Friedrich Nietzsche

Hesse Analysis Paper Kera Kojima UCOR 1410: Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud Dr. Kangas November 22, 2014 Since the beginning of the novel we see evidence of Haller’s suicidal tendencies, it is not caused by depression, but by his obsessive animosity of the bourgeois. He states, "For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of…

Based on one of Friedrich Nietzsche's most distinguished philosophy books ever written during the 18th century, he develops a new philosophical ideal. In the book "Beyond Good and Evil," Nietzsche inquires a philosophy of the future for "free spirits". Nietzsche describes the distinct species of a philosopher, the "free spirits" and contrasts dogmatism with the true free spirits. Through all of this, Conard argued that Bart Simpson was not Nietzsche's ideal while, on the contrary, Felder argues…

Friedrich Nietzsche and Soren Kierkegaard were both highly respected philosophers; Nietzsche for his influences in the Nazi movement and Kierkegaard for his pseudonymous writings. Although they both opposed Christianity, their oppositions were quite different. Nietzsche despised the entire idea of Christianity, whereas Kierkegaard disliked the westernization of the Religion. While Kierkegaard sought to return Christianity to its origins and de-westernize it, Nietzsche sought to remove it from…

During the reading of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, I was often shocked by how misogynistic Nietzsche appeared. His declarations and defamations of women caused a great amount of discomfort while reading as I am a strong feminist and Nietzsche was apparently my nemesis. Throughout Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche offers several witty aphorisms pertaining to women such as “compare man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not have the genius for finery if she did not have…

Kant claims that those who are debt free are the happiest because they are also guilt free. Friedrich Nietzsche moral theory are two; master and slave morality. In both theories he points out that the happy people are the noble because they have what they want and have power over the common. The common are filled with hatred and resentment therefore, their happiness comes in the afterlife. Kant and Nietzsche view on happiness both…

good deal of insight into the character of Gatsby — him seeming to be a very popular and successful man from a questionable background is revealed to have come into effect from being a calculated, perfected idea. Man, as German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche proposed, is something to be surpassed. Gatz had determined the concept for whom he would be, and this…

division is the main issue Raskolnikov deals with. He wants to move from one subset to another, and in doing so, he has no regard for anyone else but himself. This disregard for societal norms and boundaries is what brings the comparison full circle. Nietzsche argues that the “ordinary” will do whatever is necessary to move up that social ladder; only focused on self-gratification. This is much like Raskolnikov in how, refusing help from others, he makes the decision to advance on his own. This…

Both Jean Paul-Sartre and Friedrich Nietzsche are considered as existentialists whose philosophies share some important characteristics. Although Sartre illustrates how to make a truly moral decision, and Nietzsche presents how to become a true individual, they both make an attempt to replace traditional morality with their belief of authenticity. “You’re free, choose, that is, invent” said Sartre, showing his idea on how he thinks we should make decisions. In this essay, I will compare the…

the renowned German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche has and continues to be a controversial topic of philosophical thought to date. While Nietzsche’s will to power describes what he may have believed to be the main, overemphasizing, driving force in humans, what can we make of not only Nietzsche’s doctrine of “will to power” but also how would Nietzsche view the controversial opinion of Scottie Nell Hughes in the most recent Presidential election? While Nietzsche himself is long deceased,…

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche remains very misunderstood because of his mental condition and his writings. Even the translation from German to other languages (English, French, or Spanish) creates difficulties because Nietzsche meaning is complex. He was influenced many authors, thinkers, and philosophers like Arthur Schopenhauer, Immanuel Kant, and Voltaire. His ethics came at a time where Germany was an influence on the world, but not a superpower and Judeo-Christian morals were…