PHIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: The Gay Science, Perspectivism, Ancient Literature
10 Sep 2016
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Nietzsche"s philosophy: considered existentialist (focuses on the fact of existence of things, not on the essence of things); his ideas precursive of sartre"s idea about freedom and the human condition. In a lot of his books, he uses aphorisms. Nietzsche"s philosophy: a radical response of rejection of kant"s systematic philosophy. He is also one of the few philosophers to literally lose his mind. Nietzsche is classically trained (philologist) which gave him a good understanding of ancient literature and philosophy. His first book was on the greek tragedy. Throughout his philosophical career, he favoured homer"s morality, where heroism, courage, and the demonstration of power are the most important assets. Nietzsche"s ideas were quite radical, god is dead! . One of the most important concepts in nietzsche"s philosophy is the concept of, will to. Some of his best known works are: human, all too human, the gay science, thus spoke.
