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Friedrich Nietzsche

Efren Barron

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German scholar and philosopher, who became one of the most influential people on modern thinkers. Throughout his life he challenged western religion and morality that would echo for generations to come. He single handedly started an uprising to question western thinking and lead a revolution of the way people think. This caused people to question their culture, their identity, evoking confusion in an individual. The Britannic states, " however, that most men could not accept the eclipse of the ascetic ideal and the intrinsic meaninglessness of existence but would seek supplanting absolutes to invest life with meaning" (Magnus). This shows how people of the time would go back to their beliefs so they did not have to ponder the idea of their existence. Some people, however, did find the courage to question the established belief system and look deeper into human existence. This changed the culture and paved the way for freethinkers and for even regular people to think why they believe in what they believe. Today, people who question beliefs and systems are more common in this world and are seen as normal people. Nietzsche's famous phrase, "God is dead," gave people that extra push to think outside of conformity and giving them another way of exploring their minds.

Work Cited Wilkerson, Dale. “Nietzche.” //Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy//. University of North Texas Press n.d. Web. 15 October 2014. Magnus, Bernd. " Friedrich Nietzsche." //Encyclopedia of Britannic//. Encyclopedia of Britannic, Inc. 31 July 2014. Web. 15 October 2014.

Michael Baldwin

Aim



Friedrich Nietzsche strove to share his view of the world with people. Many of his ideas went against popular belief, “His most influential work, The Will to Power, published posthumously in 1901, was based on a series of notes in his journals and contains his strongest oppositions to idealism”(European Graduate School). His ideas were original and influenced many people. His views were extraordinarily diverse and focused on religion, but also many other topics. Nietzsche commented on many topics throughout his life, “His writings on truth, morality, language, aesthetics, cultural theory, history, [|nihilism], power, consciousness, and the meaning of existence have exerted an enormous influence on Western philosophy and intellectual history”(Wilkerson). His goal was to show people another way of thinking and exploring their lives. Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a significant amount about the dramatic changing of religion, and refocused his work on the “human condition”. He believed that people should go through the process of “becoming what one is”.

Works Cited

Wilkerson, Dale. "Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy." Nietzsche, Friedrich. IEP, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.

"Friedrich Nietzsche - Biography." Friedrich Nietzsche. EGS, n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.



Alex Colpo

Audience

Friedrich Nietzche had a huge impact on the development of the world, which was his audience, in many ways. Although he is often portrayed as an anti-semitic person, in reality he was not against the jews. Often times, what Nietzche would say would be changed by his sister, who was an anti-semitic person, and his words of wisdom would be changed into words of hate. His words were easily changed due to his sister being his prime caretaker because of his illness which caused him to become delusional at times. It is now understood that Nietzche probably suffered and died of brain cancer. However, the mark that he left on the world is undeniable, as both his edited words of hate and his words of wisdom have influenced the thinking of the entire world. Nietzche was a major influence on his audience, “have exerted an enormous influence on Western philosophy intellectual history” (Pletsch). His audience took his words for their own hidden agendas and used his words to back nihilism, which Nietzche did not endorse by any means. His words were also used to back the Nazi party, however now it is known that he was not anti- semitic and wanted to promote human understanding. Nietzche is concerned only with the exploration of problems and that his kind of philosophy is limited to the interpretation and evaluation of cultural inheritances. (Wilkerson). Nietzche affected his audience in many ways due to his forward thinking and through his ambiguous thought that required much reflection on the audience’s part.

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 *  Pletsch, Carl. Young Nietzsche: Becoming a Genius (New York: The Free Press, 1991).
 *  Wilkerson, Dale “Nietzche” Iep.utm.edu University of North Texas Press n.d. web 10-15-14