who held that happiness should be valued as life’s highest good and that the best way to achieve it is to live in the moment. According to Epicureanism you cease to be with your death‚ this is a thread of thought further developed by Freidrich Nietzsche (1884-1900)‚ one of Kazantzakis greatest influences. The word Dionysian originated from Dionysus‚ the Greek god of wine. Dionysian nature is prominently associated with music and dance‚ and giving emotions free reign. These two philosophies are closely
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Cited: The portable‚ Nietzsche. Edited and translated by Walter Kaufmann.
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Caspar David Friedrich (September 5‚ 1774 – May 7‚ 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter‚ generally considered the most important German artist of his generation.[2] He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies‚ morning mists‚ barren trees or Gothic ruins. His primary interest as an artist was the contemplation of nature‚ and his often symbolic and anti-classical work seeks to convey a
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exist as servants or slaves to the interests of others. In the same way‚ others as well don’t exist as servants or slaves to a person’s own interests. Each person’s own life and happiness is his/her crucial end. Ayn Rand‚ Aristotle‚ and Frederick Nietzsche all had theories behind this‚ which was that Humans are innately selfish. Threw out society today all humans are selfish and it is proven by these philosophers that it is naturally developed and there is no cure to prevent it. Ayn Rand
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WRITING AN ESSAY IN VCE PHILOSOPHY Writing a philosophical essay is different from essay writing in many other disciplines. The aim of a philosophical essay is to defend a thesis‚ usually one which is fairly narrowly defined‚ through the presentation of reasons. A good philosophical essay will normally exhibit the following virtues: 1. Has a clear thesis 2. Has a clear argumentative structure 3. Presents reasons which support the thesis 4. Stays on topic 5. Examines
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Maggie Smith is a 21st century American poet and author. She received a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University and a MFA from Ohio State University. Besides being the author of Good Bones (Tupelo Press‚ 2017)‚ her other works were‚ The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Press‚ 2015)‚ and‚ “Lamp the Body (Red Hen Press‚ 2015). She has accumulated numerous writing awards‚ and has been a freelance writer‚ teacher and editor. She resides in Bexley‚ a suburb of Columbus‚ Ohio. (“Extending Bio”) Good Bones
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“The Ideal Person” Nietzsche’s Ubermensch concept of the “ideal person” was able to achieve self-actualization‚ and has developed himself holistically. What Nietzsche meant by achieving self-actualization was to achieve one’s full potential through creativity‚ independence‚ spontaneity‚ and a grasp on the real world. I see an ideal person as someone who surrounds themselves with happiness and love even with no money or fame. Most people consider the ideal person beautiful and rich. But as
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au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/pessimism/chapter1.html 6 Kierkegaard. "Chapter 3. Teleological Suspension of the Ethical." ( HYPERLINK "http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=2068" http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=2068 7 Nietzsche. Antichrist. ( HYPERLINK "http://www.fns.org.uk/ac.htm" http://www.fns.org.uk/ac.htm) 8 Camus. "An Absurd Reasoning." ( HYPERLINK "http://www.onelifellc.com/AN%20ABSURD%20REASONING.doc" http://www.onelifellc.com/AN%20ABSURD%20REASONING.doc)
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Nietzsche’s provocative and controversial statement “God is dead”. The underlying meaning to Nietzsche’s controversial statement is that empirical natural science has replaced metaphysical explanations of the world. As a result of this‚ according to Nietzsche we no longer have any sense of who and what we are as human beings. He concludes that no foundation exists anymore for the meaning and value of things. Nietzsche’s philosophy shines light on what film noir is. That is‚ an artistic response to‚ or
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This essay aims to analyse the representation of heaven and hell‚ both in form and content within Feodor Dostoevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ and John Donne selected poems. We will see that the characters experience hellish nightmares‚ torment and feelings of longing in order to deliver the humanist message: we are all connected and that despite our perceptions or ideas of transcendence‚ it our place amongst others that restores our humanity. Those that place themselves in the part of a “superman”
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