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2007-01-27 12:33:06
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answer #1
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answered by bata4689 4
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This is a very involved question, that is if you understand the worldview of each of these men. I assume when you write St. Thomas you mean St. Thomas Aquinas.
The biggest difference between Nietzsche's philosophy and the philosophy of the others mentioned here is that Nietzsche's philosophy was a philosophy of absence rather than a philosophy of presence (called nihilism).
Augustine, Aquinas and Plato also believed in universals that guaranteed all meaning (transcendental signified, god etc). Nietzche, rejected the notion of universals and also believed in the extreme fallability of language to communicate "pure truth."
Also Augustine, Aquinas and Plato held to a virture based ethic/morality that often required the individual to be altruistic and sacrificial to some extent. Nietzche's ethic on the contrary, was rooted in something he called "the will to power." He believed it was ethical or right to exert your power over others. (Adolf Hilter based a lot of his views on Nietzhche's "will to power.")
Nietzche was also an existentialist. That would not be in line with the often logical/speculative philosophy of the others.
2007-01-27 21:07:49
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answered by dalek29 1
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“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
“Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.”
“Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.” ~ St. Augustine
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” ~ St. Thomas Aquinas
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
“He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it” ~ Plato
"No, I can't compare the philosophies of those 4 "folks" but here are a few samples to get started- this could take awhile" ~ Mott
2007-01-27 21:03:25
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answered by ••Mott•• 6
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