Friedrich Nietzsche 1844 1900 Born in Germany parents died or left when he was young Raised mainly by women Went insane the last 10 years of his life institutionalized Previous to that he was very sane Philology the study of ancient text mainly religious texts Realized that objectivism is impossible by studying these texts Started as a social relativist but then changed into individual relativist Served in the military being an ambulance driver Became a professor then became an independent philosopher Previous philosophers stated reason is what makes us human Putting sense and intellect together Reason Will Nietzsche says humans are governed by will Reason is the servant of will Reason allows us to get what we want Will Reason Darwin Origin of Species 1859 Variation Selection An organism is born with genetic mutation Those that are better adapted to their environment will flourish and the others will not Will to Power Nietzsche sees this in Darwin s theory All beings that live have a will to power exercise their will and get what they want Individual Relativism The individuals that are superior have a right to assert themselves Master Morality The morality of the noble noble rare have the true morality the powerful are justified the TRUE advocates of morality Good good for me Bad bad for me inhibits the will to power Slave Morality Common the masses the unimaginative weaker conformist Good bad for me Bad good for me Sources Philosophy Socrates Plato Christianity the meek shall inherit the earth live by poverty good is sacrifice etc The masses become slaves to themselves by adopting Platonic ideas and Christianity Disease of conscience
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