Friedrich Wieck

Kafka’s story "In the Penal Colony" - as a symbolic historical meditation on the origins of punishment, can be demonstrated by comparing certain aspects of this story to Nietzsche’s essay "On the Genealogy of Morals" - which offers a historical account of the origins of punishment and justice. Nietzsche’s essay discusses how humans transform from pre-civilized, e.g., humans in their primal state with little regard for social-obligations; to civilized, e.g., those who comply and conform to the…

In the article “Good and Evil, Good and Bad” Friedrich Nietzsche argues that morality emerges when ressentiment becomes creative and begins to have values. He claims that ressentiment comes from the “slaves revolt” and that the nobles are the ones that have complete power. Society is very predictable; you are free to make your own future and that is called “conscience” but Nietzsche flips that around and it become “bad conscience” along with the feeling of guilt which comes from the relationship…

The periscope of interest for this paper is Friedrich Nietzsche’s article, “On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense.” Nietzsche was categorized as a post-modern philosopher who, through his works, had a tremendous influence on Western philosophy. The particular piece of writing discussed here deals with the relationship that human language has on the formation of truths and lies. The meaning behind the text, if true, essentially makes us rethink everything we think we know. “On Truth and Lies…

The Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels is a well-known political piece of writing. It’s been around since the late 1850`s and has contributed to revolutions around the world based off the message it conveys to the readers. The writing of Marx and Engels attempts to enlighten and mobilize readers who feel their message is true against a certain group of people. Marx and Engels openly explain the problems with capitalism and how there has been a huge gap between social…

Karl Mark and Friedrich Engels were well known German philosophers who worked together throughout their entire adult lives, and who were regarded as the founders of the socio-economical ideology called “Marxism”. Among their many influential written pieces was the infamous pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto, which set out to explain why they believed a communist revolution was bound to happen. They argued that the foundation of any society’s political and intellectual history is the economic…

Bergson: Time, Memory and Modernism Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay Henri Bergson (1859 – 1941) was a French philosopher whose philosophy had a marked influence on later 19th century poetry and also on 20th century modernist thought. In my presentation, I will outline in brief Bergson’s key philosophical thoughts and how they influenced modernist literature. Bergson maintained that in animals, evolution caused a division between the instinct and the intellect. Although the two are not exclusive of…

Jaffe, Michael Mr. Scott Morse Personal Development Planning (BRM4007) 16th April, 2016 The Abyss It is said that we become our fixations; According to Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, “If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” (Aphorism 146). While Nietzsche is talking about monsters, I for one find that this reflective action can provide insights both meaningful and practical. The most accessible source of information to anyone is oneself; Thus I propose that…

3. ANALYSIS Based on Marx’s concepts in Marxist criticisms written in the theoretical framework above, the Marxism of the necklace will be analyzed. 3.1 Economic Power in “The Necklace” “The Necklace” short story gives us clear image about society in which the distribution of goods are unfair. Mathilde described as a woman who has no skill or even commodity to sell for. She has only beautiful face and appearance that she uses to attract her husband who has similar status to her. She has no…

1.2 Yalom’s model of existential psychotherapy Yalom believed life has arisen from random events, we are finite and we are responsible for our own destiny (Yalom, 2008), and he identified “four ultimate concerns” as the key to all human existence; death, freedom, isolation and meaningless, and stated, “The individual’s confrontation with these facts of life constitutes the content of the existential dynamic conflict” (Yalom, 1980 p. 8). Death is the central part of Yalom’s philosophy, as we are…

Douglass once said- “Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.” In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 knowledge is taken away from society through censorship. Throughout the book the main character is Montag, who collects books and knowledge soon he is forced to leave and he meets a group of intellectuals whose leader is Granger who was forced to leave for having books. We are still trying to prove the propriety of Grangers actions. Although Granger was risking his life he saw fit to help Montag, who is…