this essay will not be taking issue with these criticisms I feel they are the result of piecemeal reading. There is this tendency to jump on passionate thinkers especially those who write in such a way that they can be reduced to catch phrases i.e. Nietzsche: “God is dead”. The first lesson learnt as a student of philosophy is to hold off on criticism until you have begun to grasp the thinker and his thought as a whole. Any philosopher worth his mettle will be working within a dynamic but defined system
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“Nietzsche on Judeo-Christian Morality” In Nietzsche’s aphorisms 90-95 and 146-162 he attacks what he believes to be the fundamental basis of the “slave” morality prevalent in the Judeo-Christian tradition as well as other religions and societies. From the beginning‚ he distinguishes the two different types of moralities he believes to exist: the “master morality”‚ created by rulers of societies‚ and the “slave” morality‚ created by the lowest people in societies. The former stresses virtues
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Shay Bridges Professor David Smith Philosophy101 27 November 2015 Free to Treat Others However We Wish? Would William James Agree? It is true that philosophers William James and Friedrich Nietzsche have had a widespread influence on the entire philosophy world. Though their theories on truth and morality are very different‚ there is some solid common ground. This essay plans to summarize the theories of both philosophers and show how they are similar. It will also explain if one has to agree with
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How to organize a commentary – general tips Structurally‚ the commentary is similar to the essays you have written in the IB program. There is an introduction‚ a body‚ and (to a lesser degree) a conclusion. In your introduction‚ put the extract in context‚ present a central assertion‚ and indicate the main developments or thematic clusters of the passage you will discuss INTRODUCTION You may very briefly summarize the piece. What’s the occasion here? For pieces studied in advance‚ provide context
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to our own morals and values. But these morals and values have the same underlying framework. We define ourselves on the grounds of what we believe good and evil to be. It’s the values that we assign to these categories‚ Nietzsche says‚ that is detrimental to our being. Nietzsche believes that these are false concepts that we that prevent us from being who we are. Freud has a psychological understanding of the self-understand of. We are always checking ourselves to make sure we are abiding by the
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The Discourse of Mill and Nietzsche‚ Can Mill Overcome While it appears‚ on the outside‚ that John Stewart Mill contradicts Nietzsche’s idea that the mind serves deeper than our inner human drive‚ however‚ the story of Mills life seems to actually confirm itself. You see‚ Nietzsche believes that your instincts define who you are and if you go through life using your brain making all your decisions for you‚ you aren’t being true to who you really are. Nietzsche talked about how Socrates uses reason
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recently‚ I’ve discovered the philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche and Gloria Anzaldúa. Compared with the other philosophies‚ these two seem to be the most similar in at least their belief that there is no one right way to the good life‚ but rather there are many and are suited to each individual. I will begin with the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche whose ideals he defends with the genealogy of morality. In his book Genealogy of Morals‚ Nietzsche is critical of “bad conscience” and considers it to
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In recent years society is more open to the concept of accept gay marriage and parenting as a healthy‚ normal family structure. Critics of the model focus on the effects of gay families on children. Religion argues that it is unnatural for two same sex individuals to raise children as a family. Conservatives and traditionalists worry "gay genes" will be passed along blood lines or instilled in adoptive children. Still others wrongfully assume that homosexual parents are child molesters in the
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Both Nietzsche and Lewis find problems with Agape love with accordance to their own respective philosophies of love. Lewis describes a paradoxical relation between God’s love and natural loves. Whereas Nietzsche explicates that the grounds that a person’s behavior may present itself as Agape love‚ is actually a behavior motivated primarily for selfish reason of gaining power. When comparing these two problems with Agape love‚ Nietzsche’s explanation is stronger in explaining the pattern of Agape
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German philosopher‚ Frederick Nietzsche‚ viewed equality as being “rooted” in a “slave morality” (Grigsby‚ 2012‚ p. 84). His view was not based upon God-given rights but on a more natural order such as Charles Darwin’s survival of the fittest. Nietzsche believed that Christianity withheld a structure for slave morality within Europe. His beliefs did not identify with equality‚ compassion‚ pity‚ and selflessness in the sense that Christian-based morals do. Instead‚ Nietzsche believed that superior people
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