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Comparison Of Nietzsche's Beyond Good And Evil

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Nihilism is a philosophy often associated with Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher. The main idea of Nietzsche’s nihilism is to separate from all of one’s values. This basically means to leave all of one’s knowledge behind and start from scratch. This kind of thinking could also be compared to Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil.” A part of Nietzsche’s “Beyond Good and Evil” is the free spirit of the soul. This means that the mind should never become too attached to one point of view and must often jump from viewpoint to viewpoint. This is similar to Nietzsche’s view of nihilism because Nietzsche repeatedly tells the reader that in order to become nihilist, one must separate from their values completely, and start with a clean slate. The

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