The transvaluation of values.
2007-10-14 01:34:17
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answered by M O R P H E U S 7
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Interesting question. Nietzsche seeks for a Superman. His idea is based on this: Just as morality lies not in kindness but in strength, so the goal of human effort should be not the elevation of all but the development of finer and stronger individuals. " Not mankind but superman is the goal." The very last thing a sensible man would undertake would be to improve mankind; mankind doesn't improve, it does not even exist - it is an abstraction, all that exists is a vast ant-hill of individuals. The aspect of the whole is much more like that of a huge experimentsl work-shop where some things in every age succeed, while most things fail. and the aim of all the experiments is not the happiness of the mass but the improvement of the type. Better that societies should come to an end than that no higher type should appear. Society is an instrument for the enhancement of the power and personality of the individual. The group is not an end in itself.
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2007-10-13 14:52:36
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answered by Third P 6
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he sought a revaluation of all values. western values are founded on the christian promise of an afterlife. western philosophers prior to nietzsche all agreed that life "is no good". they sought to demonstrate that this life isn't "real", that it's just a test, and that real life doesn't start until after we die.
nietzsche was distraught that everyone lives their life as though it's just a practice life, and they're going to get a do-over. he wanted to help lay the groundwork for a future generation of philosophers, who would create new values that embraced life instead of degrading it.
2007-10-13 19:50:57
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answered by Anonymous
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i could go on and on and on about nietzsche......little obssesed by him
if you want his works, cuz your doing a report or something.
here's a site that has saved my a.s.s a lot.
http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/nietzsche/
2007-10-13 12:38:18
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answered by Anonymous
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Relief from the bitterness that raged within him.
2007-10-13 11:50:38
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answered by almac 3
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