Nietzsche believed that to be moralistic is to be hypocritical. The textbook defines moralistic as‚ “Expressing commonplace moral sentiments that conflict with one’s behavior and equating moral sentimentality with virtuous living; a form of hypocrisy that resembles a reaction formation‚” (Soccio 16-5). Basically what Nietzsche was saying is that what our culture believes is morally right is not what people actually want. “In Nietzsche’s view‚ modernity is anti-life and anti-nature‚ and modern‚ Christianized
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On the Genealogy of Morality the word ‘ressentiment’ is possibly one of the key concepts in Nietzsche’s ideas about the psychology of ‘slave-morality’‚ the birth of morality‚ and the way it reassigned morality as we know it today. The word meaning itself is very close to the word resentment in English but is slightly different. The context in which Nietzsche uses the word ‘ressentiment’ is a psychological state of people that are conscious of their own inferiority and turn it to hatred towards external
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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 that separated
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address its importance. The overman is the ultimate self achievement by man‚ and according to Nietzsche this is the goal of all humanity. The overman is capable of creating new values; ones that he sets that are free of all outside influences. Through the story of Zarathustra‚ a prophet who descends from the mountains into the village after years of isolation to spread his teachings of the overman‚ Nietzsche uses Zarathustra as the protagonist to spread his ideas about the overman. “Behold‚ I teach
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Semantics are often overused in theoretical and ideological reviews or academic articles. This essay “Genealogy of Site Specificity” by Miwon Known was an example of confusing and repetitive semantic usage. Even the definition of site-specificity is complicated. I think the simplest definition would be that site-specific art is any artwork created to exist in a certain location and in which the artist takes the location into consideration while planning and creating the artwork‚ such as a sculpture’s
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theories‚ there are many ways to determine one’s identity. An identity can be shaped by the experiences we have in relation to other individuals‚ but the philosopher Nietzsche says the best way to determine ones identity is to remove yourself completely from society to fully understand one’s true identity. The Philosopher Nietzsche once wrote: “The individual has always had to work hard to avoid being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it‚ you will be lonely and sometimes frightened. But no price
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The rejection by existentialist writers of absolute moral values makes the construction of an existentialist morality a paradoxical task‚ but a task which nonetheless has been attempted by successive writers. Jean-Paul Sartre and Friedrich Nietzsche both attempted to replace traditional morality with an ethics based on authenticity. This essay will discuss some of the initial similarities in their approaches‚ and identify where and why their approaches diverge. In the course of this examination‚
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Running head: Nietzsche Header: Philosophy Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: Nietzsche Philosophizing with a Hammer. In philosophizing with a hammer‚ Friedrich Nietzsche meant that the assortment of stories that constitute the dominant representations of life and our world. This philosophy is brought
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If you have had limited or no exposure to genealogy and family history‚ the most difficult part of getting started is often knowing how and where to begin. Searching and documenting your family roots can be one of the most rewarding activities you will ever engage in... and frankly it can be quite addictive. Like most worthwhile activities‚ genealogy and family history require a modest level of commitment and dedication and a fair amount of patience. Here are a few ideas to get you started on the
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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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