of things proves that the differences among things are not absolute " The first piece of work that we are going to look at is the paper by Kuang-Ming Wu: Dream in Nietzsche and Chuang Tzu . Even though Chuang Tzu and Nietzsche lived centuries apart‚ they‚ nevertheless‚ have much in common when it comes to dreams. For Nietzsche‚ reality is subjective and dream is objective. That is‚ what we see around us and do everyday are all products of our dreams. They are not correct descriptions of reality
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"The will to power." A strong statement made by the philosopher‚ Nietzsche. He explains this statement in his work‚ "Thus Spake Zarathustra." It can be found in multiple sections explaining different topics. When Nietzsche uses the phrase‚ "the will to power‚" he means the ability to extend oneself to the furthest of capabilities. He believes that humans have the ability to always do their best‚ and try their hardest to improve themselves. In this work‚ he says that humans must overcome themselves
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characters that are utter derelicts to society‚ each one desperately hanging on to their hopeless dreams‚ each one hauntingly familiar to us. O’Neill‚ one of the more well-known twentieth century American playwrights‚ borrows from the thinking of Nietzsche to strip away the fluff of human personality‚ exposing the basic‚ eternally somber inner workings of the human psyche. In his plays‚ such as The Ice Man Cometh‚ O’Neill consistently portrays a classic nihilistic theme that there is no God‚ one of
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2013. <http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/09/movie-inside-job.html> 6. "Inside Job (2010)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 1st‚ 2013. 7. Wicks‚ Robert. "Friedrich Nietzsche." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford.edu‚ 30 May 1997. Web. 05 Mar. 2013. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/>.
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When describing the lightning and the flash‚ Nietzsche is alluding to the human tendency to disassociate two things that are related. This may be because lightning is the descriptor and the flash is the action‚ which leads humans to separate the two. Nietzsche describes this mental process as “taking the latter for an action… separates. strength from expression of strength.” The lightning and the flash is related to the lambs and the birds of prey because it is impossible to separate‚ and blame‚
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Nietzsche witnessed the decay of institutional Christianity‚ claiming that “churches are tombs of God” and “we are all God’s murderers”‚ as more people turned to atheism and had a disbelief in God in general. He accepted Kant’s critique of pure reason but rejected his one argument for God and freedom of the will as postulates of practical reason. Nietzsche refers to Charles Darwin‚ who developed the theory of evolution of a species
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earthly God-like authority. The Metamorphosis is a masterful mix of horror and absurdity telling the story of the travelling salesman Gregor Samsa’s bizarre transformation from a man to a man-size cockroach. The story is a powerful exploration of alienation and is regarded as a landmark work of existential literature. However‚ its power lies in more than its obvious symbolism. Moreover‚ Kafkaesque is a word invented to describe a thing with a madness bizarre‚ irrational or overly complex quality.
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References: Baggett‚ D. & Drummin‚ W. A eds. (2007) Hitchcock and Philosophy: Dial M for Metaphysics Bersani‚ L. & Dutoit‚ U. (2004) Forms of Being: Cinema‚ Aesthetics‚ Subjectivity. London: BFI Biderman‚ S‚ & Jacobowitz‚ E. (2007) Rope: Nietzsche and the Art of Murder (chap. 3) in Hitchcock and Philosophy Curran‚ A & Wartenberg‚ T. Eds. (2005) The Philosophy of Film‚ introductory text and readings Currie‚ G. (1995) Image and Mind: Film‚ Philosophy and Cognitive Science Cambridge University
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(which Nietzsche viewed as the fourth part’s "proper title in view of what already transpired and what follows" in the text as we find it abridged today). As an interlude‚ it bastardises the integrity of the previous three books if they are viewed as an artistic whole‚ and was only published in Nietzsche’s lifetime as a private run of 40 copies and only seven copies were circulated amongst Nietzsche’s close friends (and they were admonished to keep the fourth part’s existence secret). Nietzsche did
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“Once upon a time‚ in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems‚ there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing” (Nietzsche‚ “On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense” L.10). There is no better way to begin this paper‚ for all the concepts that I write down are inherently trivial and hold no cosmological significance. The inevitable extinction of consciousness is impartial to this expression of my collective synapses. I hope that
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