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Nietzsche
“Naomi”Megan
LeBoeuf
Fritz
“The Little Minister”
Musically Inclined
Sickly
Elisabeth
Friends
Education
Elementary School
Dom Gymnasium
Pforta
Bonn University
Leipzig University
Career Military
Artillery Division (Berlin, 1867)
Medical Orderly (Alsace-Lorraine, 1870)
Professor at Basel University
Life
Wagner
Popularity
(Or Lack Thereof)
Love Life
(Or Lack Thereof)
NIETZSCHE
WAS NOTA
NAZI!!!
NOT
Final Days
Collapsed
Insanity
Syphilis?
Death
Nietzsche’s Nietzsche’s PhilosophyPhilosophy
Apollo vs. DionysusApollo vs. Dionysus
Art as a form of Art as a form of monumentmonument
Reverence of the Reverence of the pastpast
Rationality and Rationality and logiclogic
OrderOrder
Art as an Art as an experienceexperience
Focus on the Focus on the presentpresent
EmotionEmotion
Chaos and freedomChaos and freedom
Master vs. SlaveMaster vs. SlaveMoralityMorality
Focus on the Focus on the individualindividual
StrengthStrength WillpowerWillpower Concern for others Concern for others
only where it is self-only where it is self-servingserving
Morality of the strongMorality of the strong
Focus on the groupFocus on the group GenerosityGenerosity PityPity Concern for others is Concern for others is
of prime importanceof prime importance Morality of those Morality of those
unable to defend unable to defend themselves against themselves against the strongthe strong
Do you want to strive for peace of mind and
happiness? Then believe. Do you want to be a
devotee of truth? Then seek.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that
faith does not prove anything.
Faith: not wanting to
know what is true.
God is a thought who makes
crooked all that is straight.
Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God
one of man's blunders?
Religion and Faith
There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit
giving any of it away to imaginary beings.
Nietzsche’s Problems with Nietzsche’s Problems with ChristianityChristianity
Dismissal of life as “No Good”Dismissal of life as “No Good” Idea of Original SinIdea of Original Sin Idealization of Slave MoralityIdealization of Slave Morality Emphasizes and encourages Emphasizes and encourages
weaknessweakness Christian God is no longer Christian God is no longer
believablebelievableOnly real Christian that ever existed.
Master morality is for the strong!
Only the weak require slave
morality such as Christianity offers!
Man should aspire to be the
Übermensch!
The sick are best qualified to judge
the healthy!
Ad Hominem Attacks
Socrates was wrong, plus he
was ugly!
Hegel was wrong, plus he was an idiot!
Schopenhauer was wrong, plus he was a
coward!
Wagner’s music is bad, plus he’s a
jerk!
A philosopher should be the
embodiment of his philosophy!
It is hard enough to remember my opinions,
without also remembering my reasons for them!
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence,
rather a condition of it.
There are no eternal facts, as
there are no absolute truths.
There are no facts, only
interpretations.
Justifying Contradictions
Miscellaneous NietzscheMiscellaneous Nietzsche
Amor FatiAmor Fati
Eternal RecurranceEternal Recurrance
PerspectivismPerspectivism
Moral PsychologyMoral Psychology
Understanding Nietzsche
Nietzsche wanted us:
Not to understand…
…but to react.
Philosophers of the Future!
Works CitedWorks Cited
Hayman, Ronald. Hayman, Ronald. Nietzsche: A Critical LifeNietzsche: A Critical Life. New York: Oxford . New York: Oxford University Press, 1980.University Press, 1980.
Kaufmann, Walter. Kaufmann, Walter. The Portable NietzscheThe Portable Nietzsche. New York: Penguin Books, . New York: Penguin Books, 1954.1954.
Mencken, Henry Louis. Mencken, Henry Louis. The Philosophy of Friedrich NietzscheThe Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. . Boston: Colonial Press, 1908.Boston: Colonial Press, 1908.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also Sprach ZarathustraAlso Sprach Zarathustra. Stuttgart: Kröner, . Stuttgart: Kröner, 1939.1939.
Solomon, Robert C. and Kathleen M. Higgins. Solomon, Robert C. and Kathleen M. Higgins. What Nietzsche Really What Nietzsche Really SaidSaid. New York: Schocken Books, 2000.. New York: Schocken Books, 2000.
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