on the existence of God. He strongly believed and propagated that God was dead. The “death of God” often came up in several of Nietzsche’s philosophical contributions. It was often the backdrop which he used for describing human tendencies and carving pathways for human nature. “The best passage on God’s death is offered by Nietzsche in The Gay Science in section 125‚ entitled “The Madman”. There Nietzsche describes a man who enters the town market or bazaar and cries out loudly‚ “I seek God! I seek
Premium Religion Philosophy Friedrich Nietzsche
"Is the Existence of Evil incompatible with the existence of God?" "Without darkness there can be no light (Shestov)." This quote says a lot about our world as we know it. To truly know something we must also know it’s opposite. We would not know silent if there was not sound. There would be no young if we did not know old. So how could we believe that there is a good without an evil? To believe in the existence of a greatest good‚ which we call God‚ there must also be exist a source of evil as
Premium
argues that change does not exist using logic. In this essay I will discuss the problem with Parmenides argument being he views the subjects as simple being and non-being. Aristotle’s account of the subjects as compounds of matter and form and privation‚ will remedy Parmenides misunderstanding of change as an absolute. In this essay I will discuss both philosopher’s arguments for the existence of change. In Parmenides poem‚ On Nature‚ he reaches the startling conclusion that change does not exist
Premium Metaphysics Ontology Plato
IfF god was existent‚ what would be his fear? He’s so far away that we could never touch him. 2) Why haven’t you heard about this story? Because it isn’t emphasized at all‚ even in the bible. It was a “scam over exclamation” to shut people up about that in the future. And yet somehow this isn’t brought up. 3) If we really did create this building‚ where is that existence on earth. We claim we’ve found Noah’s ark‚ and where Jesus was crucified‚ but we have never found ANYTHING about this building
Premium Christianity Jesus God
The Existence of God One of the most prominent topics that Aquinas chose to focus on was the idea of the existence of God. In his opinion‚ the existence of God was not self-evident‚ rather it had to be proven and discovered. Aquinas states that God “is that which no greater can be thought;” yet not all shared the same conclusive idea; therefore‚ God needed to be both defined and proved‚ in Aquinas’ opinion. We as humans‚ cannot start with the idea of God or with the definition‚ and by that supposition
Premium Metaphysics Ontology Existence
God Does Not Necessarily Have to Exist In Descartes’ Meditations‚ he makes the strong claim that God must exist. I will first explain what Descartes’s argument for God’s existence is‚ and then I will attempt to support the argument that God does not need to necessarily exist through objections and replies. Premise 1: “We have an idea of God as an infinite and perfect being.” First‚ Descartes believes that there are properties that are inherently perfect. For example‚ being good is a perfection
Premium Ontology Metaphysics Mind
Questionable Authenticity Marvin Feliciano Philosophy 001 21 January 2018 I recall being in Sequoia National Park and sitting at the top of Moro Rock. One hour and three hundred steps later‚ I had finally made it to the top of one of the most visited places in the park. Before climbing‚ and being slightly afraid of heights‚ I could not understand what the benefit of making it to the top would be besides the personal fulfillment one could get from such physical accomplishment. However
Premium English-language films Debut albums Rock music
The cosmological argument is a collection of arguments for the existence of God‚ based on the fact of the world’s existence. It was first posited by famous Greek philosophers‚ Plato and Aristotle. They postulated the need for a craftsman for the universe and began their argument with the fact of motion. The basis of the argument state that the universe cannot cause itself
Premium Cosmological argument Existence Causality
The Teleological Argument for God There are many theories about how the universe‚ earth‚ and humans came into existence. Some aim to prove the existence of God‚ that a large explosion created all life‚ or even that everything has just always existed. One of these theories works to answer questions about creation and prove the existence of the Christian God; this theory is known as the Teleological argument. To expand my basis of knowledge on this subject I consulted Matthew Esters‚ who recently
Premium
i) Analyse the Argument for the Existence of God from Religious Experience (18) The argument for the existence of God from Religious Experience is a simple one‚ with only two premises. The first being that some people have‚ or have had a religious experience‚ the second premise is that these are only explicable though God‚ thus leading to the conclusion that God exists. This leads us to question‚ what exactly are religious experiences? Theologians have struggled for centuries trying to define
Premium