Why am I so wise why Im so clever?
Why am I so clever altogether? ‘ Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness.
Will German power?
The “will to power” (German: der Wille zur Macht) is a prominent concept in the philosophy of Nietzsche, who believed that the desire for power is the main driving force in humans – namely, achievement, ambition, and the striving to reach the highest possible position in life.
Why do I write such great books?
1. I am one thing, my creations are another. Here, before I speak of the books themselves I shall touch upon the question of their being understood or not understood.
How could Nietzsche’s Übermensch or noble superior ideal person best be described?
Nietzsche’s ubermensch is his ideal person―the person who represents the best or most well-lived life. This is the person who should be appreciated and admired―Nietzsche’s “higher” man.
Is Nietzsche’s Übermensch positive?
It seems that although Nietzsche was indeed an existential nihilist who rejected all intrinsic meaning to human life, he also had a slight positive bent as captured in his concept of the Übermensch. The Übermensch is a “testament to the belief that from the ashes of the destruction of the old forms of value, humanity might be reborn” (6).
Is Nietzsche a nihilist?
According to James Garvey and Jeremy Stangroom, “Friedrich Nietzsche is one of very few philosophers to make widespread use of the term nihilism.
Does the Übermensch embrace herd mentality?
The Übermensch does not embrace Christian herd mentality, but rather has the freedom to create new and better forms of being based on one’s life here on Earth.
What is Nietzsche’s view of Christianity?
As we have briefly looked at before, Nietzsche’s rejected Christianity and called it a slave morality that is “essentially and fundamentally, life’s nausea and disgust with life, merely concealed behind, masked by, dressed up as, faith in “another” or “better” life.”