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Originally Posted by sixxx(sic)six Nietzsche was god....so to say
the man was a genius.....his earlier work is a little easier to understand, his latter years is when he got crazy....but overall, he had the right ideas about philosophy and life, or rather a very justified theory: morals don't exist, or rather shouldn't; man is but a caged animal (said cage being society); BEING/SELF is crucial; the mind can no longer grow since man has grown content; God is dead, or never existed......
anywho, go Nietzsche..... |
Nietzsche and morals: he attacks Christian fundamentalists only, did he not? If morals didn't exist, we would lose our ability to compare and contrast what is right and wrong in our actions. Yes, yes, based on a solid fundamentalist theory which Christianity has been accused of exploiting and etc, etc.. fine.
It's too easy to lay down some wonderful ideology of "we would be such free beings if we had no restrictive morals holding us back, etc, etc"..
I'm no expert on Nietzsche, but I don't think morals should be abolished from our state of mind. I think that's a radicalist statement and ultimately, just another dominant, elitist view.....there are too many factors (and other philosophies from different lands to consider)..
1. God is dead.
2. Woman was God's second mistake.
Yeah, makes sense and it instills a sense of power that otherwise does not exist in us. It inspires a sense of freedom in us. A freedom free from political rhetoric, the churches damnation and gives us a seemingly strong sense of individualism...but like any philosophy or religion or pattern of thought, it's still deseminated in a comparitave view. A "right" and "wrong" method of thinking.
Explain to me our pattern of thought free of these otherwise caged thoughts. Is it possible to even do so since even Nietzsche's philosophy was formulated from a caged perspective? Caged thoughts grappling for "new ideas" can only (by logic) acquire new ideas outside the cage. But, when are we truly free then? Does that mean we are only expanding the size of our cage?
"Free your mind" you might say. Towards Enlightenment..? Bear in mind that there are multiple forms of enlightenment theory and it'd do you well to chuckle that the Political Theories of Enlightenment aimed to secularize even these thoughts.
What I'm saying is that it's a lot more complicated than merely the sphere of philosophy can handle. You can break down the arguements but you won't find a real answer. Just another fragment of the Truth...which is relative to your perception in any case.