Dr. Nietzsche was just following in the foot steps of Emanuel Kant. He still misunderstood human kind. Mere logic would not lead to abandonment of what they have evolved to accept.
It is better to rule in the world of chaos that comes with free will among intelligent beings than to serve as the only intelligent being in a world of mindless, soul-less drones.
But by ‘God is dead’, Nietzche didn’t mean that God does not exist (much less, as you would think if you took it literally, that God used to exist and does no longer). Rather, he took it for granted that God does not exist, and what he meant to express is that God is not believed in (although he used to be). More precisely, the issue is that belief in God is no longer able to give society an absolute standard of morality (whether because people are really atheists, or just because they doubt too much, or even because there are too many different ideas about God, is not that important).
It is therefore necessary, to avoid nihilistic despair, for people to develop new systems of values, and this is really what Nietzsche was concerned with.
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WaitingMan over 7 years ago
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The best description of god ever written.
comixbomix over 7 years ago
I wasn’t listening, either…but it still made me stronger!
Packratjohn Premium Member over 7 years ago
Wow… he wasn’t listening? Who’da thunk it?
Malcolm Hall over 7 years ago
Being sucker-punched by God. What an unusual experience.
Linguist over 7 years ago
God is NOT dead !
She’s alive and well, and hiding out in Mexico City, under an assumed name.
Linguist over 7 years ago
" God is dead ! " – Nietzsche
" Nietzsche is dead " – God
jpozenel over 7 years ago
That’s the God-Man we know and love!
David Rickard Premium Member over 7 years ago
Nietzsche-lad should have read his Oolon Colluphid…
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Dr. Nietzsche was just following in the foot steps of Emanuel Kant. He still misunderstood human kind. Mere logic would not lead to abandonment of what they have evolved to accept.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 7 years ago
It is better to rule in the world of chaos that comes with free will among intelligent beings than to serve as the only intelligent being in a world of mindless, soul-less drones.
edonline over 7 years ago
Next up: Kierkegaard-ians of the Galaxy
tobybartels over 7 years ago
But by ‘God is dead’, Nietzche didn’t mean that God does not exist (much less, as you would think if you took it literally, that God used to exist and does no longer). Rather, he took it for granted that God does not exist, and what he meant to express is that God is not believed in (although he used to be). More precisely, the issue is that belief in God is no longer able to give society an absolute standard of morality (whether because people are really atheists, or just because they doubt too much, or even because there are too many different ideas about God, is not that important).
It is therefore necessary, to avoid nihilistic despair, for people to develop new systems of values, and this is really what Nietzsche was concerned with.