Nietzche
Friedrich Nietzche, a 19th century German philosopher and writer, was one of the most influential modern thinkers. He was the first major thinker to take seriously the full implications of the historical critique and to apply it to all of a culture's most cherished possessions. He attempted to unmask the root motives that underlie traditional Western religion, morality and philosophy while at the same time creating a deep impact affecting generations of thought and practice by many theologians, philosophers and psychologists. He was a talented intellectual who was criticized by many during his heyday, but this did not prevent him from launching some of the most well written works in history. With his ability to write in various styles he often disguised what his true intentions were in many of his works. Nietzche was heavily criticized by many for his radical views on morality and how the individual needed to reevaluate the values that they possess. He was also criticized for his social and cultural beliefs because they were thought to be an attack on democratic ideas and in a sense, a support of German-Nazism and Communism. Furthermore, he was also criticized for his views on Christianity and his radical thought that "
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Morgan, Vance. An Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Philosophy. 3rd Edition. Fort Worth. 1998. Pp.237-251 Nietzche was concerned with the belief in a supreme being which no longer existed in European Christianity in his eyes. Traditionally, people's values are based upon what their religious principles and morals are, but these morals can only be taken so far since many religions deny the very passions that Nietzche was looking for. Therefore, religion was imposing values on people, even though the values may have been contrary to what the individual was looking for, the values were bestowed upon them as belief and had been killed by the believers themselves. Without reevaluating one's personal values and balancing the forces of reason and passion, then one could not be in control of the inner-self and have the "will to power" to rise up and become the stronger "superman".
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