Downtrodden for so long‚ the commoners and the plebeians take part in “the slave revolt of morality” that Nietzsche says begins with “ressentiment‚” a jealously fueled manifestation of morality that consists of an “outward” resentment of the “external world… [such that] its action is fundamentally reaction” (124). In other words‚ the “slaves” or the commoners described in the first moral
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This morality is born out of ressentiment‚ open hostility towards the master that the slave views as the cause of their suffering. Due to this‚ the slave morality construes the values of the master to be evil‚ setting up their opposite morality as all that is good and virtuous. As such
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In Daybreak‚ Friedrich Nietzsche states that “morality is a hindrance to the acquisition of new experiences and the correction of customs: that is to say‚ morality is a hindrance to the creation of new and better customs: it makes stupid” (Nietzsche 18). Considering the importance placed on morals‚ how is it that “morality makes stupid?” Within the context of morality‚ Nietzsche has two major themes: slave versus master morality and the destruction and creation of a new morality. Through an exploration
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Friedrich Nietzsche and Mahatma Gandhi‚ two mammoth political figures of their time‚ attack the current trend of society. Their individual philosophies and concepts suggest a fundamental problem: if civilization is so diseased‚ can we overcome this state of society and the sickness that plagues the minds of the masses in order to advance? Gandhi and Nietzsche attain to answer the same proposition of sickness within civilization‚ and although the topic of unrest among both may be dissimilar‚ they
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120 Days of Moral Deterioration: Pasolini’s SALÒ in the Misinterpretation of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality “Because we’re not their masters‚ even the most bizarre manias derive from a basic principle of refinement. Yes‚ old buggers. It’s a question of delicacy.” -The Bishop‚ in SALÒ or the 120 Days of Sodom “No festivity without cruelty; such is the lesson of the earliest‚ longest period in the history of mankind – and even in punishment there is so much that is festive!” -On
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Refer to Sections 10‚ 11‚ 12‚ and 13 of Nietzsche’s First Essay and critically summarize his argument of the 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‚
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The Meaning of Life Question 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
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In 1844‚ Friedrich Nietzsche was born in a small village in present day Germany. Nevertheless‚ he would grow up to become one of the most recognized philosophers. One of his revolutionary ideas spoke of the feeling of power. It was referred to as “On the Doctrine of the Feeling of Power”. I agree with Nietzsche’s ideas on power written about in “On the Doctrine of the Feeling of Power”. I agree with Nietzsche’s philosophy on power: to benefit or to hurt others is a way to exercises one’s power.
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Nietzsche argues master and slave morality to differentiate between “good” and “bad”. Since there is “good” and “bad”‚ there is punishment in relative to that relationship which is also explained by Nietzsche. This essay is a reconstruction of slave’s morality and its relation to Nietzsche’s ideas of punishment. Also‚ there will be an alternative strategy for punishment mention by consulting what is the good in life. In Nietzsche’s first essay‚ he discusses the difference between “good” and “evil”
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Friedrich Nietzsche’s on the Genealogy of Morality manages to capture what we could consider new and better human ideals‚ and transforms it into a reality that is not so farfetched. His problem‚ however‚ is that history as we know it has changed and people have been lead astray from their instinctual judgments as a species. Through vigorous questioning and re-questioning of his own thoughts in addition to much of history as we know it‚ Nietzsche has built his own foundation of an entirely different
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