Sigmund Freud?... Friedrich Nietzsche?...Rene Descartes?

Question

I have already asked this.... I know...but not getting many responses... what do u think about any one of these thinkers' theories and/or thoughts...Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Freud...sex is why we gamble...sex is why we breathe....sex is why we give birth. Some people thing that Freud plases a lot of emphasis on sex...personally that is what I liked about him....it was his idea of the Id Ego and superEgo that formed the basis for modern psychotherapy, not too bad for a guy that was afraid of his patients, that's where the whol lying on a couch with the therapist sitting near the head came from...he had some intersting ideas although he whole theory on penis envy I think was gong a little far, but then for the time he was working in, what else could we expect.

Nietzsche: That which does not kill us makes us storonger. Possibly. He was the original Nihilist and exestentialist. He did say that God is dead and we killed him. He was refereing to the shift in society away from the unwavering morality of religion as it had been and moving toward a more human-centric idea. Less spiritual and more material, and he was right...mankind AS moved so far in that direction that any that are seen as attmepting to recover that lost spirituality are dismissed as fanatics. He hti the nail right on the head, an no one listened.

Rene Descartes. He was in a bar and the bartender asked if he wanted a nother beer. He said "I think not" and disappeared. Okay, all sillyness aside...his ideas on the nature of human thought as it related to human existance were greoundbreaking at the time. Even now some of his ideas are still hotly debated and still considered cutting edge. It dies make on wonder though, if existance is based on self awareness, then do inanimate objects have self-awareness, or do they only exist because we think they do. Very esoteric, very practical...very interesting as to the nature of thought shaping reality and just how far that can go.

All three had slightly differnt ideas on the place of the human in the universe. Freud thought that we were the product of the universe, Nietzsche though that we were a part of the process, and Descarte though that we were responsible for it in some way by our awareness of it...none of them completely right...but none of them completely wrong either....like a three edged blade....

Answer 2

Perhaps you are not getting many responses because you have picked three irrelevant losers as a topic of discussion. To the dismissive point.

Sigmund Freud: Empiricist

Friedrich Nietzsche: Nihilist

Rene Descartes: Dualist

Sorry to be so abrupt, but as a scientist I have little use for these three.

Answer 3

Absolute geniouses... I don't know much about Descartes. I know that he came up with rather comical sayings, I dont know his theories. As a matter of fact, i know this might sound insane, but I agree with most of their beliefs. Why not be jealous of cows? Not a cow in particular, I would prefer a more mobile animal... Freud believed like the ancient Greeks, everyone falls in love with women, women are beauty incarnate. The idea of something like sexual desires at the age of 3 is not off the wall, most animals ummm... anyways. Besides, it would be impossible or unethical to disproove his Oedipal complex theory.

Answer 4

You'd get more answers if you asked these questions individually. To answer this, one must have a somewhat solid opinion on all three, and most people don't. Anyway, I'll be brief.

Freud's reputation for being a pervert is undeserved. If people would actually read his definitions of immature sexual impulses and activity, they wouldn't defame the guy by declaring that Freudians believe every child wants to have sex with his or her opposite-sex parent.

I've never been able to read much of Nietzsche. He explored interesting philosophical problems, and I'm intrigued by the bottom line, but his writing (or perhaps just the translation I've read) is painfully dull.

Descartes was a multifaceted genius, but at least philosophically, his agenda got in the way. He asserted remarkable proofs for what was always simply assumed, but carried them too far. I can't and don't believe he didn't see the holes in his later work; according to the sources I've read, he was motivated by reasons less pure than pursuit of truth. I can't revoke my respect because of this, but it is troubling.

Answer 5

Freud was addicted to cocaine and in love with his mother... Nietzsche said God is dead... the other i am not familiar with so no comment there strangely though i am a fan of Freud's work

Answer 6

It was Nietzsche who said 'God is dead, and we killed him,' wasn't it? I find him quite interesting. I know less about Descartes--'I think, therefore I am,' correct? Freud seemed a little preoccupied with sexual/bodily function matters, but fascinating nonetheless.

Answer 7

i will write about Sigmund Freud.
i read his theory and i observed the behavior of people and i think he has a point although it's ugly but the truth is just like that most of the times