Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher known for his critiques of religion and morality. He attended university in Bonn and Basel, teaching at the latter. Some of his major works published in his lifetime included The Birth of Tragedy, The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil, and On the Genealogy of Morals. Nietzsche believed that God was dead and traditional religious systems had been undermined. He advocated for a new naturalism to replace old myths and argued that master morality based on one's will to power was superior to slave morality of kindness promoted by the weak.

1. Friedrich Nietzsche
1844-1900

2. Friedrich Nietzsche
• Born October 15, 1844 in Germany
• From age 14 to 19, Nietzsche attended a
boarding school located where he
prepared for university studies
• entered the University of Bonn in 1864 as
a theology and philology student
• In 1869 began teaching at the University
of Basel

3. • In 1872 Published his first book, The Birth of
Tragedy
• Some of his main works:
– 1882 The Gay Science
– 1886 Beyond Good and Evil
– 1887 On the Genealogy of Morals

4. Atheistic
Existentialism
What are the
consequences
of the non-
existence of
God for
modern man?

6. Friedrich Nietzsche
• God is dead.
• Traditional religious and metaphysical systems have
been undermined by the scientific method. Without
some new basis for morality and meaning, nihilism will
prevail.
• A new naturalism (which affirms life) is necessary to
replace the old myths.
• I entreat you my brothers, remain true to the earth, and
do not believe those who speak to you of superterrestial
hopes. They are despisers of life, self-poisoned men of
whom the earth is weary.

7. Nietzsche’s Naturalism
• Master vs slave morality. The weak, in an
effort to protect themselves from the
strong, created slave moralities of
kindness and compassion.
• The master exerts his will to powerand
recognizes that what is good is what is
good for him. He affirms his life instinct
and exists beyond good and evil.

8. On Truth and Lying
• what we call objective truth is only an army
of metaphors
• 'truth' is an idea created for comfort
• Objective truth is only a apparition
• if 'truth' is relative, then no amount of
theoretical thinking can figure it out

9. • The human intellect is wretched and
arbitrary
• When the human race is over, nothing will
have happened
• The liar abuses fixed conventions
• Man wants the truth for the agreeable life
preserving consequences of it, but fears
destructive truths

10. • The drive toward the formation
of metaphors is the fundamental
human drive.
• The words we use for objects,
and the genders we give them
are arbitrary assignments.

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