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as falsely inferred, would have good reason in the end to become distrustful of all thinking" (Nietzsche 821). Those who wished a...

knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...

he had the same words of contempt. Under an absolute monarchy, he believed, the military or law-enforcing caste was unduly exalte...

lead to irrational ends (Lear, 1995). For Freud who used psychoanalysis to try and account for human irrationality it was determi...

discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...

identifies Schopenhauers most distinctive contribution to philosophy as his "insistence that Will is more basic than thought to bo...

something in Platos morality which does not really belong to Plato but is only to be met with in his philosophy, one might say in ...

the true nature of man and the meaning of individuality. In looking at Nietzsches works, one can see that he sees individuality a...

In the context of a greater philosophy perhaps, a philosopher says what he thinks. Yet, he is unwittingly part of a grand plan. Wh...

Zarathustra begins as follows: "When Zarathustra was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into th...

reference regarding a camel fitting through the eye of the needle. Certainly, Nietzsche did not mean to suggest anything beyond th...

all that man can know, as well for the conduct of his life as for the preservation of his health and the discovery of all the arts...

aside and did not dig any deeper--there is also something suspicious in it." " (Nietzsche 257). It is here that the philosopher im...

for Life," commenting that ...we must seriously despise instruction without vitality, knowledge which enervates activity, and his...

and philosophy have looked at such issues. Some contemporary philosophers claim that all things are really comprised of energy and...

In five pages this paper evaluates the self alienation philosophies of Nietzsche and Marx. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...

In thirteen pages this paper considers the Eternal Return of Nietzsche in a consideration of theoretical meaning. Seven sources a...

or good enough. This individual does not say they have gone out of their way for another, nor have they claimed that they have sto...

benevolent and living God who is infinite in a myriad of ways. Because God is deemed to be dead, Nietzsche sees it necessary fo...

the sense of with aristocratic soul" (Nietzsche, 2002). This development occurred simultaneously with its polar opposite, by whic...

core of humanitys lack of individualism and blind willingness to be part of what he referred to as "the herd." In Nietzsches opini...

In twelve pages this report examines how according to Nietzsche, the destructiveness of Western religion can inhibit the creation ...

In five pages this paper examines what conditions the German philosopher established pertaining to the human need for happiness as...

of drives," not all of which are conscious and some of which are not, strictly speaking, even rational (Zuckert 87). In "The Birth...

"herd." The noble man, according to Nietzsche, follows the morality of one who is a master of others. As master, he is who determ...

upon expressing an objective truth. For example, approving of an action and stating that the action is right can be construed as ...

In five pages this paper considers the similarities between Irvin Yalom's When Nietzsche Wept and Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. ...

In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...

In eight pages Nietzsche's works are examined with the primary focus being Thus Spake Zarathustra. Five sources are cited in the ...

In five pages this paper examines the work's 3rd essay in a consideration of such issues as asceticism, religion, and mental illne...