At the very beginning of the week,
I thought I understood Nietzche’s concepts and even agreed with them to some
extent. Today, Friday, I am completely lost. This philosopher has confused me
to no end. I get that there is a shift from “good and bad” to “good and evil”,
which are now considered moral values. I even understand Nobles being strong,
courageous, beautiful, and having power while the slaves are known as being
sickly, weak, and ugly. This is where I get confused. Why is being strong and
having power considered being evil? Does that mean that our president is evil
considering they’re the “most powerful” person in the United States? I guess I
grew up believing that if you are powerful that means you are successful and
thinking that the two directly correlated. I know there are few flaws in
believing that, such as Hitler was powerful yet he was such an evil person. But
at the same time, was he not successful in his plans to kill Jews? (Quick side
note: I am in no way a supporter Hitler, I was just playing Devil Advocate). I guess in that instance I can see being
powerful as an evil thing because you are influencing people in a negative type
of way. Another thing I can’t quite
grasp the concepts of are the modes of evaluation. I don’t understand why
saying “no” to life is a good thing. Should you not be making the most of the
life you live on this Earth and taking full advantage of every opportunity
presented to you? I just don’t see how saying yes is perceived as a negative
thing as it makes you a Noble and being a noble is bad according to Nietzche’s
slave revolt in morality. All in all, I do not really like this philosopher and
his method of thinking.
It really seems as though there are some gaps in reasoning/logic with the whole way this system of thinking is laid out, but every time I try to pinpoint what they are, I just seem to get muddled--but you have made the difficulties clearer, and I thank you for that!
ReplyDeleteI guess the immediate hurdle for me in approaching this way of thinking is in making absolutely sure that I know what is meant when the terms "good" and "bad" and "evil" are used...
But if it doesn't seem consistent, what is assigned as... meritorious to each category, then maybe it's just because the definitions are so unfamiliar...?