Analysis Of Beyond Good And Evil

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Based on one of Friedrich Nietzsche's most distinguished philosophy books written during the 18th century, he develops a new philosophical ideal. In the book "Beyond Good and Evil," Nietzsche inquires a philosophy of the future for "free spirits". Conard argued that Bart Simpson was not Nietzsche's ideal while, on the contrary, Felder argues that Carrie Bradshaw embodies some of the ideals of Nietzsche's new brand of a philosopher. This leads to the question, is Nietzsche's ideal partly embodied in Carrie Bradshaw or Bart Simpson? Many people might view Nietzsche as the self-rule, bad boy, and philosophical delinquent. As a result, they have misinterpreted his ideal of the free spirit which Conard defines as "the person who rejects traditional …show more content…

In fact, it seems as if she is constantly attempting to uncover, interpret, and compose her own set of values. In an episode, Carrie has her shoes stolen at her friend Kyra's kids party. After telling her friends, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda, of the occurred events, they give her advice plus mention that she should have Kyra pay her for the stolen pair of shoes. Carrie takes this into consideration and the following day decides to go to Kyra's house and ask her if she had found her shoes. As she replies no, she tells Carrie "oh my gosh Carrie, I'm such a shit. I should have offered to pay for them. I'll write you a check, just tell me how much they were." Once Carrie names the price of her shoes($485), Kyra tells her that that is crazy/insane and she'll give her only 200 dollars. Carrie proceeds by telling her that, that was how much they cost, and she should know because she used to wear them. But then Kyra tells Carrie that yeah, she used to wear those type of shoes "Before she had a real life, but now she has responsibilities, kids, and a house." Through the whole episode, Carrie tried to answer her own question, to why Kyra thought she didn't actually have a "real …show more content…

As Nietzsche describes the free spirit, "To give style to one's character in a great and rare art" is demonstrated by Carrie Bradshaw who definitely has style and taste. She gives style to her life and in the process creates different values. From the episode "Women's right to shoe" we can see that Carrie does not learn valuable lessons about life or does she discover deep moral values, but rather, she discovers her own sense of style and the importance of that style in giving one’s life meaning and

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