Nietzsches Life not an argument
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Table of Contents
- His view on consciousness.
- How Nietzsche traces morality's origin.
- The initial definition of morality.
- Nietzsche's appraisal of knowledge.
- What Darwin fails to identify as the essence of living.
Abstract
"The conditions of life might include error," nietzsche says, yet without these conditions "no one could endure living" (Williams 117). Though we have forms, rules, and facts, he argues, we've merely invented them to cope with the mysteries of our environment. These structures or "articles of faith" that we assume and take for granted give us 'life,' as we know it, yet there are many ways to know life. Through "The Gay Science," nietzsche aims to demonstrate to the reader that "life is not an argument," that the security one finds in one's own values and view of reality is not binding for all. One's life is not meant to prove a point, for instance to demonstrate the superiority of the male sex, the sacredness of chastity, or even the divinity of Jesus Christ. Values and judgments such as these may prove to be useful for the individual on some level, yet because they can only ever be derived from the individual's own life experience (or inexperience for that matter) and thus cannot be imposed upon everyone as independent reality. "How then," the reader may ask, "could nietzsche ever prove anything affirmative about life?" for indeed his theory may at first appear to be nihilistic, relativist, or even life-negating. It may also seem self-contradictory for him to posit any of his judgments since they would only be true for him. However, this is a misguided interpretation of "The Gay Science," and in its place, through the examination of nietzsche's analyses of consciousness, morality, and knowledge, it will be revealed how he has affirmed these and other elements of life, and finally, how all of life functions within his "the will to power" theory.
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