Nietzsche: God is dead
The Question: State your understanding of the philosophy of F. Nietzsche. What does he mean by saying "God is Dead"? Nietzsche's philosophy is that of a radical view as it calls for the complete reevaluation of morals and blatantly attacks the Judeo-Christian tradition in modern society. He believed one should dare to become who they are. In order to ascertain one's full potential as a human being, the ethic system of which by society runs, must be changed as it only hampers one's will to power. According to Nietzsche, philosophy is not the pursuit of truth, for there are no truths, only interpretations, instead it is an attempt on the creator's behalf to interpret reality in their favor. To illustrate this point he examines master morality as opposed to Master morality simply defined is a system of what is good and what is evil, set up by and based on those who have power. So it is not surprising that it would regard the attributes of a noble to be inherently good and those of a weaker peasant to be
justifies this statement on one end on the soul ground that religious clout has diminished is rid themselves of the constraints strewed upon them by Judeo-Christian beliefs and the human nature: Dionysus and Apollo. Dionysus representing rebellion, unity with life, the ------------------------------------------------------------------------ such as that of sympathy and equality. good and evil are reduced to good specimen and bad specimen. For example a good man is potent, healthy, and on top of his game as opposed to a bad man who would be diseased power and surrender to a value system that is irrelevant to our times would be decadent to that Nietzsche did not write his thoughts in the same format as other philosophers whose
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