Nietsche and Evolution
"It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all."
-Melville
In 1859 Charles Darwin offered a theory that seemed to disprove the longstanding explanation of the Origin of existence. Darwin's theory of evolution proposes a convincing argument that the universe was not created for a purpose, with intention, by a conscious God, but rather, was a phenomenon of random change. Fredrick Nietzsche articulated the gravity of the effect of Darwin's theory on society. He said that when Darwin published the theory of evolution people stopped believing in God. Nietzsche wrote that when people stopped believing in God, God died. According to Nietzsche people read the theory of evolution
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When humans stop searching, when we no longer yearn to know the Origin of existence then God will die.
This searching for the ultimate explanation for existence is a phenomenon that has permeated human thought for centuries, if not for the entire history of humanity. Aristotle gave an explanation of this Origin: God. This explanation was cherished for centuries. Darwin did not try to substitute Aristotle's explanation with another, he did not offer a theory to what the actual Origin of the first species was, but rather, suggested a scientifically based proposal that there is no evidence of the existence of a conscious, purposeful God. This revolutionary idea sent a shock through western society. People's beliefs were unsettled and they were forced to begin a new search for the answer to the question of Origin.
Even before Aristotle, Plato made an attempt to answer teleological questions in a scientific manner. Daniel Dennett describes Plato's theory of Ideas by writing, "every earthly thing is a sort of imperfect copy or reflection of an ideal exemplar or Form that existed timelessly in the Platonic realm of Ideas, reigned over by God. This Platonic heaven of abstractions was not visible, of course, but was accessible to Mind through deductive thought." Aristotle used this theory of Ideas to expand his theory of Essences. Aristotle's theory of Essences is the theory that "permeated the thinking of just about
In the late 1900, Charlie’s Darwin published his theory of evolution, later leading to the beginning of Atheism. Atheism spread rapidly through the states because it opposed religion. Although many religions still exist today, the Western
During the time when Charles Darwin was alive (1809-1882) most of the Western culture believed that the world was created by God and only several thousand years old. They believed that our world was always like it was then. So when Darwin wrote The Origin of Species it shook up both the cultural and scientific views of his time. His views that evolution occurs by natural selection was one of the most radial theories during his time, yet today is widely accepted as a fact among most of the world.
The theory of evolution denied the direct creation of man by God and the greatest damage came from the application of that theory to the development of religion. Darwinism was born. God and the Bible were looked upon as the evolutionary
For centuries, humans have questioned the existence of our race. Questions such as, “Where did I come from?” Another question that is asked is, “Who created us?” When we question certain aspects about our creation, we have little to no knowledge of how we were created. When us as human beings search for answers, we search within ourselves and tend to ask others for more clarity. Sometimes people will study religion. Religion will sometimes give you clues of how we might have been created. Some say we were created by God. Another question that is frequently asked is “Who is God?”.
Arguing the death of God is a debate that will last until eternity. Regardless of exploration or religious zeal there are far too many human viewpoints leaning towards the idea of and the strong need for faith. Believing in God for some is as natural as walking upright and it would seem that through such unquestionable faith God would somehow still be alive. But perhaps He is only surviving with the help of life support.
Since time immemorial man has always questioned the origins of life and himself . The answer to that question as there are three alternatives , namely the creation , transformation , or evolutionary biology .
Aristotle said: "Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend!" Aristotle thought that Plato's theory of ideas is not fully explained about empirical reality, he sought to overcome the Platonic gap between the world of sensual things and the world of ideas. Aristotle did not deny the existence of ideas, but largely moved away from his teacher Plato, believed that they are inside the individual things as the principle and method, the law of their formation energy, figure,
In 1895 Charles Darwin published a book describing his theory of evolution, and his theory of the natural selection process. This theory caused much uproar in the religious community because Darwin’s theory went against the story of creation portrayed in the Holy Bible. His theory claimed that all life currently in place had evolved and adapted from a single organism in the beginning. Over time and by process of natural selection only the dominant species were left over while the other, less dominant species, went extinct. His theory, backed by scientific analysis, had dismissed the idea of a single deity creating all life on Earth. It is not like Darwin had a personal agenda against religion or anything,
Myth 1- The fact that we have better hygiene and revolutionized our ways of sanitation will simply make diseases die off. Ultimately, the idea of vaccination is not necessary.
The theory of the Ideas is the base of Plato’s philosophy: the Ideas are not only the real objects ontologically speaking, but they are the authentically objects of knowledge epistemologically speaking. From the point of view of ethics and politics, they are the foundation of the right behaviour, and anthropologically speaking they are the base of Plato’s dualism and they even allow him demonstrate the immortality of the soul.
The ongoing scientific investigation of how exactly evolution occurred and continues to occur has been an argumentative idea amongst society since Darwin first articulated it over a century ago. The scientific basis of evolution accounts for happenings that are also essential concerns of religion; both religion and science focus on the origins of humans and of biological diversity. For instance, in the reading “Truth Cannot Contradict Truth,” Pope John Paul II, addressing the Pontifical Academy of Science, discussed the matter of God as creator of man. The Pope explains that men cannot relate to animals because men are superior. The reasoning for that is because God created humans under his likeness. What the church is saying about mankind
Through out history, as man progressed from a primitive animal to a "human being" capable of thought and reason, mankind has had to throw questions about the meaning of our own existence to ourselves. Out of those trail of thoughts appeared religion, art, and philosophy, the fundamental process of questioning about existence. Who we are, how we came to be, where we are going, what the most ideal state is....... All these questions had to be asked and if not given a definite answer, then at least given some idea as to how to begin to search for, as humans probed deeper and deeper into the riddle that we were all born into.
Biological evolution is the name for the changes in gene frequency in a population of a species from generation to generation. Evolution offers explanation to why species genetically change over years and the diversity of life on Earth. Although it is generally accepted by the scientific community, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has been studied and debated for several decades. In 1859, Darwin published On The Origin of Species, which introduced the idea of evolutionary thought which he supported with evidence of one type of evolutionary mechanism, natural selection. Some of the main mechanisms of evolution are natural selection, mutation, and genetic drift. The idea that all life on Earth shares a common ancestor has been around for
"The Most Dangerous Game" is about Sanger Rainsford, a big game hunter the type that hunts elephants, tiger, lion, jaguars,etc. Rainsford is traveling to the Amazon by a huge yacht. He falls overboard and finds himself stranded on an island nicknamed Ship Trap Island.While he gets trapped on the island Rainsford finds a large dark castle with gargoyles all around it where Ivan a deaf and dumb assistant to the antagonist, and General Zaroff the main antagonist a hunting connoisseur, live. Rainsford comes to the door asking for help and they take Rainsford in and feed and clothe him. It is around this time he soon learns that if he wants to leave, he must win a game where he is the hunted, "The Most Dangerous Game"! During the game, Rainsford must survive for three days on the island away from General Zaroff. Over the course of the game, sets three traps to try and out smart the general, Ivan, and his bloodthirsty hounds. Towards the end of the story, Rainsford stuck in a rough corner and jumps off a cliff into the sea. He survives the fall and waits for Zaroff in his house and kills him Zaroff.
Aristotle’s analysis of metaphysics accurately describes the theory of knowledge, desire, and experience. Aristotle calls this his “first philosophy” and it reveals the true understanding of life and how it’s explained. Aristotle was Plato’s prized student, but Aristotle has a different point of view from Plato. I find Aristotle’s philosophy very interesting and fascinating so that is why I will be going more in depth into his theory. Aristotle rejected the idea of Plato’s “Theory of the forms” which started that the essence of an object existed apart from that object. Plato believed that physical things were representations of perfect forms that existed in another form of reality. Aristotle thought the essence of an object existed in itself. Aristotle thought the best way to gain knowledge was through natural philosophy, which is now known today as sciences. Aristotle claims that everything is made up of the five elements, which explains the matter of change in nature such as natural disasters. With the essence of nature around us we use that to our advantage to create new arts. Aristotle quotes “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance”. Arts are created by knowledge therefore arts are complex. What Aristotle means by “arts” is the realization in the external form of a true idea. New arts are created every day and they get more and more advanced. The new arts we create are naturally admired by man,