Friedrich Nietzsche discussion

[Karem-Knight]

"God is Dead. And we have killed him."

One of the most important philosophers of the nineteenth century and his ideas and works still have a major influence on the world today. I have noticed some people on the Hype acknowledging Nietzsche's work and decided to have a thread where we can discuss the man's philosophy and ideas.

I've nearly finished Thus Spoke Zarathustra and have ordered Beyond Good and Evil expecting for it to arrive in the mail sometime soon.

 

[Karem-Knight]

Anyone?

 

[Sentinel X]

I read some of his stuff in one of my classes but I read a bit about so many philosophers that I forgot which philosophy belonged to who...heh. Didn't he write about a social contract and how a governement is absolutely necessary for decent human life?

or was it exestentialism? *tries to remember*

 

[Venomfan]

there is a wall that has this spray painted on it

God is Dead - Nitzsche
Nitzsche is dead - God

 

[Liquid Snake]

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Nietzche's words especially in that piece about the noble character was a Pandora's box for the world.

His words were dangerous in that era and taken out of context like crazy, but you could see some method to his madness. To me, without knowing about his biography, I could figure out he hated Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, Islam), he glorified European thought and reasoning and hated the common worker as untrustworthy people who were cowards and needed to be governed by someone who was of noble character.

 

[Liquid Snake]

He didn't hate Abrahamic religions; he quite liked Islam and the Old Testament. He didn't "glorify" European thought and reasoning. The people he was most critical of were the Europeans themselves, everyone from Spencer, Darwin, Marx etc.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

He didn't hate Abrahamic religions; he quite liked Islam and the Old Testament. He didn't "glorify" European thought and reasoning. The people he was most critical of were the Europeans themselves, everyone from Spencer, Darwin, Marx etc.

Wasnt he an Athiest? The work I read in a literature class had to do with the theme of 'slave mentality' and the noble character.

 

[Liquid Snake]

Haha....Yes he was a staunch atheist all his life. Most of his writing is focused on the problems and origin of morality. Even though he was not a "technical" or academic philosopher he was a great writer and some of his ideas were very influential among artists at the turn of the century.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Not to mention Hitler.

 

[Karem-Knight]

Not to mention Hitler.

To be fair, his sister did edit most of his texts to make them seem like they were in favour of Nazi belief's. Also, Nietzsche was a very harsh critique to anti-Semitism.

 

[Lighthouse]

Epic win.

 

[titan101]