Barnaby 4/22/2013 Cathy Kigerl Hum 1001 Siddhartha Novel by: Herman Hesse 2. Analyze the novel Siddhartha in relation to author‚ Hermann Hesse’s personal philosophical background. You will be looking at philosophers whom Hesse followed such as Nietzsche and will explore how they may have influenced his writing of Siddhartha. If you choose this option: KNOW you must quote from Siddhartha and one other source related to Hesse’s philosophical background. Both would be listed in your Works Cited.
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to name any actual atheists. During the time of the Renaissance‚ criticism of the religious establishment became more frequent‚ but did not amount to actual atheism. In the 19th century‚ Friedrich Nietzsche‚ a philosopher‚ is well-known for the phrase "God is dead." the phrase was not spoken by Nietzsche directly‚ but was used as a dialogue for the characters in his works. Also around this time Karl Marx said “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature‚ the heart of a heartless world‚ and the
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Love is a Disease: An Explication of Sonnet 147 Love is a disease. Desire is deadly. When one thinks about Shakespeare’s sonnets‚ the instinctual response is the thought of romance. For instance the adoring lines‚ “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day/ Thou are more lovely and more temperate” (Sonnet 18‚ 1-2)‚ are thought to be the most famous words from a Shakespearean sonnet. However‚ instead of describing love in a starry-eyed fashion‚ Shakespeare discusses the punitive characteristics of
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Vincent Van Gogh‚ genius or madman? ‘The connection between genius and mental illness is paradoxically both clearer and murkier than that between genius and high intelligence.’ (Published on March 31‚ 2011‚ Andrew Robinson) Van Gogh‚ possibly the most famous example of a known genius who beared the title of a mentally ill individual‚ had severe depression‚ inflicted serious injury on his own earlobe in the year of 1888‚ admitted himself to a mental facility‚ and shot himself in 1890‚ yet he is one
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Cited: Mill‚ John Stuart. “Utilitarianism.” Twenty Questions. By G Lee Bowie‚ Meredith W Michaels‚ and Robert C Solomon. 2004. Boston: Wadsworth‚ Cengage Learning‚ 2011. 600-601. Print. Nietzsche‚ Friedrich. “The Natural History of Morals.” Twenty Questions. By G Lee Bowie‚ Meredith W Michaels‚ and Robert C Solomon. 2004. Boston: Wadsworth‚ Cengage Learning‚ 2011. 600-601. Print.
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abstract expressionism (Wechsler‚ p. 71). Rothko’s style of art‚ as a pioneer‚ was referred to as color field painting‚ which immensely utilized the expressive capabilities of color. It was considerably influenced by the philosophical works of Feud‚ Nietzsche‚ and Carl Jung to bring out the characteristics of the type of works he is most appreciated for. Mark Rothko and Color Field Painting Mark Rothko rose just after the Second World War as an artist amongst few who were trying to adopt a type
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Descartes set about doubting almost everything in order to find truth‚ but he didn’t doubt enough to understand a world from a perspective other than his own. Nietzsche was the first to suggest that philosophers before him could be wrong in their belief that there could be an absolute truth. Merleau-Ponty lived in a world where science had developed a lot since Descartes. Art and philosophy had also developed‚ philosophy
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such as Nietzsche had already challenged established institutions of Positivistic thinking toward knowledge and progress; however‚ his movement lacked widespread support. Necessary was the disaster of WWI‚ which accelerated the overall undermining of prior intellectual beliefs by inspiring a culture-wide disagreement: authors such as Erich Remarque and Vera Brittain drew upon newfound doubt underscored by the war to completely reverse prior thinking by
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The author includes important‚ dependable people such as Nietzsche and Freud in order to back up his claim that society’s attitude towards itself still has religion as one of the main factors of guilt. For example‚ in the article‚ Asma explains‚ “But Western Christian culture‚ according to Nietzsche and then Freud‚ has conscience on steroids‚ so to speak. Our sense of guilt is comparatively extreme‚ and‚ with our culture of original
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and madmen have such seething brains‚ Such shaping fantasies‚ that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic‚ the lover‚ and the poet Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold: That is the madman. The lover‚ all as frantic‚ Sees Helen’s beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet’s eye‚ in a fine frenzy rolling‚ Doth glance from heaven to earth‚ from earth to heaven‚ And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown‚ the poet’s pen
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