Similarities Between Aristotle And Nietzsche

Both Aristotle and Nietzsche’s philosophies impacted the entire study of philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche faced many criticisms during his time on earth and continues to be the face of unique and adverse ways of thinking. Starting off, Nietzsche and Aristotle “saw the ability of the Greek tragedy to transform human understand” (Mitchell 328). Moreover, Aristotle was often pegged as going off the track by not following and often challenging the lessons taught by his teacher, Plato. However, Aristotle did so respectfully and respected the opinions of his teacher. Additionally, Nietzsche’s divergence and matchless philosophy proves further that Aristotle’s view on ethics is reasonable and logically more sound because of the overall respect and …show more content…
Nietzsche thinks in a much more negative and would likely believe that Aristotle’s views on happiness are unrealistic and do not allow for hardship and suffering to generate and allow one to develop. Overall, Aristotle’s statements about happiness are more widely accepted as they should because of their positivity and validity in the lives of everyday, virtuous …show more content…
Dating back to the early days of Greek philosophy, Aristotle respectfully awaiting the death of his teacher before teaching his own viewpoints to the masses. In doing so, Aristotle not only gained respect from his peers, but allowed the people of the time to have a general understanding of Plato before Aristotle came in with a philosophy that may have been deemed radical at the time. Nietzsche came in to aggressive and his ideas were too different and extreme to be considered logically by his peers and those studying philosophy. However, Nietzsche followed partly in Aristotle’s footsteps in his recognition of change needing to occur and being willing to put himself on the line for other viewpoints to be