In the late 19th century, philosopher and psychologist, Friedrich Nietzsche, published a four part chronicle, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, to express his perspective on how human beings can work towards and achieve a lifestyle of joy and innocence. Nietzsche, who was an anti-christ due to its slavish mentality and ways, believed that everyone has an “overman” and “ubermensch” aspect to their lives, where they can be free spirited and the ultimate dictator of their morals and values. For one to live a life of free of predestined expectations and societal pressures, they must be constantly overcoming themselves, have the will to power over themselves, and must accept the past in order to authentically affirm their identity. Once someone is able …show more content…
Whether it be because of, gender, race, religion, etc.., society tries to put us into precalculated and absolute groups. Furthermore, because of society, from the second we are born, we are enslaved and held responsible to live through someone else’s ideas of what is right for you and others. Every task in life can be seen as a burden, you’re expected to be cleanly and brush your teeth, you’re obligated to wear clothes in public, you’re supposed to wash your hands after you go to the bathroom. Although all of these examples seem like the right thing to do, they are also examples of being enslaved to a certain way of life, ruled by society. Nietzsche validates that, “there is much that is difficult for the spirit, the strong reverent spirit that would bear much: but the difficult and the most difficult are what its strength demands.” In other terms, Nietzsche acknowledges that shitty, even unfair things are going to happen to you in life and that is hard to be a minority and create change but, it's necessary; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Through the camels humbling yet challenging experiences, they gain the strength through the suffering and hardships, to move towards a more resilient state which promotes one's true self, and the ability to overcome “thou shalts”. (add sentence)
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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
Nietzsche views nature as God or the ultimate goal for humans. To act on our animal forms and master forgetfulness is be truly free, according to Nietzsche. All of the problems that he presents such as ressentiment, bad consciousness and idealism are solvable by forgetfulness. This is done by only acting on our subconscious impulses and disregarding our conscious. To be like an animal, the ideal form, conscious thoughts such as questioning, deep thinking and painful subjects are eliminated. There seems to be general trend between most of the philosopher that we discussed. From Plato, to Augustine, to Descartes and to Nietzsche the “I” becomes more and more important. The self is put into the center and the individual is glorified more and more
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Friedrich Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher and held in regard amongst the greatest philosophers of the early part century. He sharpened his philosophical skills through reading the works of the earlier philosophers of the 18th century such as Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Arthur Schopenhauer and African Spir; however, their works and beliefs were opposite to his own. His primary mentor was Author Schopenhauer, whose belief was that reality was built on the foundation of experience. Such as it is, one of his essays, Schopenhauer als Erzieher, published in 1874, was dedicated to Schopenhauer (Mencken, 2008). In the past two centuries, his work has had authority and influence in both
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 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.
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.
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