The Life & Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche :: Biographies Biographical Essays

The Life & Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche Philosophy Class Essay Born 1844. Rocken, Ger galore(postnominal) Died 1900. Weimar,Germ each Major Works The funny Science (1882), Thus Spoke Zarathustra(1883-1885), Beyond Good & Evil (1886), On the Genealogy of Morals (1887),MAJOR IDEAS Self deception is a particularly destructive characteristic ofWest Culture. Life is The Will To Power our natural desire is todominate and reshape the world to fit our give birth preferences and assert ourpersonal position to the fullest degree possible. Struggle, through whichindividuals achieve a degree of power commensurate with their abilities,is the basic fact of human existence. Ideals of human equality perpetuatemediocrity -- a truth that has been distorted and concealed by modernvalue systems. Christian morality, which identifies faithfulness with meeknessand servility is the prime culprit in creating a heathenish climate thatthwarts the drive for excellence and self realization God is dead a newera of human creativity and achievement is at hand.-- bully Thinkers In The Western World. By Ian P. McGreal, 1992PREFACEMuch information is available on Mr. Friedrich Nietzsche, including manybooks that he wrote himself, during his philosophical career. I took thisas a good sign I would find a fountain of enlightened material produced bythe man. Ive had to go through a bit of my own philosophical meditationsto tell my own value judgements aside, and truly look for the contributionsNietzsche gave to philosophy. Much of my understanding came only after Ihad a grasp of Neitzsches history therefore, I encourage you to read-upon his history before diving into his philosophy (see Appendix I). Themodern Westerner might disagree with every aspect of his philosophy, butthere are many things one must unfortunately admit are true (only if youput your morality aside). So, from here, I will present hiscontributions to philosophy, and do my best to delete my own opinions ,other than to say that he was not the chosen topic of this paper out ofany admiration.THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHESometimes philosophy is called timeless, implying that its lessons areof value to any generation. This may be hard to see in Nietzsches workbut, we are assured that it was appropriate thought for his time. However,even Nietzsches critics admit that his words hold an essential truth, ashard as it is to accept. Perhaps this is why his work is timeless, andhas survived 150 years in print.