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 by Nietzsche‚ is the result of a singular endeavor towards knowledge and power--someone with the capabilities to take responsibility for each moment of his life. Man is something to be surpassed--the overman is the next level of evolution. In
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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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Beyond Good and Evil‚ Nietzsche identifies common prejudices of past and present philosophers. Nietzsche begins with a critique of “Faith in opposite values”‚ an assumption that the world is divided into opposites. The foundational sets of opposites include truth versus falsehood‚ and conscious thinking versus instincts. However‚ Nietzsche finds that these are little more than ago-old accepted truths‚ which are in fact prejudices (Nietzsche‚ Beyond Good and Evil‚ 1886‚ 6). Nietzsche‚ also points to another
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Paper Religion has been very important in people’s lives for thousands of years‚ and most likely will stay for years to come‚ “God is dead; but given the way of men‚ there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown”(Nietzsche‚ “Gay Science” s.108). Because it has been such a big part of people’s lives‚ people don’t want to‚ or are taught not to question these rules and stories that are told‚ it takes away their freedom. Religion also tends to be antiquated‚ its rules
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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‚ around power-in accordance with the will to power which is will of life”(Nietzsche pg. 292)
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notorious declaration that “God is dead” (first in The Gay Science‚ 1872). Secular thinking is a commonplace today‚ but in Nietzsche’s time this declaration was strikingly prophetic. The point of the claim is not so much to assert atheism: although Nietzsche was certainly an atheist‚ he was far from being a pioneer of European atheism. Rather‚ his observation is sociological‚ in a way: he means that Western culture no longer places God at the center of things. In another way‚ the term ‘sociological’
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Morals Nietzsche censures the members of the Judeo-Christian tradition for their "impotence." As a result of their impotence the descendents of this tradition (slaves‚ as I will call them to maintain some modicum of political correctness)‚ have developed a hatred "to monstrous and uncanny proportions" (33). This hatred has had the end result of squelching the happiness and will to powertwo truly laudable elements of humanitythat a truly strong individual might otherwise develop. While Nietzsche touches
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References: Current Nursing. (2011). Jean Watson ’s philosophy of nursing. Retrieved from http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/Watson.html Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2009). Friedrich Nietzsche. Retrieved from http://www.iep.utm.edu/nietzsch/ Paley‚J. (2002). Caring as a slave morality: Nietzschean themes in nursing ethics. Journal of Advanced Nursing‚ Oct; 40(1): 25-35. University of Stirling. (n.d.). School of Nursing‚ Midwifery
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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
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Nietzsche’s rejection of traditional morality Zarathustra’s Prologue What does Zarathustra tell us about the challenges of leading people who have become too comfortable and uncritical? According to Zarathustra‚ he said that he did not want to be spared by their best enemies nor even the people they love. He said that leading uncritical and comfortable people within the society is hypocritical and therefore those leading such people feel ashamed of themselves. He said that such people should not
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