freedom. I will compare J.S. Mill’s views on the social function of freedom with that of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s characters from both‚ the novel Notes From Underground and the excerpt; The Grand Inquisitor‚ also drawing supplementary arguments from Friedrich Nietzsche‚ while expressing my views alongside. Mill’s core assumption of man is that he is a rational being who will strive to maximize his own utility. “I regard utility as the ultimate appeal… on the permanent interests of man as a progressive
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we have described many things and called them into scrutiny and this act of thorough observation has brought transparency to our senses. The soul‚ also known as the subject‚ has been questioned and attempted to be defined by German philosopher‚ Friedrich Nietzsche‚ in his 1887 work entitled “On the Genealogy of Morality.” The heart of the problems Nietzsche pursues lie within each subjects’ understanding of their origin of thought. Nietzsche examines the origins of Western morality and begins his
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In the first essay of The Genealogy of Morals Friedrich Nietzsche addresses two types of opposing morality: those of the masters‚ and those of the slaves. Inherently‚ such a characterization carries with it the stigmatic impression of inequality. Rather than attempting to remedy this imbalance‚ Nietzsche both celebrates aristocratic values of master morality and laments their steady disappearance from the west. When comparing these two moralities‚ Nietzsche’s preference is clear. Nietzsche describes
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by describing how intellectual activities are being replaced by technology‚ the development of the “one best method”‚ and Google’s motive to make the internet more accessible. Carr begins his essay with the example of Friedrich Nietzsche and his story of the typewriter. Friedrich Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher‚ poet‚ composer‚ and classical philologist. He suffered from dementia after becoming paralyzed from a stroke. Losing his ability to write by hand‚ Nietzsche bought a typewriter
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Lucie Samarkova Professor Wing English 105 Feb. 16th 2014 Essay #1 Friedrich Schiller: Ode to joy In this essay I will be examining “Ode to Joy” by Schiller‚ the part which was used by Beethoven as lyrics for his famous Ninth symphony. Definition of “ode’ is a poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for something‚ in this case for joy. In his fairly straightforward poem‚ Schiller wants to create a feeling and appreciation for
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Hegelians‚ then as editor of a newspaper suppressed for its derisive social and political content‚ preempted any career aspirations in academia and forced him to flee to Paris in 1843. It was then that Marx cemented his lifelong friendship with Friedrich Engels. In 1849 Marx moved to London‚ where he continued to study and write‚ drawing heavily on works by David Ricardo and Adam Smith. Marx died in London in 1883 in somewhat impoverished surroundings. Most of his adult life‚ he relied on Engels
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The Communist Manifesto‚ published in 1848 after commission by the Communist League‚ was a revolutionary political manuscript that served to both outline the goals of Communism and articulate beliefs that would later define Marxism. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels‚ two German philosophers and political theorists‚ worked together to create a criticism of the class struggles and emerging capitalist economy produced by the Industrial Revolution. By addressing the increasing wealth gap between the bourgeoisie
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Issue 1: Can Capitalism Lead to Human Happiness? This issue consists of supporting and opposing arguments. Adam Smith explains the supporting argument; and Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels jointly explain the opposing arguments; all well known philosophers. The debate at hand is whether the capitalism economic system or communism economic system provides the most contentment to people. Adam Smith: YES Smith argues‚ ”If we will but leave self-interested people to seek their own advantage‚ the
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And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves‚ the murderers of all murderers?” (Nietzsche‚ 1882‚ 1887‚ s. 125).This is one of many renowned and influential quotes devised by the prolific German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A lover of Greek myths and a philologist by trade‚ Nietzsche expounded his controversial philosophy with an iron fist criticizing Platonism‚ Christianity and other popular forms of thought as anesthetising and suppressing the instinctual
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In “Beyond Good & Evil”‚ Friedrich Nietzsche analyzes the role of a figure he creates called the Free Spirit. In today’s technological day and age‚ the world is filled with followers and people who simply go with the grain as opposed to going against it and forgoing what everyone else is doing. On the off hand‚ those who do go against the crowd evidently stand out‚ and arguably‚ they live a better life in search of their own greatness as opposed to the concept of the ‘common good’. In the book‚ the
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