Nietzsche's Argumentative Analysis

This essay analyzes how Nietzsche’s and Epictetus’s work can be used to form a philosophical anecdote for the irrational rule of reasoning known as awfulizing. Awfulizing can be defined as perceiving a situation to be as bad as it possibly could be. Awfulizing can occur when a person begins to look at aspects of life in a negative way, which is considered an irrational way of thinking about a situation. For instance, when a friend or family member dies, theft, illness, injury, financial issues, etc. occur a person dealing with one of the specific issues would look at a situation and only focus on negative things like the struggles it will cause and the negative side effects. However, there are some positive things that can be taken away from a negative situation that cannot be realized if a person is awfulizing. For this reason among other reasons philosophical anecdotes are mentioned with the irrational rules of reasoning. Philosophical anecdotes have the potential to help a person overcome and transcend a cardinal fallacy such as awfulizing. This is important because it can help a person turn a negative mindset into something positive that will enhance the persons perspective on a given situation and life.
This essay defends the thesis that Nietzsche and Epictetus both …show more content…
Both argue ways that a person could take awfulizing which is the cardinal fallacy or irrational rule of reasoning and transcend it into something positive that will result in a better outlook on their current situation. This essay defends the thesis both authors offer very accurate philosophical anecdotes pertaining to awfulizing including turning misfortune into triumph, suffering provides strength and knowledge, suffering can cause a new direction in life, comparing a bad situation to the ways it could be worse and it is not the situation that causes distress, but how we think about