Nietzsche Flashcards
What does he share in common with Kierkegaard and Marx?
(3pts)
-Throw into questions everything we learn; the self, god, and the world
-Rather then seeking truth they are all seeking salvation (trying to save)
-He is trying to save humanity
What is his writing of the birth of tragedy?
(3pts)
-Writing about the Greeks
-Tragedy is the fundamental production of the Greeks
-He says that tragedy is a relation between two gods; Dionysus and Apollo
Who is Dionysus and Apollo in his writing of the birth of tragedy?
(4pts)
Dionysus: drink and have a good time, god of wine, revelry and destruction, chaos
-He says Dionysus is an expression of life at its most fundamental level, life is pure riot, unconfined, uncontrolled
Apollo: Strength, the sun, truth, order, art ‘the sunny side of life’
-He says that apollo is the expression of ‘anti-life’, death
How does he see the world?
He sees the world as a decadent, a world of decline, he sees western civilization as tired, sick, and decadent
What state does he say we are in and how have we become?
We are in a state of decadence, we have become tired bloodless creatures who need saving
What does he suggest to make humanity well again?
(4pts)
-Invention of a new morality
-Seeks to create a morality beyond good and evil
-If we could break free from traditional conceptions of good and evil people could advance to achieve their greatest potential and progress
-He aims to free people from their false consciousness about morality (their false belief that this morality is good for them)
What are the two moralities in humanity in which he makes mention of and what do they do?
(2pts)
The master morality (more dominant-strong) and the slave morality (more submissive-weak)
-These moralities have made us sick and tired
What does his idea ‘ubermensch’ mean in relation God?
-Creating a new life enhancing, life furthering god
