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Can atheism be considered as cult [closed]
I had recently conversation trying to understand if atheism is religion.
However best argument I had - is that lack of belief into something isn’t theology - and it seems fare to me.
However speaking ...
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Nietzsche on balancing service to the creation of (or becoming) the Overman and living a life of ones own choosing?
So, I have been looking into Nietzsche.
To be honest, I have thought a lot about Nietzsche for the past 2 years, and I am unsure of what to make of the nature of this need to become the Overman. My ...
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Can a Woman truly fall in love with the Devil? If so, will she go to Heaven or Hell, after her life? Why? [closed]
I'm a Christian Baptist, and this is not a troll, I'm genuinely interested in an honest and in-depth answer, regarding all science and religious philosophy, both mysticism and pragmatism. The question,...
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Did Nietzsche violate Christian morality in his life? Was he urging anyone to do so? [closed]
Did Nietzsche violate Christian morality in his life, in his behaviour? Was he urging anyone to do so? He seems to have had a long standing grudge against it.
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Isn't Nietzsche's overman a replacement for God?
Nietzsche claimed that "we killed God". Thus, as Nietzsche thought, it would result in nihilism.
He also "introduced" an idea of the overman. This question is not about what the overman is. But I'm ...
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Has anyone claimed that any eternal return is not for and to me, because "a perfect repletion is the same"?
Has anyone claimed that any eternal return is not for and to me, because "a perfect repletion is the same"?
I use quotes cos it's something a friend said, and I reckon that (if their original ...
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Is humility necessarily despicable?
The believer feels superior to the unbeliever. I will believe in
Christian humility when I see the how the believer humbles himself
before the unbeliever
Nietzche, cited in Dostoevsky, ...
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Has anyone made a good defence of Nietzsche's nihilism being available to Christians?
I've read, in the mainstream press, suggestions that Christians have a lot to learn from Nietzsche.
Is there any reason to think that his corpus is dedicated to improving, rather than destroying, ...
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Zarathustra and the History of Western Philosophy
Zarathustra is famously invoked by Nietzsche to sweep away a univocal theology - Western Christian monotheism; in the history of religions Zarathustra is famous as the founder of Zorastrianism; this a ...
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"Saving" Nietzsche?
Nietzsche claims we must say "yes" to life, and be healthy and strong that way.
But he also makes scathing remarks both in Zarathustra and in his late notebooks, about the Biblical maxim "thou shalt ...
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Does Nietzsche's Free Death apply to God?
Nietzsche’s philosophy is notorious for its famous pronouncement that “God is dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?” ...
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What did Nietzsche mean by accusing Christianity of slave-morality?
In a piece of journalism I read today
But I've come to believe that there's also something deeper at work: that most of the world's people live with the legacy of slavery. Even in a nominal ...
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Do Nietzsches arguments against Christian morality also stand against the other main world religions?
All the major world religions, without being a specialist in theology, emphasise compassion. A quality that Nietzsche would find "feminine".
Does his arguments apply only to Christian morality or ...
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In what works does Nietzsche give a critique of Christianity?
I realize that it's in nearly all of his works that he does this, but does anyone happen to know in what sections of what books? I understand there's a great critique of Christianity in Human, All Too ...
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