nietzsche

friedrich wilhelm nietzsche (1844-1900) was a philosopher from germany. in 1869, at the age of 24, he became a professor. his first book was The Birth of Tragedy, published in 1872, about greek tragedies. In beyond good and evilbeyond good and evil
jenseits von gut und böse: vorspiel einer philosophie der zunkuft is a book by nietzsche.
(1886), nietzsche points out that philosophers have assumed an equality between truth and the good. he developed a kind of proto-existentialismexistentialism
existentialism is a stance regarding the meaningness of the human condition as a response to nihilism from Jean-Paul sartre and others, coming from nietzsche, kierkegaard, [...
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deleuzedeleuze
gilles deleuze (18 january 1925 - 4 november 1995) was a french philosopher and, to me, the philosopher's philosopher and a sage. his work grapples with difference, creativity, though...
sees nietzsche's project as introducing sense and value into philosophy. nietzsche sees himself as the "first tragic philosopher" and tries to go back to pre-socratics like heraclitusheraclitus
heraclitus was a greek philosopher. all we have are fragments.
. He is opposed to decadence and ressentiment.

In genealogy of moralsgenealogy of morals
zur genealogie der moral: eine streitschrift is a book by nietzsche about the genealogy of morality in christian. It contains three essays.
and will to powerwill to power
will to power is a book/concept by nietzsche.
, nietzsche develops the idea of active and reactive forces.

nietzsche sees playplay
play is a difficult concept to get a grip on, and randolph feezell has a paper arguing for a pluralistic conception of play as


behavior or activity,
motive, attitude, or state of mind,
form...
as cosmic.

He was (somewhat unfairly) connected to Nazism.

He said godgod
definitions and proofs of god vary.


For aquinas, god is the uncaused causer, unmoved mover, etc.
For descartes, the guarantor that he sees the truth.
For spinoza, god is deus si...
is dead.

nietzsche was planning to write a book called homerhomer
omeros was the blind bard who authored iliad and odyssey.
's Contest (homers wettkampf)

Influences

  • schopenhauerschopenhauer
    arthur schopenhauer was a philosopher. he had a tiff with hegel, choosing to have his lectures after hegel, which were well-attended while his own were neglected. schopenhauer incorporated elem...
  • emerson Private or Broken Links
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  • He said dostoevskydostoevsky
    fyodor dostoevsky was a russian writer. he was engaged with existentialism and christian.
    was the only novelist that would understand him, or something to that effect.