Friedrich Nietzsche’s essay in On the Genealogy of Morals explores the origins and meaning to different moral concepts. Nietzsche does not believe that moral values are given; rather they emerge under certain conditions‚ promoting the survival and growth of a particular group of people. The way Nietzsche describes morality as “the slave revolt in morality began with resentment itself becomes creative and gives birth to values: the ressentiment of natures that are denied the true reaction‚ that of
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Nietzsche believed that to be moralistic is to be hypocritical. The textbook defines moralistic as‚ “Expressing commonplace moral sentiments that conflict with one’s behavior and equating moral sentimentality with virtuous living; a form of hypocrisy that resembles a reaction formation‚” (Soccio 16-5). Basically what Nietzsche was saying is that what our culture believes is morally right is not what people actually want. “In Nietzsche’s view‚ modernity is anti-life and anti-nature‚ and modern‚ Christianized
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Carl Friedrich Gauss Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who dominated the mathematical community during and after his lifetime. His outstanding work includes the discovery of the method of least squares‚ the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry‚ and important contributions to the theory of numbers. Born in Brunswick‚ Germany‚ on April 30‚ 1777‚ Johann Friedrich Carl Gauss showed early and unmistakable signs of being an extraordinary youth. As a child prodigy‚ he was
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According to Nietzsche‚ this responsibility actually brings the realization that one has the power to take charge of one’s own life. Even if the individual adopts certain social codes or beliefs‚ how one acts these values will prove one’s unique way to be in the world. In his book `The Will To Power`‚ he introduces the idea of the `individual`: ``Something which is new and creates new things. Something absolute; all his acts are entirely his own ultimately. The individual derives the values of his
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In 1844‚ Friedrich Nietzsche was born in a small village in present day Germany. Nevertheless‚ he would grow up to become one of the most recognized philosophers. One of his revolutionary ideas spoke of the feeling of power. It was referred to as “On the Doctrine of the Feeling of Power”. I agree with Nietzsche’s ideas on power written about in “On the Doctrine of the Feeling of Power”. I agree with Nietzsche’s philosophy on power: to benefit or to hurt others is a way to exercises one’s power.
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Nietzsche‚ Birth of Tragedy In Friedrich Nietzsche’s work The Birth of Tragedy‚ he argues that during the times of the ancient Greeks the artistic fusion between the Apollonian way of thinking and the Dionysian way of thinking lead to the creation of the greatest works of tragic art and music. Nietzsche believes that society needs to develop a new art form that recognizes the balance between the apollonian and Dionysian influence to reaffirm human existence. Nietzsche uses the Greek Gods‚ Apollo
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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was born on April 30‚ 1777 in Germany‚ to poor working class parents. His mother did not recorded the hate of his birth‚ she didn’t even remember the day he was born all she remembered was that it was eight days before the feast of the ascension‚ which happens 40 days after Easter Gauss ended up figuring out when he was born on his own. Gauss made his first ground breaking mathematical discoveries while still a teenager. He completed Disquisitiones Arithmeticae‚ his magnum
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Caspar David Friedrich (September 5‚ 1774 – May 7‚ 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter‚ generally considered the most important German artist of his generation.[2] He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies‚ morning mists‚ barren trees or Gothic ruins. His primary interest as an artist was the contemplation of nature‚ and his often symbolic and anti-classical work seeks to convey a
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Running head: Nietzsche Header: Philosophy Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: Nietzsche Philosophizing with a Hammer. In philosophizing with a hammer‚ Friedrich Nietzsche meant that the assortment of stories that constitute the dominant representations of life and our world. This philosophy is brought
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Nietzsche and Saussure show in their articles that the speaker or viewpoint is what leads to the illusions of rhetoric causing misunderstanding to persuade society. Society today lives off these illusions of rhetoric Nietzsche states that “The art of dissimulation reaches its peak in humankind‚ where deception‚ flattery‚ lying and cheating‚ speaking behind the backs of others‚ keeping up appearances‚ living in borrowed finery‚ wearing masks‚ the drapery of convention‚ play-acting for the benefit
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