Oedipus Rex
Out of all the things I could have chosen to write about, for some reason "Twilight of the Idol's' caught my eye It was kind of a catchy title, and it was the last thing that Nietzsche wrote that had any merit before he went crazy, although some parts of his philosophy make me think that that isn't entirely true. Nietzsche describes Twilight of the Idols as an exploration through the idleness of a psychologist, and a declaration of war against the idols, for they were described by him as being "The most hollow of all beings in which people have the most faith" These essays are divided into the Maxims and Arrows, the problem of Socrates, "Reason" in philosophy, How the "True World" finally Became a Fable, Morality as Anti-Nature, The Four Great Errors, The "Improvers" of Mankind, What the German's lack, Skirmishes of an Untimely Man, What I Owe to the Ancients, and The Hammer Speaks. (Pg.465 Twilight of the Idols) Maxims and Arrows is the first part of Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols and probably the most telling. It is written in the form of a list like "Nietzsche's guide to Life" and goes through his basic philosophy shedding light on ever part of his pers
He said that the originators of this were the priests who wanted to create for them a right to punish. In the final part of this argument he condenses his insights into 4 theses:1) The reasons why this world is merely apparent are the same reasons why it is real. In conclusion Nietzsche states, "Socrates was the buffoon who got himself taken seriously" (Pgs. Nietzsche thought that the philosopher should take a perspective that is beyond good and evil, and that the illusion of moral value is beneath the philosopher. 4) Any distinction between the real and apparent world is only a sign of our declining life, and appearance is only a residue of experience. In this essay Nietzsche attacks the desire of human beings to have reason or explanation for their feelings. He explains this by stating that every religion and morality is based on rules that you must follow in order to live a happy and fulfilling life, and if one carries out the proper order his virtue will be the effect of his happiness. This new table, O my brothers I place over you: become hard!- Zarathustra, III (Pgs. " Because before Socrates dialectic manners were considered bad and compromising, and that the dialectician "makes one furious and helpless at the same time". " He thought that Plato represented an abnormality from the basic instincts, Nietzsche preferred Thucydides and Machiavelli's principles, because they did not "sell out", if you will, to see reason in reality, not "reason" or "morality" and their courage is what distinguishes them from the rest of the ancients. In reality, he believed that there is no end, there is nothing, which can judge our being, and nobody is held responsible for anything. This, he considered to be the real corruption of reason, which was embodied by religion and morality. But at least he disliked everyone the same, except of course for himself which whom he adored. He considered all moral judgments to be ignorant and should not be taken literally because they always have an element of "absurdity".
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