Friedrich Bayer

In Grendel by John Gardner, twelve philosophies are connected to each one of the twelve chapters in the novel. These philosophies are all ‘coats’ that the main character, Grendel, “tries on” to see if he truly aligns and believes in the philosophy. Similarly, I, throughout my fifteen years of living, have “tried on” coats of philosophies and align specifically with parts of two philosophies present in Grendel: Empiricism and the philosophy of Nietzsche. Empiricism is the philosophy that professes

Thomas More’s Utopia and Friedrich Engels Condition of the Working Class in England as two books provide extensive detail as well as insight on how societies and economies functioned earlier on throughout times. These books provide us with ideas that are still functionally applicable when we look to critique our current society and world economic system. They bring to attention what factors are paramount in the corruption and provide solutions that could aim to prevent or alter these societal ills

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

The Postbellum Southern Disillusionment in “Wash” According to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, exercising and expanding one’s personal power is “all that one wants” (Nietzsche 36). He argues that “we hurt those to whom we need to make our power perceptible, [and] we benefit and show benevolence toward those who already depend on us in some way” (36). Per this logic, individuals who exhibit generosity feel content with their current influence on the world while those who act injuriously

documents that we looked into that really spoke to the true meaning of freedom and capitalism lays with Friedrich Hayek’s work in The Road to Serfdom, The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, and the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. All three works focus on capitalism and freedom but everyone has a different view of what those look like to them. Starting with The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek, we see that socialism is only possible if freedom is taken into account. WIthout focusing

philosophy and form of government that has been used all over the world. It was created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. For the most part it has failed to build stable and prosperous nations. What factors caused communism to fail? Can we identify those factors and avoid it entirely? We must try to, and preserve our successful form of government. The creators of communism are Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818 into a well off German family. He eventually attended university

Capitalism is an economic system in which investment, production, distribution and exchange of wealth is maintained by private individuals. German Philosopher, Karl Marx is capitalism’s most famous critic. Karl Marx was a journalist who wrote many books and articles about capitalism. Marx viewed capitalism as eventually leading into a socialist society. Socialism is an economic system with investment, production, distribution and exchange of wealth. Marx believed that under a capitalist economy,

In the novel “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, the theory of Existentialism can be easily seen through various key components. Existentialism is a philosophy that accentuates an individual’s existence as a free being who is entirely responsible for the choices they make. It questions the human existence and whether there is any purpose of living; it is a notion that declares that an individual must define their own meaning in life and attempt to make rational decisions while existing in an irrational

Analysis of “Helft mir, ihr Schwestern” “Helft mir, ihr Schwestern” is song number five from Robert Schumann’s song cycle Frauenliebe und –leben. The song cycle was set to the text of a poem cycle of the same name by Adelbert von Chamisso. Each poem in the cycle provides a glimpse into the story of a woman falling in love with a man, getting engaged and married to him, getting pregnant and having a child, becoming a widow and finally sharing her life story with her granddaughter. At the time that

The preliminary step in this review is to establish the deeply subjective perspective the book is to be interpreted from. In the prologue, Walter Kaufmann articulates the austere truth that there are incessant potentialities open to humanity. As such, an individual’s comportment towards the subject matter presented in the text will possibly determine the depth and understanding of what Martin Buber is expressing. Moreover, in translating this edition, Kaufmann suggests that the predominant rationale