Nietzsche’s Life, Influences, and Reactions: A Philosophical Analysis
Nietzsche’s Life and Philosophical Context
Nietzsche was born in Röcken, Germany in 1844. He studied Greek and Latin and received his doctorate in classical philology. At the age of 34, he independently agreed to chair a position at the University of Basel, shortly after publishing his first book, The Birth of Tragedy. However, health problems forced him to retire at 34. It was during this period that he wrote most of his works, characterized by intrigues and provocations designed to stimulate the reader’s thinking. Initially, his works were mistakenly linked to Nazism due to his sister Elisabeth’s manipulation, adding them to the Nazi Party’s ideology.
Influences on Nietzsche’s Philosophy
Schopenhauer: Nietzsche was influenced by Schopenhauer’s view that the world is an authentic representation of reality and that its essence is the will. This influence also extended to oriental wisdom. Schopenhauer believed that all that remains is will, and he criticized and rejected intellectual knowledge, arguing that true knowledge belongs to the artist who understands the essence of reality, the will. According to Schopenhauer, language represents nothing. In contrast, music and art are the most representative constants.
The vindication of the individual, the artist, and the Übermensch (superman) who creates new values and morals from their own particularity became increasingly noticeable in Nietzsche’s work. The essence of the Absolute is to “sell” a spiral that reaches a final satisfaction, because “if you are the infinite.” Schopenhauer believed that all desire is naturally painful. This philosophy initiated a trend followed by Nietzsche, Freud, and Sartre.
In short, beings are concrete realizations of the infinite will, and what separates us from this is the beginning of “individualism,” proclaiming that we are special beings. Nietzsche was influenced by Kant’s scientific motivations and the philosophies of physics and biology of the nineteenth century. Vitalism, which makes life the supreme value, reacted against philosophies that stifle life. Furthermore, historicism reacted against a system of history and human culture.
Reactions Against Other Philosophies
Vitalism: Vitalism was a spontaneous reaction against rigid systems and should be understood as a force of life. Life is action, spontaneous and dynamic energy that should be read in its entirety in spontaneity.
Historicism: Historicism opposes the positivists on the natural sciences. Its task is to claim legitimate science and scientific methods for the disciplines involved with humans, their history, and culture. Summarizing, historicism and vitalism share a common ground under the guidance of life, reacting against positivism and abstract thought.
Nietzsche’s Discovery of Kant and Schopenhauer
Nietzsche dared to challenge Kantianism and Schopenhauer. His philosophy was happy to show her side; illusory the real world. Nietzsche reproached Kant for metaphysical knowledge and sarcasm falls to his criticism. For Kant nixe platter is a kind of German dye despised by his rationalist and pro artístico.la almost despised music is for nixe Kant the term “Dionysian”. As for the thing itself, questions about the soul God and freedom, they find an application in moral practice and moral faith.