to the word resentment in English but is slightly different. The context in which Nietzsche uses the word ‘ressentiment’ is a psychological state of people that are conscious of their own inferiority and turn it to hatred towards external anger. It is a feeling that arises from the incapability of one’s success and hence finding external factors to blame for this incapability. Nietzsche aligns this concept with the weak people or slaves which are inferior to the noble, strong…
By re-read the last paragraph of chapter two, Heinrich Koselitz finds that his friend Nietzsche changes his writing style to be tighter and telegraphic by using keyboard (Carr. 18). However, not only Nietzsche’s writing is changed by typing, but my writing is also changed by typing.…
While the first quotation derides religion in a subtle way, the second quotation more directly reveals Vonnegut’s contempt for Christianity. Through the analogy of comparing the origin of Christianity to “the visitor from outer space made a gift to Earth of a new Gospel,” (139) Vonnegut overtly mocks the arbitrariness of God and the absurdity of Christianity. God shows his autocracy by simply “adopting the bum as his son, giving him…
Even though many people at the time truly believed that the church provided them a great direction in life, Nietzsche strongly disagreed. Nietzsche believed that following a religion is to…
The passage that I am looking at from 41-60 and after reading it over and over I find that it is a little tough for me to process, which I hope is normal considering that people don’t talk like this and I don’t read much so I am not ready for this kind of dialect. But for the sake of this paper I shall try and dissect it using one of the three qualities. I am going to tackle the religion one, I am not religious in any sense so I think it would be interesting for me to talk about the text and asking myself if religion is a good source of creativity and relate it to the reading.…
- investigation into psychology (inspirations include Freud), the attention span of his audience was monitored so as to electrify audience when most vulnerable…
I found it interesting the means Hitler used to present the modern artworks in order to elicit his desired response from the public. Presenting the artworks crowded together and hung askew amongst the graffiti removes the paintings from the context they were meant to be seen in. Do you think that Hitler’s way of presenting the works altered they’re meaning? In my opinion, abstract and modern artwork’s goal is to allow the viewer to decide their own meaning of the artworks and question the artist’s intentions so despite Hitler’s purposeful carelessness in presenting the works the viewers would have still been able to develop their own opinion of the artworks. Modern and abstract art is unique and interesting and the unique way Hitler displayed…
You may know that the Nazis were bad and evil, but have you ever thought…
FRANZ KAFKA LIFE AND STYLE Through out time, there have been many interesting and particularauthors that have been able to differentiate from many if not from all. Despite this I believe I have seen nothing like Franz Kafka. This is why I decided to write my paper on him and his particular style. Since I believe that no one develops a singular style without a singular past, I will begin by describing some of his background and his origins. Then I will continue to describe, interpret and connect three of his short stories from my own personal perspective. The stories included in my analysis are “The Judgment” (I made emphasis in this story since it’s the one we covered in class) “The Metamorphosis” and “The Trial”. Franz Kafka was born in Prague to middle-class Jewish parents. His father, the son of a village butcher, did not have a strong educational background but his ambition compensated for the education he lacked. He rose from a traveling peddler to a successful retailer and wholesaler, and married the daughter of a wealthy brewery owner. Kafka was the firstborn, followed by two brothers who died in infancy, and then three surviving sisters. Throughout his life, Kafka 's memories of his childhood, and in particular of his childhood relationship to his father, were bitter. Kafka entered law school and received a doctorate degree. While a law student, he associated with many members of Prague 's burgeoning scene of young, German speaking writers. During this time, Kafka knew writing was his vocation, but did not feel he could make a living at it but he didn’t want to try either. Concerning his love life he encountered a very long and complicated relationship with Felice Bauer. It seems like he was trying to convince himself to be with her, got engaged twice and he ended the engagement both times. Through out his life his relationship with his father never really improved. He wrote a letter to his father describing how he had feared him and how he felt.…
The latter half of Nietzsche's book deals with reviews and criticisms of his various works including: The Birth of Tragedy, The Untimely Meditations, Human, All Too Human, The Dawn, The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morality, Twilight of the Idols and The Case of Wagner. It's is interesting the way he writes about himself, but I don't find it worthy of much comment.…