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    89 ch. 10 3rd essay) "For an ascetic life is a self-contradiction: here an unparalleled ressentiment rules‚ that of an unfulfilled instinct and power-will which wants to be master‚ not over something in life‚ but over life itself and its deepest‚ strongest‚ most profound conditions." (p. 91 ch 11 3rd essay) "Allow me to present the real state

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    Nietzsche: the Conscience

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    Nietzsche: The Conscience In his second essay of the Geneaology of Morals‚ Nietzsche attempts to identify and explain the origin of the conscience. He does not adopt the view of the conscience that is accepted by the “English Psychologists”‚ such as Bentham‚ J. Mill‚ J.S. Mill and Hume‚ as the result of an innate moral feeling. Rather‚ it is his belief that the moral content of our conscience is formed during childhood under the influence of society. Nietzsche defines the conscience as an

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    peoples‚ (i.e.‚ poor‚ sick‚ etc.) Nietzsche paints a picture‚ essentially comparing how people of his time comparing religions‚ one better than another‚ in many cases just scapegoating Jews for the convenience of using that religion from a form of “ressentiment”. In other words‚ this type of thought can be derived from the master to slave morality‚ which Nietzsche focuses heavily on in this essay. Although‚ he states earlier that in a different form‚ it would be the priesthood despising the nobility.

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    Care Theory Compare and Contrast Paper Pamela Morales HCS 350 July 11‚ 2011 Care Theory Compare and Contrast Paper Jean Watson’s Theory of human caring is based on transpersonal relationships and developing a caring environment that offers the development potential while allowing the person to choose the best course of action. Through interactions with others we learn how to recognize ourselves in others. Watson believes that through these interactions humanity is preserved. John Paley’s article

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    are directly controversy to the other. He titles these two morals as the “slave morality” and the “noble morality.” In On the Genealogy of Morals‚ Nietzsche claims that when you have noble morality‚ slave morality quickly follows as a form of “ressentiment‚” his spelling of the word resentment. Therefore‚ according to Nietzsche‚ when there is a noble morality‚ which he describes as “The capacity for and duty of long drawn-out gratitude and revenge – both within the peer-group only –‚ finesse in retribution

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    Contemporary Civilizations Semester Long Review Sheet Rousseau: Discourse on Inequality: -Rousseau changes the question to : how can one know inequality without knowing man? -we must not consider man as he is now‚ deformed by society‚ but as he was in nature. -Progress drives man as a species further from its original condition in the state of nature. As knowledge increases‚ so our ignorance of the true nature of man increases -Rousseau next claims that he perceives two basic principles

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    For example when Smith was sitting in the backseat of the chevelle talking to Matthew Bishop‚ Smith replied "See‚ if you check that Bible of yours‚ you’ll find the world didn’t begin with love. It kicked off with killing and righteous hatred and ressentiment. Envy‚ I’m saying‚ is the Negro disease. We got the stain‚ the mark. Nothing else really explains our situation‚ as far as I can see... They make me sick‚ every one of ’em. See‚ I ain’t never been good at group-think. You ever notice how safe and

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    God Is Not Great Christopher Hitchens is the perfect example of an Atheist‚ and the perfect orator for it as well. Hitchens is extremely radical with his arguments and he has no problem telling other philosophers that their theories are wrong. Comparing Hitchens to those who have been called‚ “the founders of modern atheism”‚ is no easy task. Feuerbach‚ Marx‚ Freud‚ and Nietzsche do not hold views that are as radical and morose as Hitchens appears. When referring to the radical style Hitchens

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    Nietzsche on Buddhism

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    Nietzsche repeatedly refers to Buddhism as a decadent and nihilistic religion. It seems to be a textbook case of just what Nietzsche is out to remedy in human thinking. It devalues the world as illusory and merely apparent‚ instead looking to an underlying reality for value and meaning. Its stated goals seem to be negative and escapist‚ Nietzsche sometimes seems to praise certain aspects of Buddhist teaching—and some of his own core ideas bear a resemblance to Buddhist doctrine. What exactly is Nietzsche’s

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    In the eighteen hundreds two influential philosophers were born thirty eight years apart. Although John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Nietzsche’s lives overlapped; they both have different views regarding moral belief and the basis of morals in life. One aspect that sets these two philosophers apart is that while in London‚ Mill continued to fight for equal rights for women; the Germany resident‚ Nietzsche‚ believed that women were infinitely inferior to men. This‚ however‚ was not the only factor

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