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Nietzsche & Nihilism
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Nietzsche & Nihilism
Examines philosopher's efforts to overcome negative aspects of his death of God theories. Discusses origins of nihilism, aesthetics, alternative to religion, Zarathustra and Superman.
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages) |
5 sources |
1988
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" This study will address the question of whether Nietzsche overcomes nihilism in his philosophical works.Nihilism is not a concept, which suddenly sprang to life in modern philosophy, as Stumpf notes, but has roots in the work of Gorgias in the era Socrates. Gorgias, affected by the Sophists and their skepticism, finally took a radical view of truth, which ended with his giving up philosophy and concluding that there was no truth at all. He specifically decided that nothing exists, that if anything does exist it is in any case incomprehensible, and that even if in some way it could be considered comprehensible, it was nevertheless not capable of being communicated. He left philosophy for the teaching of rhetoric, using methods of persuasion and suggestion for whatever purposes he chose. Stumpf writes:(...)"
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