1: 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
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Nietzsche makes the point how even within Christianity that living a pious life‚ would set people up as thinking they were good. Religious followers try to create a clear distinction that those who do not follow their example are considered evil. Nietzsche says that as people continued to live up to moral codes they perceived themselves as the masters of all things good. The problem is they eventually become self-diluted taking on the characteristics of‚ “the good‚ themselves‚ meaning the noble‚
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher from the mid to late 1800’s. He was also a poet‚ in which his style of writing included subjects of morality‚ atheism‚ and consciousness. He was drawn to writing pieces of aphorism‚ which simply just expresses general truth. He was known for his critique of the truth and reasoning‚ and he especially was quick to critique morals. After his death‚ his sister‚ Elisabeth‚ took over with writing and editing his manuscripts‚ making them to fit her own
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accept that as the truth‚ live their life as though it is true‚ then what makes it untrue? Someone must come along to convince the population that their truth‚ the earth is round‚ a valid and have it be accepted. Nietzsche mostly talks about how man deciphers truth in his essay; however Nietzsche cannot avoid mentioning lying because in reality‚ lies and truth are very intertwined with each other. In fact‚ there are times when the truth and lies are so entangled that there are indecipherable from one
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Both Hume and Kant made an important break from other logicians in putting forward a morality that does not include a higher being or god‚ for a man to identify his moral duty. Our fine sense does not tell us what something is morally wrong. According to Hume‚ the moral theory was based on his belief only reason can never cause action. What is going on well our five-sense convey sensory information to our mind and we get bad feelings‚ or we may not but in many cases‚ we will get a bad feeling‚ so
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school of thought that would tackle these seemingly simple questions. Under the thin guise of many pseudonyms‚ Søren Kierkegaard attempted to reconcile the issues religion had planted into his psyche by reintroducing man to religion. Later‚ Frederick Nietzsche came along and said in opposition that religion is dying for we have in fact killed God. Even though these two philosophers stand on opposing sides of a deep chasm‚ modern scholars have dubbed these two the fathers of modern existentialism. For
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being worldly thus evil. Nietzsche holds that such restraint tends to weaken an individual making him sickly and weak physically and psychologically; such a thing imposed upon society would naturally lead to a sick and weak population. Not seeing any overall gain in a system of beliefs which teaches suppression‚ he purposes to give us a new one which is not only said to be as effective but also frees them of Christianity’s binds. With his principle of the superman Nietzsche seeks to give us values
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Modernism is defined as the series of reforming cultural movements in music‚ art‚ architecture‚ the applied arts‚ and literature that occurred in the three decades before 1914. In the modern era‚ not only did things change as far as technology with the Industrial Revolution‚ but also with people themselves with awareness and a change in values. During the modern era‚ civilization was founded on scientific knowledge of the world and rational knowledge of values‚ which places the highest premium
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the more one puts in‚ the more one can take out. And‚ perhaps Nietzsche was right in his suggestion that there are no facts but only interpretations. After all‚ how could there be anything but interpretation given the existence of variety of temperaments and personalities and life experiences? There is much wisdom contained in this statement‚ “There are no facts‚ but only interpretations‚” and one could even argue that perhaps Nietzsche himself was unaware of the depth and the power of his own insight
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Both Hume and Nietzsche believe that the self is a summation of one’s actions and perceptions. According to Hume‚ the self is “a collection of perceptions in perpetual flux and movement.” There is no simplicity or identity in the self‚ but only an infinite system of perceptions in an infinite “variety of postures and situations.” These perceptions are then linked by the relations of cause and effect‚ which mutually influence‚ modify‚ alter‚ create‚ and destroy each other. Nietzsche similarly believes
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