Nietzsche - Nihilism Flashcards

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Nietzsche was a nihilist and a pessimist. - True or False?

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False

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Nietzsche writing style was both…

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Literary and experimental

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3
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Nietzsche did not belong to any…

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School of thought

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4
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He was preoccupied with which states of mind?

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Extreme ones

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5
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He was concerned about which existential problem of personality?

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Authenticity

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What is Nietzsche’s most famous definition of nihilism?

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“The radical repudiation of value, meaning and desirability.” - Will to Power

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7
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According to Nietzsche the question “why?” finds what?

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No answer

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What are the three key types of nihilism Nietzsche referred to?

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Religious, radical (passive/active), and complete

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9
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What is the term for Nietzsche’s response to nihilsm?

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The Revaluation of All Values

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How does philosopher Vincent Descombes describe the process of religious nihilism?

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“An ideal is posited, and then opposed point by point to the reality of the present.” […]
“This ideal, though itself guilty of not existing, of being no more than an ideal, now permits us to accuse the present of having fallen short of it.”

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‘Nihil-‘ in the word ‘nihilism’ is Latin for…

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Nothing

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Nietzsche believes cultures can be stronger or weaker based on what?

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The reasons they give people to live

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Nietzsche gives us an opposite to nihilism, what is this term?

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Life affirmation

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Nietzsche admired some of the attitudes of who in his early study of philosophy?

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The Ancient Greeks

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Nietzsche believed the beginning of nihilism was due to a disillusion with…

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Christianity

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16
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Why did Nietzsche believe religion devalues life?

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Because living ascetically in order to ensure a prosperous afterlife (heaven), misses out on the sensual pleasures life has to offer for an afterlife that is not certain.

17
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Which era of philosophy appreciated sensual pleasures culturally?

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The Ancient Greek era

18
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Nietzsche’s understanding of religious nihilism doesn’t just cover religion, what other school of philosophy does he claim falls into the same trap?

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Platonism

19
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Radical nihilism is associated with which famous Nietzsche quote?

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“God is dead”

20
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Typically, outside of Nietzschean theory, what are the three types of nihilism in philosophy?

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Cosmic, epistemological, and moral