Violence and State and Revolution In Lenin’s State and Revolution‚ there is a theme of violence that is present. Lenin uses this theme of violence‚ along with quotes and citations from the works of Marx and Engels‚ to “resuscitate the real teachings of Marx on the state” (p.7). The theme of violence is necessary in Lenin’s book because‚ without the theme of violence‚ Lenin could not accurately and successfully make his argument or portray the current events of the time that are relevant to it
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Communism vs. Liberalism The farther and farther this class drove on through the semester‚ the more I heard the phrase repeated “what if there is no answer to the question?” In both On Liberty and the Communist Manifesto I feel they address this phrase‚ just in their own words. There is no one size fits all answer and now I am starting to understand that is truthful. Everyone believes that people are different; they think different‚ they act different‚ and they want different things. If that is
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It is clear that in the first part of Thus Spoke Zarathustra‚ Nietzsche’s goal was to introduce to the public the concept of the “overman” and address its importance. The overman is the ultimate self achievement by man‚ and according to Nietzsche this is the goal of all humanity. The overman is capable of creating new values; ones that he sets that are free of all outside influences. Through the story of Zarathustra‚ a prophet who descends from the mountains into the village after years of isolation
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Cheryl Brown Professor Nassif Intro to Philosophy 17 Nov 2012 “Crimes and Misdemeanors” In the final scene when Louis Levy speaks of the capacity of love I feel he is saying that we as humans have this natural need for an emotional attachment in order to feel complete as a person. Everyone on this earth is looking for love and acceptance and this starts from birth. A baby requires love‚ attention‚ physical touch and maternal nurturing along with biological needs in order to survive. This is
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So Who Wants Breakfast…..Not me! Almost every little girl dreams of having that older brother to protect them and when she has that‚ she treasures it. However‚ what most girls do not consider‚ is how contradictory two personalities can be. My brother has been by my side for as long as I can remember‚ and despite our sibling connection‚ there are times when our relationship is strained and tension can be felt even when we are on opposite sides of the house. As we grow older‚ we become more established
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Nietzsche argues master and slave morality to differentiate between “good” and “bad”. Since there is “good” and “bad”‚ there is punishment in relative to that relationship which is also explained by Nietzsche. This essay is a reconstruction of slave’s morality and its relation to Nietzsche’s ideas of punishment. Also‚ there will be an alternative strategy for punishment mention by consulting what is the good in life. In Nietzsche’s first essay‚ he discusses the difference between “good” and “evil”
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Nietzsche raised in his philosophy a number of basic concepts that contribute to deeper understanding of the spiritual essence of the person‚ and the changes taking place in society and in history. One of these concepts is resentment.For the first time this concept was introduced in the paper "The Genealogy of Morals."Study of resentment as a specific manifestation of the ethical-philosophical thought can clarify the causes of conflicts of interest on a personal and social level. Different ways
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This essay aims to analyse the representation of heaven and hell‚ both in form and content within Feodor Dostoevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ and John Donne selected poems. We will see that the characters experience hellish nightmares‚ torment and feelings of longing in order to deliver the humanist message: we are all connected and that despite our perceptions or ideas of transcendence‚ it our place amongst others that restores our humanity. Those that place themselves in the part of a “superman”
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Nietzsche’s ’Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ isbook stylized in a similar fashion to the New Testament‚ separated into four parts that deal with different topics under a general theme‚ Nietzsche’s concept of the eternal recurrence. It deals with a plethora of interesting topics and concepts‚ the most infamous being the ’idea of the eternal recurrence of the same’‚ that ’God is dead’ and man as species must aspire to become the ’Ubermensch’‚ otherwise known as the overman or superman. The overman‚ as described
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Nietzche and Freud both discuss the nature of will and struggle and how it relates to human existence. Nietzsche does this in his book The Gay Science book V #349 and Freud does this in Civilization and its Discontents chapter eighteen. In The gay science #349‚ Nietzsche discusses our will of power. He mentions how our will to live is our desire to want to be the best at what we do and have power. He writes “the great and small struggle always revolves around superiority‚ around growth and expansion
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