Both Nietzsche and Lewis find problems with Agape love with accordance to their own respective philosophies of love. Lewis describes a paradoxical relation between God’s love and natural loves. Whereas Nietzsche explicates that the grounds that a person’s behavior may present itself as Agape love‚ is actually a behavior motivated primarily for selfish reason of gaining power. When comparing these two problems with Agape love‚ Nietzsche’s explanation is stronger in explaining the pattern of Agape
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As stated by Nietzsche‚ the more an individual is active‚ headstrong‚ and lively‚ the less duration of the time is left for contemplating constantly on what is done to them‚ and their responses turned less habitually aggressive. The response of a strong-minded person‚ at the point when it happens‚ is ideally a short action: it is not thoroughly thought through‚ and acts on emotions at that moment. Ressentiment May be a reassignment of the torment that accompanies a feeling of one’s own inferiority/failure
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views of Friedrich Nietzsche and Plato can be examined and weighed against each other in many different ways. Friedrich Nietzsche‚ born in 1844‚ was a German philosopher whose main goal was to erect a new image for the people and to create a free spirit in them. Plato‚ born in 427 B.C.‚ was a Greek philosopher whose main goal was to create a new way of thinking about the world itself‚ knowledge itself‚ philosophy itself‚ and the individual. Both philosophers have obvious similarities; their literary
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Nietzsche conveys that out of the two moralities‚ it’s better to not be under slave morality. Their way of life is ailing and deranged. They will always be on the hunt to get revenge on their enemies. It’s a distraction for them to live a civilized life. Although Beverly isn’t living a civilized life. She’s doing more to clear out societies problems than the nobles. For what Beverly’s victims and opposers do that they think is right for themselves or society‚ is clearly out of line. If Beverly think
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Second Assignment - Pols 201 Dear Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis‚ Your last letter has arrived just two days ago‚ since then I have been thinking about your words. I am aware of the importance of your works on the Christian theology and I do respect you by my heart. Yet I write you this letter‚ because I have some doubts about your statements concerning your doctrine of two cities‚ namely civitas dei and civitas terrena. As far as I understand civitas dei is the eternal‚ immutable and transcendental
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St. Augustine and Plato Great philosophers over time have shared ideas about their lifetime. There were no more captivating philosophers than Plato and Augustine who fed off one another. Even though they were born at different times‚ their ideas impacted the life they lived in and future lives. St. Augustine was a student of the wise Plato‚ who fed off his ideas and created his own form of philosophy. Plato on the other hand orbited the idea of the theory of forms which‚ later St. Augustine incorporated
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and helps us to grasp what it means to be a responsible self according to Augustine. In Book X‚ Chapter twenty-seven‚ Augustine references serval themes that can be seen throughout the book‚ which includes the Prodigal Son and the importance of order. These themes reinstate Augustine’s worldview in that God is in everything and why according to Augustine we must live through God in order to be a responsible self. Augustine addresses the story of the Prodigal Son from the book of Luke‚ in which the
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St. Augustine of Hippo was an influential philosopher during the Late Roman Empire‚ and gave a very compelling explanation for the existence of evil. Before Augustine’s explanation‚ Christians would have to accept that God created evil‚ meaning God is partially evil. Due to Augustine’s belief that evil does not have substance‚ which I will defend‚ it gave Christians piece of mind knowing that God is truly good. Anything created by God is susceptible to corruption‚ all of his creations are good‚ but
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Four Children by Augustine Esteve About a month ago‚ I made a visit to the San Antonio Museum of Art. The museum offered a huge array of pieces and exhibits. After spending a fun filled two hours combing through the museum’s awesome collections (Btw‚ I enjoyed the amulets and relics in the glass exhibits tremendously!)‚ there were three pieces which made quite an impression on me. I left thinking how do I choose from the best of three—each having the power to intrigue or move me in some way.
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Book Summary and Analysis: Confessions Born in 354 in Thagaste‚ St. Augustine was born to a Christian mother and a pagan father. Augustine was always interested in learning and knowledge‚ and it was this desire to learn that led to him becoming a teacher and eventually teaching in Carthage‚ Rome and Milan.1 However it was not just secular knowledge Augustine was seeking‚ rather Augustine was also searching for the right to faith to believe in‚ and though he started off as a believer in Manichee
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