lesson 3 pt 2 Flashcards
3 STAGES OF EXISTENCE / 3 STAGES OF LIFE
aesthetic, ehtical, religious
living for sensory pleasure, lacking in deep purpose
Aesthetic stage: l
recognizing the importance of moral values.
Ethical stage:
profound and personal relationship with the divine
Religious stage:
——- believes that the goal of human existence is to achieve a true authentic selfhood by moving past the aesthetic and ethical stages in order to reach the religious stage.
Kierkegaard
Complex understanding of the human person
FRIEDRICH NIETZCHE
it is our driving force of human beings.
We have our inherent desire for our own goals
Not merely about the domination of the self, this is more about the continuous striving to overcome challenges and obstacles in our life.
Will to power
our actions and choices would be infinitely repeated.
live our life as if we’ll live repeatedly.
Eternal recurrence -
it is a vision of human potential in surpassing difficulties.
Idealized version of a human
Creates their own values
Ubermensch -
love fate
We are encouraged to embrace and affirm our life experiences.
Both good and bad experiences are essential to our existence
Amor Fati
a childlike attitude towards life.
Embracing life in a positive and joyful way.
Child as a philosophical trope: