All Questions
Tagged with nietzsche history-of-philosophy
22
questions
1
vote
3
answers
312
views
Did Nietzsche cite anywhere in his writings Plato's Gorgias regarding Callicles?
Nietzsche's theory has many similarities with Callicles thought in Plato's Gorgias (Nietzsche and Callicles on Happiness, Pleasure, and Power). However, he did not explicitely mention Callicles in his ...
user64708
2
votes
2
answers
388
views
Why would some philosophers consider Nietzsche the "Godfather of Fascism"?
I'm really new to philosophy and heard a lot that Nietzsche was considered the "godfather of fascism". The phrase seems to be a recent development according to Google ngram, but it is ...
- 43
2
votes
0
answers
70
views
The source of a Nietzsche quote
I remember Nietzsche wrote "it is OK to philosophize by just touching on subjects" instead of developing a systematic way. In which book was it? Or do I misremember the quote?
Thanks in advance,
Best ...
2
votes
2
answers
909
views
Nietzche quoting Descartes... without source
In the Will to Power Nietzche quotes Descartes
omne illud verum est, quod clare et distincte percipitur
However I cannot find the quoted source. Can anyone identify it?
- 123
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Has Oswald Spengler ever been married or in a relationship with a woman and how did this influence his philosophical views? [closed]
I am asking this question in order to find out how a relationship or the absence thereof has influenced his philosophy and writings. He has been heavily influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche who has never ...
- 113
2
votes
2
answers
1k
views
What is Nietzsche's source of immediate knowledge in Beyond Good and Evil?
In Beyond Good and Evil, Section 16, Nietzsche uses "immediate certainties" in quotation marks. Who and from where is Nietzsche quoting this, or is he using the quotations marks to speak ironically? ...
- 1,310
10
votes
6
answers
7k
views
Why is Nietzsche more frequently associated with Nazis than Hegel is?
Most introductory texts or lectures of Nietzsche mention the connection between his thought and Nazi ideology (supposedly due to his sister's promoting his thought as being pro-Nazi). But Nazis don't ...
- 27.5k
0
votes
1
answer
160
views
Is Nietzsche's thought primarily a solution on how to classify people?
I was just now doing some super light reading on Nietzsche's aristocraticism. Seems to me that a lot of human history, both intellectual and social, is an attempt to create a stronger class system. ...
user6917
22
votes
4
answers
37k
views
What did Nietzsche and Marx think of each other?
Nietzsche (1844-1900) and Marx (1818-1883) weren't quite contemporaries, but both were prominent and influential German thinkers, and one might expect that they have at least heard of each other. Marx ...
- 27.5k
2
votes
2
answers
552
views
Nietzsche's perspective in Philosophy of Art
What is the meaning of the pair Apollonian and Dionysian in Nietzsche's philosophy of art? In which work does Nietzsche expand his view?
- 21
2
votes
3
answers
580
views
Can we trust Friedrich Nietzsche's perspective on isolationism?
Due to the fact that the audience of this question is comprised of individuals visiting a philosophy website, I can assume that the concept of introversion(within reason) will be met rather ...
- 177
2
votes
1
answer
303
views
Discredited readings of Nietzsche
“skeptical” view need not read Nietzsche as a global anti-realist —
i.e., as claiming that there are no truths or facts about anything,
let alone truths about value — a reading which has now been ...
user6917
1
vote
2
answers
103
views
Would Deleuze affirm that Platos dialogues are a form of drama?
Deleuze, in Difference and Repetition writes:
Drama has but a single form involving all three repetitions. Nietzsche's Zarathustra is clearly a drama, a theatrical work.
It seems to me Platos ...
- 47.9k
4
votes
3
answers
6k
views
Did Friedrich Nietzsche believe in "the truth"?
It is well known that Friedrich Nietzsche was very condemnatory of the objective truth, however, while analyzing his words, it is difficult to ascertain whether or not he believes in the truth at all.
...
- 177
0
votes
0
answers
66
views
How did Antiquity deal with the disappearance of the Transcendent?
In Western Philosophy, Existentialism heeding Nietzches call was the first philosophy that dealt with the loss of the transcendent in a formal way.
Whereas prior to him, it anchored, or rather was ...
- 47.9k