Layne Johnson Dr. Scott Austin PHIL 251-502 December 6‚ 2011 Nietzsche and the Ascetic Ideal According to Friedrich Nietzsche in his third essay of “On the Genealogy of Morals” the ascetic ideal is nothing more than a false sense of moral codes and boundaries set to fill what would be an otherwise void part of the human mind. Nietzsche believes that any true philosopher will reject the notion of ascetic ideals as a creation of the misguided masses of society. He believed that to make sense of
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Bacon’s “The Four Idols” Bacon’s “The Four Idols” is about the reasoning behind our difficulties in understanding the world around us. Bacon describes four types of idols which are the idols of the Tribe; the second‚ idols of the Cave; the third‚ idols of the Marketplace‚ and the fourth‚ idols of the Theatre‚ which in his point of view are natural features of human nature that are common to us all. In order to improve our understanding of the world‚ we as individuals need see things in the correct
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In the article “That’s Entertainment? Hollywood’s Contribution to Anti-Americanism Abroad” (2002)‚ author Michael Medved argues about the histrionic representation of American values in its pop culture and ensuing global antagonism towards the nation. The author’s alma mater includes Yale University‚ from where he obtained a degree in American History. His career encompasses three decades as a talk show host‚ author‚ political commentator and film critic. Moreover‚ he has participated in political
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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‚ a number of prima facie objections to their theories will be examined‚ and I will argue that Nietzsche goes
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Mistry’s short story “Of White Hairs and Cricket” and in Anita Desai’s short story “Games at Twilight‚” the protagonists both experience childhood differently‚ but they arrive at the same conclusion about their insignificance. Both narrators talk about how making independent choices can be both harmful and protective‚ but maintaining strong family relationships is crucial. Though the narrator in “Games at Twilight” is younger than the narrator in “Of White Hairs and Cricket”‚ they both face similar situations
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In Thomas Nagel’s essay titled “The Objective Basis of Morality”‚ Nagel claims that “[t]he basis of morality is a belief that good and harm to particular people (or animals) is good or bad not just from their point of view‚ but from a more general point of view‚ which every thinking person can understand” (Nagel 124). When applying this theory to the immorality of the price of higher education‚ it can be argued that making college so expensive is immoral because any thinking person can see it is
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Morality and ethics create the bridge between the savage and rational side of each human being. With the intent of explaining morality‚ Pojman displays three different types of ethical backgrounds. The first being ethical relativism which states that an individual’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of the person’s own culture. This idea explains whether or not morality is only a fragment of a person’s cultural norm instead of anything truly universal. For example‚ in
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It was quite debated how this should take place with one of the major spots of contention being the native use of idols. There two sides to the idol discussion in the Spanish colonies‚ the first was that all idols should be completely annihilated‚ which clergymen like Pablo José Arriaga supported; the other half of the debate was that the natives should be allowed to keep their idols and implement or syncretize them into their christian faith‚ this side being supported by the like of Fransisco Poma
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Nietzsche‚ Birth of Tragedy In Friedrich Nietzsche’s work The Birth of Tragedy‚ he argues that during the times of the ancient Greeks the artistic fusion between the Apollonian way of thinking and the Dionysian way of thinking lead to the creation of the greatest works of tragic art and music. Nietzsche believes that society needs to develop a new art form that recognizes the balance between the apollonian and Dionysian influence to reaffirm human existence. Nietzsche uses the Greek Gods‚ Apollo
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forgiveness in him and for they even ask him to give them happiness. So when most people hear the phrase “God is dead” they laugh it off and continue with their day. But this gave birth to a new worldview in which God is not at the center. Friedrich Nietzsche is the one who coined the phrase in his text “The Madman”. This worldview describes that once we realize that God is dead and that we are the ones who killed him‚ we will pave the way for a better future for the generations to come. When the madman
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