Could you explain Nietzsche...?

Question

Could you please explain a few of Fredrick Nietszche's philosophies for me, Namely his philosophies on life and death, love and relationships and the place of humans in the universe.

I have read his works but am unable to fully grasp what he is saying.

I thankyou in advance for your insight.

Answer 1

Beyond Good and Evil is the best place to start, it's probably his most straight forward work. In order to understand Nietsche you must be truly humbled, through humility will come self-awareness, and this will unlock your analytical mind to the problems he poses. Everyone will tell you how arrogant his work seems, and on the surface this is true, but you can tell he was a man who deeply believed in gratitude and humility. Sorry I can't be specific, but philosophy is a dragon you must slay yourself, others can help you along the way, but in the end it's up to you. When you read his work really focus on how it pertains to you directly. By the way Jung is full of contradictions and bitter attacks at Freud, stay away from it.

Answer 2

I giggled at your title. It's like asking if you can count to infinity.

Nietzsche is very complex and something I am not going to go into here. I did it once in my university studies and almost went mad myself.

Nietzsche famously said God is dead and discussed how people must face the truth of that. It goes without saying that he was extremly anti-christianity and religion. He also wrote extensively on the master and slave relationship between people.

Good luck.

Oh and Jung, whilst a psychologist by occupation was a very interesting philosopher. Freud on the other hand, total crack pot.

Answer 3

I found him an idiot with faulty premise.
Frankly all I like to follow is Socrates and Descartes.
Jung was awesome but not classed as philosopher.

Answer 4

--He was indeed someone not to emulate:

*** w66 11/1 pp. 643-644 Is There More than One Way of Being a Christian? ***

ONE of America’s leading liberal Protestant theologians was nearing the age of eighty. As he would look back on his long active life, one milestone in particular stood out. As a young German army chaplain trudging among the dead and dying at the Battle of Champagne during World War I, the words of Nietzsche came to his mind—“God is dead.” “I changed from an idealist to a tragic realist” as a result, he later said.

--What a tragic idea of life that Nietzsche gave humanity?

*** sh chap. 14 pp. 332-334 pars. 8-12 Modern Disbelief—Should the Search Continue? ***

8 As the 19th century wore on, critics of religion became bolder in their attack. Not content with just pointing out the failings of the churches, they began to question the very foundation of religion. They raised questions such as: What is God? Why is there a need for God? How has belief in God affected human society? Men like Ludwig Feuerbach, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Nietzsche offered their arguments in philosophical, psychological, and sociological terms. Theories such as ‘God is nothing more than the projection of man’s imagination,’ ‘Religion is the opium of the people,’ and ‘God is dead’ all sounded so new and exciting compared with the dull and unintelligible dogmas and traditions of the churches. It seemed that finally many people had found an articulate way of expressing the doubts and suspicions that had been lurking in the back of their minds. They quickly and willingly embraced these ideas as the new gospel truth.

The Great Compromise

9 Under assault and scrutiny by science and philosophy, what did the churches do? Instead of taking a stand for what the Bible teaches, they gave in to the pressures and compromised even on such fundamental articles of faith as creation by God and the authenticity of the Bible. The result? Christendom’s churches began to lose credibility, and many people began to lose faith. The failure of the churches to come to their own defense left the door wide open for the masses to march out. To many people, religion became no more than a sociological relic, something to mark the high points in one’s life—birth, marriage, death. Many all but gave up the search for the true God.

10 In the face of all of this, it is logical to ask: Have science and philosophy really signed the death warrant of belief in God? Does the failure of the churches mean the failure of what they claim to teach, namely, the Bible? Indeed, should the search for God continue? Let us examine these issues briefly.

Basis for Belief in God

11 It has been said that there are two books that tell us about the existence of God—the “book” of creation, or nature around us, and the Bible. They have been the basis for belief for millions of people past and present. For example, a king of the 11th century B.C.E., impressed by what he observed in the starry heavens, exclaimed poetically: “The heavens are declaring the glory of God; and of the work of his hands the expanse is telling.” (Psalm 19:1) In the 20th century, an astronaut, looking at the spectacular view of the earth from his spacecraft as it circled the moon, was moved to recite: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”—Genesis 1:1, KJ.

12 These two books, however, are under attack by those who claim no belief in God. They say that scientific investigation of the world around us has proved that life came into existence not by intelligent creation but by blind chance and the haphazard process of evolution. They argue, therefore, that there was no Creator and that it follows that the question of God is superfluous. Furthermore, many of them believe that the Bible is simply out-of-date and illogical, hence, not worthy of belief. Consequently, for them, there is no longer any basis for belief in the existence of God. Is all of this true? What do the facts show?
It was not at all surprising, then, that T. J. J. Altizer of the “God is dead” group, in a discussion with the old theologian one evening, told him: “You have opened the confrontation with the real world. You fathered us, we are your children.” But apparently those words were no small jolt to the old theologian, for he had felt that the “God is dead” group had gone too far. In fact, in his discussion with Altizer that evening he became so excited that his wife took it upon herself to insist that they go home, they agreeing to continue the discussion the next day. But the discussion was never resumed, for that night Paul Tillich suffered the heart attack from which he died.—Life magazine, November 5, 1965.

Sad? No doubt, but what is far sadder is the fact that this leading theologian—who was the first non-Jewish professor to be dismissed by the Nazis—should have indulged in such philosophical speculations under the guise of the Christian religion as to cause some of his seminary students to come to the conclusion that “God is dead.” Yes, and even more to be lamented is the fact that Paul Tillich, T. J. J. Altizer and a host of other Protestant theologians have played so loosely with the term “Christian” that for many it has come to mean any number of different things!

--The reason, in my opinion why cannot understand him is that he had the same mentallity as Hitler, how in the world could anyone understand that monsters ideas?

--Hitler declared in my parphrase that the 'conscience was a Cimera(many headed monster)

--Nietzsche said in my paraphrase 'that guilt was the worse thing a person could have'--what a sick mind!

--He favored the super-race, and most likely gave support his Adolf.