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Does the last man hate work?
Does the last man hate work? This probably strikes the site as a facile question, but Zarathustra does seem to end with beginning his work, and the last man has lost the capacity to hate himself (that'...
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Can we ask for justification of someone that mistreats us, even if we are Nietzschean?
Can we ask for justification of someone that mistreats us, even if we are Nietzschean? I do not want to engage in ressentiment, but "why" is a question I seem unable to let go of. Normally ...
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Is everyone's sense of power always predicated on diminishing that of someone else's? [closed]
Why think that everyone's sense of power always predicated on diminishing that of someone else's, and is it the case? I think the question isn't a trivial "no reason to think it".
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What was the Nietzsche's argument against theory of evolution?
I had read about it a decade ago, but it looks like now I have forgotten his point. Can I know what was his argument against Darwin?
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In what way is immoralism good for the Übermensch?
In what way is immoralism good for the ubermensch?
And, if there is no fact of the matter that I, you, or in deed anyone, is or isn't Nietzsche's higher type, as the SEP seems to say, then does that ...
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Is absurdism the next step after nihilism
I believe I am nihilist. I had the realization that there's no meaning to life and everything we've created is just to fill that empty void, every social construct is merely a "philosophical ...
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How does the superman have value, if morality and humanity don't?
What does 'beyond good and evil' mean really? A lot of commentators seem -- to me -- to write as if talking about someone so perfect that they are beyond moral vices, and with that, judgments of ...
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Is Nietzsche's goal -- for the "overman" and "higher type" -- just 'forgetfulness'?
Is Nietzsche's goal -- for the overman and higher type of human being -- just the Buddhist concept of "forgetfulness" or dukkha?
I am asking because it makes sense in my -- somewhat -- ...
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Could NIetzsche be read as saying Aufheben is the meaning of life?
It is unclear what the 'will to power' means, and if it is about the world
The will to power doctrine seems to claim that everything that exists
rests fundamentally on an underlying basis of “...
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What is the link with nihilism and hypocrisy?
What is the link with nihilism and hypocrisy? I know that Nietzsche mentions hypocrisy. I think to the effect that the old values helped it flourish, that it is now debased, with at least the ...
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Where did Nietzsche say he was not the overman?
Where did Nietzsche say he was not the overman?
I know that Zarathustra does too, but seems to be.
I'm interested because I can't easily conceive of a more thorough nihilist, at least without AI ...
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What is the goal of the Übermensch?
I have been reading Thus spoke Zarathustra, and i understand that Man should attempt to act to be like an Overman, or a bridge to one. But i have a dilemma:
Is the Übermensch the final goal of ...
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Why does Nietzsche think suffering is great?
"But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of suffering : that is great, that belongs to greatness." The Gay Science, Fourth Book, 325
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Is Schopenhauerian pessimism truly passive nihilism?
Nietzsche referred to Schopenhauerian pessimism as passive nihilism. Does the categorization happen to be true or is Nietzsche's analysis somehow flawed?
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Nihilist paradox
As Nietzsche is an obvious example, I am focusing on him.
I think that there are no nihilist philosophers, because if someone is a nihilist, why would the nihilist even bother telling us? As a ...
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