2007-07-27 02:39:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
He felt that the superior man had no right to look outside of himself to regulate his behavior. Die Ubermensch must decide for himself, so the age of religious faith must pass.
He was institutionalized for the last 11 years of his life, and some claim his brain was ravaged with syphilis, but his symptoms and the length of his final decline are not consistent with that diagnosis. He died, at the age of 55, of pneumonia - neither suicide nor syphilis.
2007-07-30 15:03:27 · answer #1 · answered by Captain Atom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nietzsche said "God is dead and we killed him."
He basically meant that God is a man-made concept, a means to organize our thoughts and explain the world in terms of existence and morality. But due to science and (surprisingly) theology's constant exploratory surgery on the concept "God" we have outgrown and therefore killed the concept of God. Many still cling to God's cadaver in churches to this day with a ferocity that I think would surprise Nietzsche.
But according to him, it would be healthier to let go of the concept all together and create new ideas and new ways of thinking about the world.
2007-07-28 08:25:20 · answer #2 · answered by K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In our efforts to create progress, we have left ourselves devoid of what once comforted us. We have changed the world to the point where God is no longer a useful concept and must be replaced in our philosophy with something more radical and complex. The death of God is a tragedy in that it leaves man empty until he finds a way out of nihilism, or the belief in nothing, the void that the death of God has left behind. Nietzsche offered a path out of that nihilism, which can be seen as a way to comfort oursevles after the death of God. "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?" -The Gay Science Something similar also appears in Thus Spoke Zarathustra
2016-05-20 16:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nietzsche battled mental illness all his life and endured major disappointments along the way. Nietzsche's look on life is very black and white which lingers on the dreary. I believe his comment could have been drawn on his own experiences in life or the political changes that were going on with communism. With both of those in mind, I believe he felt that God was no longer there for anybody.
2007-07-27 02:55:12 · answer #4 · answered by DAR76 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He ment that the idea of God had lost all impact in his life. He ment to hold a standard for humanity to rally around which would lead us away from humility and toward what he percieved to be free will destiny. He hated the idea of the self being in subjection to cultural norms. He saw fit each self creating its own system of morality apart from others. Unfortuately there is no such thing as individual morality. Nietzsche killed off God to escape social pressure. Once he established himself as a true existentialist he became bitter and killed himself. So much for creating a superhuman ego. Hitler borrowed his philosophy but added a diabolical lock step cultural phenomenon to it.
2007-07-27 02:51:04 · answer #5 · answered by osisdorsey 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
You have to read in the context of what was written around it.
To just pull out one phrase, from a whole collection - distorts and manipulates the true meaning of the words.
god is dead because mankind has killed him and wishes to claim the power of creation for ourselves, but are we willing to take on the responsibilities that possesses such knowledge requires?
2007-07-27 03:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by AthenaGenesis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it meant that God will not come and save us like a superhero and that we have to take responsability and take care of ourselves.
2007-07-27 09:25:08 · answer #7 · answered by Faust 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He meant the concept was going to be gone and no more religion. Unfortunately he was wrong.
2007-07-27 02:43:51 · answer #8 · answered by mattgo64 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
He meant, God is Dead.
2007-07-27 02:44:28 · answer #9 · answered by Afreeloader 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It was an absolute statement of Nihilism.
Freddy was a nihilist, though an up-beat one.
2007-07-27 03:32:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋