Nietzsche : God Is Dead

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The Question: State your understanding of the philosophy of F. Nietzsche. What does he mean by saying "God is Dead"?

Nietzsche's philosophy is that of a radical view as it calls for the complete

reevaluation of morals and blatantly attacks the Judeo-Christian tradition in modern

society. He believed one should dare to become who they are. In order to ascertain one's full potential as a human being, the ethic system of which by society runs, must be changed as it only hampers one's will to power.

According to Nietzsche, philosophy is not the pursuit of truth, for there are no

truths, only interpretations, instead it is an attempt on the creator's behalf to interpret reality in their favor. To illustrate this point he examines master morality as opposed to slave morality.

Master morality simply defined is a system of what is good and what is evil, set up by and based on those who have power. So it is not surprising that it would regard the attributes of a noble to be inherently good and those of a weaker peasant to be evil or, rather, undesirable. Since it is the rich and powerful who define this morality, it is built to their benefit.

Contrary to master morality, there is slave morality and likewise it is built with the same biases only differing as it leans to benefit the poor. This system of ethics overturned that of the master, by twisting all virtues hailed as good by noble aristocrats, into evils, slowly over the course of time. Then goodnes...

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