Explain this statement: Nietzsche critiques the Enlightenment ideal of progress through a critique of the "transcendental pretense" and its understanding of self and subjectivity.
2006-09-04 15:28:25 · 2 answers · asked by daffydil4_7 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
that is exactly how the question reads:
"please explain the following statement. Friedrich Nietzsche critiques the Enlightenment ideal of progress ..."
2006-09-04 17:44:18 · update #1
You can figure out this one by identifying your terms, I think. Let's take it apart:
transcendental: in Kantian philosophy : of or relating to experience as determined by the mind's makeup
pretense: false show.
So, Nietzsche is showing how the emphasis on rationalism and the rejection of traditional social, political and religious ideas is incorrect or off base through illustration of the falseness of Kant's philosophy, wherein the attempt to know the self or subjectivity is just pretense.
It helps me to remember Nietzsche's view of art in this context, as it connects things for me. He valued a return to the classical greek (or even before) in which he saw the Dionysian being superior to the Appollonian.
2006-09-04 17:17:45 · answer #1 · answered by diasporas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you've given us a complete statement. And you switched the subject around of the sentence or given us an incomplete sentence that doesn't make much sense. Remember, we didn't read the entire paragraph or page.
What is the subject "its" referring to? Would that be the transcendental pretense or the Enlightenment Ideal? It would help if you would give us a little help up on what these two subjects mean, or are, or refer to.
Or do you remember every statement made in every book you read when you were 12, including definitions?
2006-09-04 23:03:58 · answer #2 · answered by dredude52 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋