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Jan 29, 2022 · Nietzsche was an atheist for his adult life and so he didn’t mean that there was a God who had actually died, but rather that our idea of one had. After the Enlightenment, the idea of a universe ...
Nietzsche says this "sickness" arises from nausea at and a pity for humanity. This nausea inspires nihilism, the will to nothingness, which characterizes ascetic ideals. The nihilism of the weakest and the sickest is a great danger to any who are still healthy, as it parades as virtue, claiming that health, power, and happiness are evils that ...
What does Nietzsche mean when he says that the noble type of man is “beyond good and evil” and is a creator of values? Explain in some detail the differences among the master-morality and the slave-morality.
Jan 29, 2019 · The “will to power” is a central concept in the philosophy of 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It is best understood as an irrational force, found in all individuals, that can be channeled toward different ends. Nietzsche explored the idea of the will to power throughout his career, categorizing it at various points as a ...
Feb 13, 2018 · Belief in God hinders greatness. God is dead, Nietzsche says, and advancing humanity requires defeating the vestiges of God found in traditional morality and moral equality. 3. Evaluating Nietzsche’s Critique. Nietzsche is not merely atheist. He is anti-theist. Belief in God stifles flourishing.
– Nietzsche criticizes the idea of "free choice", and even of "choice" in general (cf. the end of above quotation): man does not want to "choose", man wants to affirm himself ("will to power"). Another problem is the role of chance. Unless the change brought to man is too big, a chance is generally responded by will, wherever there is will
Aug 13, 2023 · A critical part of self-mastery for Nietzsche involves the integration of the various drives and affects with one another. The conception of the free individual as the one who has unified their psyche is far from new—it is one of the characteristic elements of the Greek conception of the mind, for instance.
