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    zero” of morality: as Schacht puts is ’[…] for Nietzsche […] all normativity is ultimately of extra-moral origin. For Nietzsche that ultimate origin – the Ur-source of all normativity – is to be found in the basic disposition he takes to be operative in all that transpires in this world‚ which he calls "will to power" and which expresses itself in the various more specific dispositions informing our affective constitutions and lives’ . Hence‚ will to power - a will of self-overcoming‚ a primordial impulse

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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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    other maxims in our rationality. However‚ Nietzsche ascribed to neither of these views. Born in 1844‚ Nietzsche was influenced by Darwin and philosophers such as Schopenhauer. His moral theory mirrored more that of Hume’s in sticking to the tenants of naturalism than it resembled deontological theories such as Kant’s. The 18th century philosopher David Hume argued that morality is built on natural sympathy for others. John claims that‚ like Hume‚ Nietzsche was a naturalist. However‚ Ken remains uncertain

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    external stimuli in order to act at all‚ – its action is basically a reaction” (Nietzsche‚ First Essay para. 10). Slave morality is something that the inferior came up with to comfort themselves against their superiors. Those that are inferior use slave morality to cope with the fact that they are too weak to defend themselves against those who hold more power than them. Slaves do not like the fact that the wealthy have power and social status. Therefore‚ slave moralists view those who have authority

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    Introduction Our presentation is about Friedrich Nietzsche who was one of the most important and influential modern thinkers of nineteenth century for his notions of inexistentialism‚ post-modernism‚ and post-structuralism; but before talking about him‚ I would like to tell you a brief introduction of postmodernism and how this philosopher took these concepts to explain his ideologies. One of the main characteristics of postmodern thinking is that the world is seen as much more complex and an

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    eventual victory of the “slaves revolt” in morality. In “First Essay: ‘Good and Evil’‚ ‘Good and Bad‚’” which is part of the work On the Genealogy of Morality‚ Nietzsche outlines the two types of morality--aristocratic and slave--and describes the eventual overtaking of aristocratic morality by slave morality through the “slaves revolt.” Nietzsche claims that master morality came first‚ with its defining characteristics being the morality of the masters‚ nobles‚ and warriors who saw themselves and their

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    same occasion every time for all mankind‚ then it acquires at last the same meaning for men it would have if it were the sole necessary image and if the relationship of the original nerve stimulus to the generated image were a strictly causal one” (Nietzsche 6). He also states that everything‚ no matter what it is (a feeling‚ a tangible item‚ or even a scientific law)‚ has a different aesthetic meaning to every person. So‚ essentially‚ every person defines his or her own universe. The beginning of

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    Nietzsche: the Conscience

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    Nietzsche: The Conscience In his second essay of the Geneaology of Morals‚ Nietzsche attempts to identify and explain the origin of the conscience. He does not adopt the view of the conscience that is accepted by the “English Psychologists”‚ such as Bentham‚ J. Mill‚ J.S. Mill and Hume‚ as the result of an innate moral feeling. Rather‚ it is his belief that the moral content of our conscience is formed during childhood under the influence of society. Nietzsche defines the conscience as an

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    Nietzsche Summary

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    Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche was born on October 15th 1844 in the small town close to Leipzig. His father was a Lutheran pastor and former teacher. In 1849‚ his father died of a brain ailment and the family then moved to Naumburg where they lived with Nietzsche’s grandmother. In 1864‚ at the age of twenty‚ Nietzsche began his studies in theology and classical philology at the University of Bonn. After just one semester‚ Nietzsche halted his theological studies and lost his faith. He

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    community‚ the cultivation of brotherhood for all of mankind seems to be something which is possible. The ethic of Christianity‚ while not perfect‚ can serve to better the individual and the world by the self-sacrificing of ones own selfish desires. Nietzsche would contend that it is the sacrificing of self which exactly leads to the entrapment of the mind. I however do not believe this to be true. Two prime example of how sacrificing ones own desires and self can cultivate a greater world and individual

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