Friedrich Nietzsche: One of the Greatest Thinkers of All Time

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.

We could hardly argue that there has ever been a more controversial and revolutionary philosopher than Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. His ideas, which were more often than not found to attack the established pillars of traditional philosophy, have been a massive influence to dozens of philosophers, writers, artists, intellectuals and even scientists, such as the father of modern psychology, Sigmund Freud. And although he has influenced generations after him, inspired thinkers such as Heidegger, Camus, Sartre, Foucault and so on, we must not forget about his influence on his contemporaries, such as the Bohemian – Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke.

Friedrich Nietzsche’s On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense represents a deconstruction of the modern epistemological project. Instead of seeking for truth, he suggests that the ultimate truth is that we have to live without such truth, and without a sense of longing for that truth. This revolutionary work of his is divided into two main sections. The first part deals with the question on what is truth? Here he discusses the implication of language to our acquisition of knowledge. The second part deals with the dual nature of man, i.e. the rational and the intuitive. He establishes that neither rational nor intuitive man is ever successful in their pursuit of knowledge due

“As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.” Nietzsche was one of the first modern philosophers to rebel against rationalism and when World War I came about, the revolution against religion truly became a legitimate statement. Friedrich Nietzsche strongly believed that many of those that practiced religion were led to the acceptance of slave morality. Religion had always played a fundamental role in society as it sets strict boundaries and standards of what is morally correct and incorrect. However, Nietzsche claims that, “Human nature is always driven by “ ‘the will to power’ ”, but religion will tell one otherwise, saying that one should forbid their bad desires. In Nietzsche’s

Friedrich Nietzsche and William James were philosophers who examined the search for truth and its application in modern society. While both scholars were contemporaries and concentrated on the function of truth, Nietzsche’s philosophy advocated a scientific approach which renounced all religious frameworks, while James’ theory enabled one to find truth even in the metaphysical.

German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, is one of the most read, least understood- yet influential thinker who brought forth new questions for many philosophers to follow. There are many accusations and rumors around Nietzsche. In “What Nietzsche Really Said” these accusations and rumors that surrounded Nietzsche are allayed and supported by his impact and influential views. “What Nietzsche really said depends on what one reads and how one interpret what ones reads” thus, the interpretation of these accusations and rumors are either helpful or harmful about Nietzsche. Three helpful rumors about Nietzsche is that he adored power, he was a (pre) postmodernist and argued fallaciously. Although he was apolitical, people believed that his “will

Nietzsche lived his life as a man critical of nearly everything in his life, provided that in influenced morality. Religion influenced people who, in his eyes, could do greater if their ideals weren’t held back by their preconceived ideas of morality. He frequently attacked philosophies that disagreed with him, claiming that they stood in the way of the benefit of mankind. His belief of abandoning preconceived notions of a code of morality is his own philosophy, Nihilism. Everything Nietzsche worked on became Nihilism. It is a shame that Nietzsche fell out of contemporary view because of the edits made by his sister that caused people to associate him with the hateful views of nazism and

Yo, I hope you are ready to learn some really cool shizniz about how we understand other shizniz by interpreting that shizniz. Over this past term, I have learned how individuals form an interpretation. Although learning about how to interpret an interpretation was an interesting experience, it also was pretty confusing; therefore, I am going to discuss what I have learned in a way that I hope will be fun to read and easy to understand. In this, you will read about concepts introduced by Nietzsche, reinforced by Gadamer, and challenged by Schott. In each of their articles highlighted key points of how to best understand a concept called “the hermeneutical claim to universality”, which can be defined as a notion of first having an interpretation of what one wishes to understand. Basically, this means if we want to understand anything we are trying to find an interpretation.

Friedrich Nietzsche was a man built upon contradictions. So much in fact, that one could argue him to be both one of the most anti-democratic thinkers and one of the most democratic thinkers of our time. If one attempts to read Nietzsche’s works as a whole, you may undoubtedly be persuaded that he is one of the most anti democratic political theorists in the modern era because of his insistence upon the need of a hierarchical, aristocratic society and his anti-equality stance on the relationship between men and women. But, if one reads select pieces of Nietzsche without prior bias of his works, one could argue that his views on the necessity of individuality and creativity make him a purely democratic thinker. This paradox creates problems

Friedrich Nietzsche is recognized for being one of the most influential German philosophers of the modern era. He is known for his works on genealogy of morality, which is a way to study values and concepts. In Genealogy of Morals, Friedrich Nietzsche mentions that values and concepts have a history because of the many different meanings that come with it. Nietzsche focused on traditional ethical theories, especially those rooted in religion. Not being a religious man, he believed that human life has no moral purpose except for the significance that human beings give it. People from different backgrounds and circumstances in history bend morality's meaning, making it cater to the norms of their society. For example, the concept of what is

The beginning of the nineteen century was characterized philosophically by the dominance of a new philosophy stream, Nihilism. This philosophy movement was characterized by its defeatist attitude towards life. The Nihilist’s portrayal of life was focused on its suffering and meaningless nature, a pessimistic attitude that shared by the Romantic society of the time. For the Nihilists, like Schopenhauer, the solution and attitude that man should take towards life’s suffering nature was the rejection of life itself, removing yourself from life and desire was the only way of escaping man’s painful destiny. On this philosophical and historical context Nietzsche developed his philosophy.

He was very likely to try to fundamentally explode the traditional values based on Christianity of western country in nineteenth centuries. To achieve this goal of his, he used the similar style of writing as the Scriptures in order to show the differences more clearly. It seems that Nietzsche’s famous phrase “God is dead” shows his idea plainly.

One way to look at the will to power is on a psychological level. As people we have an intrinsic drive for power manifested from our independence and dominance. This is much stronger than a personal will to live. For example, ISIS suicide bomber giving up their lives for some greater cause. [show pic of isis] Nietzsche’s interpretation of the will to power has more to do with the a person's internal being, their power is revealed through their self-mastery rather than the mastery concerned with the general population. With a deeper understanding of the world is always changing around us. This will to power recognizes that change and accepts that anything fixed, such as, religion or science is denying of that will.

Friedrich Nietzsche life, and his views on the world and the way he sees it and lives it, throughout his time. Nietzsche believes that “god is dead because we killed him”. Nietzsche used to practice Christianity but gave it up because he believes faith doesn’t offer support.so he’s anti-religious. Nietzsche believes that Christianity support the weak. And the will to power is in you yourself. He also believes that what was considered good is now bad and what was considered bad is now good. And I would agree with these statements.