Analysis Of Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Nietzsche was a revolutionary author and philosopher who has had a tremendous impact on German culture up through the twentieth century and even today. Nietzsche's views were very unlike the popular and conventional beliefs and practices of his time and nearly all of his published works were, and still are, rather controversial, especially in On the Genealogy of Morals. His philosophies are more than just controversial and unconventional viewpoints, however; they are absolutely extreme and dangerous if taken out of context or misinterpreted. After Nietzsche's death it took very little for his sister to make some slight alterations to his works to go along with Nazi ideology.

The concept of transformation and self overcoming are potent topics, the likes of which, are and have been heavily debated by the best academics known to humanity. It is substantially evident that challenging events, especially when supported by others, allow an individual to grow in personality, spirit, and resilience. The latter can be achieved by turning to the right support and resources in order to vanquish one’s negative circumstances, overcome the pressures of society, and develop a unique and personal set of values. These concepts are explored in “The Story of Tom Brennan” by J. C. Burke, and Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”. The characters, Tom and Zarathustra, deal with similar ideas in their respective stories. Tom

Friedrich Nietzsche, a prominent German philosopher in the 19th century is one of the most well-read philosophers of the past two-centuries. His ideas regarding morality and nature continue to be discussed and debated to this day among scholars of all beliefs.

According to Nietzsche’s assertions in the first two essays of On the Genealogy of Morals, human beings suffer because they have lost the ability to enjoy life to its fullest extent. A significant shift in morals occurred from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans, who carried out good deeds with a surplus of energy simply because they could afford to do so, to the predominantly Judeo-Christian era of self-repression. This transition demonstrates a decline in our ability to make sense of our lives and understand our true human purpose. Nietzsche suggests that we have become out of touch with the truth – we are no longer present in our lives. He urges us to recognize the social constraints to which we sometimes unknowingly submit

All of this is, of course, a variety of nihilism. Nietzsche insists that there are no rules for human life, no absolute values, no certainties on which to rely. If truth can be achieved at all, it can come only from an individual who purposefully disregards everything that is traditionally taken to be "important." Such a super-human person {Ger. Übermensch}, Nietzsche supposed, can live an authentic and successful human life.

Looking into the concept of the “Ubermensch,” or the “Overman” complex sets the stage for a mortal man to move past God, and develop his own values. These values will be independent of others. They can also affect history indefinitely, if proper precautions are not followed. Nietzsche’s view of this super human trait comes with several thoughts, or guidelines that should be shared before looking into history at people who viewed themselves as the “over man”

Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, wrote on European history and its undergone of harmful development, conditions had never been worse, in the late nineteenth century. Believed institutions and movements were engaged in reducing human beings to a lower level of existence, more common; and that any individual displaying qualities as srenght, could be vilified and shackled. He blamed this on the mineteenth century not have produced many mighty monuments as they were capable of creating. Nietzsche blamed the Jews for the wrong turn in western civviliation The Geneaology of Morals (1887) is Nietzsche’s elaboration of ideas, pertaining European history, concerning ideals.

The foreground of Nietzsche’s criticisms of Christianity comprises repudiating not only ecstasy but also suffering, manifested through suppressing bodily impulses and instinctive drives and focusing on an afterlife rather than the current moment. In general, it is likely Nietzsche would react more positively to the Christian ideals embedded in many medieval texts than he does in the early 20th century. Ben Morgan reveals

To begin with, Nietzsche’s contribution to the study of ‘morality’ has three core aspects: a criticism of moral genealogists, modern evolutionary theory, and a critique of moral values (Ansell-Pearson, xv). For Nietzsche, reading morality is complex due to the numbers of errors people have incorporated into their fundamental ways of thinking, feeling and living (Ansell-Pearson, xvi). Furthermore, these errors are the example of an individual’s complete ignorance of oneself and the world. For years, people have been

Nietzsche discusses the sensualities of love and hostility spiritually. He describes love as a “great triumph,” but love can connect with hostility defines as acting and thinking oppositely of what is told to do. In doing so, he claims that the church as always promoted hostility to maintain self-preservation in both church and politics.

We have grown weary of man. Nietzsche wants something better, to believe in human ability once again. Nietzsche’s weariness is based almost entirely in the culmination of ressentiment, the dissolution of Nietzsche’s concept of morality and the prevailing priestly morality. Nietzsche wants to move beyond simple concepts of good and evil, abandon the assessment of individuals through ressentiment, and restore men to their former wonderful ability.

Throughout our lives, we all try to convince others what’s right and what’s wrong. We spend our entire lives trying to convince each other that there is only one certain way to do things and that way is the only one way, which is the right way. We only see the world the way we are, which is individually. By Nietzsche's saying, if we want to view the world in different ways then we must look

Nietzsche shares a similar view of man. The important thing in man is his potential; man is striving but for something different, Ubermensch or superman. It represents man constantly striving to overcome himself and become a man whose values are independent from societal conceptions of good and evil. Ubermensch must be willing and able to reject what he is now to become something different and never become content with present values. Similar to Kierkegaard, Nietzsche sees life as a series of stages that take man from the herd to Ubermensch. The first step for man to achieve Ubermensch is to overcome a collective herd view of values because they are not bridges to Ubermensch. Once this herd is overcome, man can begin to concentrate on overcoming himself.

In the “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”, written by the 19th century philosopher Nietzsche, we are presented with many sermons that are structure similar to parables from the Lutheran Bible. These sermons are given to us by the main character, Zarathustra, on our quest to find the overman (ubermench). Zarathustra uses many characters to present stories about the flaws of humanity and how we are to get better. In “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”, Zarathustra uses the character of an ass (donkey) that was first presented to us through the sermon of “Talking to the kings” and plays a major role in the later novel. The Ass is used as an idol that many of Zarathustra’s guests praise as a God. The utilization of the Ass as an idol of worship is Nietzsche’s criticism on how Christians worship their God.

Nietzsche introduced an idea of philosophy that was more than simply a rational groundwork of existence or as the pursuit of an absolute truth. Instead, he suggested that philosophy is something to be respected as a personal interpretation of life and all its faculties (morality, existentialism etc.) and that was – for him - focused on life affirmation. Furthermore, this thinking implies that philosophy is not a be all and end all answer to life’s questions; rather, it is merely a