The Life & Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche :: Biographies Biographical Essays

The Life & Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche Philosophy Class strive Born 1844. Rocken, Germany Died 1900. Weimar,Germany Major Works The Gay Science (1882), Thus radius Zarathustra(1883-1885), Beyond Good & Evil (1886), On the Genealogy of Morals (1887), major IDEAS Self deception is a particularly destructive characteristic of westernmost Culture. Life is The Will To Power our natural desire is todominate and reshape the world to fit our aver preferences and assert ourpersonal strength to the fullest full stop possible. Struggle, through whichindividuals achieve a degree of power commensurate with their abilities,is the underlying fact of human existence. Ideals of human equality perpetuatemediocrity -- a truth that has been distorted and concealed by modern measure out systems. Christian godliness, which identifies goodness with meeknessand servility is the prime culprit in creating a cultural climate thatthwarts the drive for excellence and self realization div inity fudge is dead a newera of human creativity and effect is at hand.-- Great Thinkers In The Western World. By Ian P. McGreal, 1992PREFACE often information is available on Mr. Friedrich Nietzsche, including manybooks that he wrote himself, during his philosophical career. I took thisas a good sign I would find a fountain of enlightened material produced bythe man. Ive had to go through a bit of my own philosophical meditationsto put my own value judgements aside, and genuinely look for the contributionsNietzsche gave to philosophy. Much of my understanding came only after Ihad a grasp of Neitzsches history therefore, I encourage you to read-upon his history in the beginning diving into his philosophy (see Appendix I). Themodern Westerner might discord with every aspect of his philosophy, butthere are many things 1 must unfortunately admit are true (only if youput your morality aside). So, from here, I will present hiscontributions to philosophy, and do my best to delete my own opinions,other than to say that he was not the chosen topic of this report card out ofany admiration.THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHESometimes philosophy is called timeless, implying that its lessons areof value to any generation. This may be hard to see in Nietzsches give-up the ghostbut, we are assured that it was appropriate thought for his time. However,even Nietzsches critics admit that his oral communication hold an undeniable truth, ashard as it is to accept. Perhaps this is wherefore his work is timeless, andhas survived 150 years in print.