PHI 3377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Asceticism, Eternal Return, Tyrant
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The soul religious soul great soul that"s gone astray, become twisted. Faith pascal having faith in the presence of something objective. There isn"t a god, so insofar as religious beliefs, they are false. Analyze the psychology of the religious person, not question the existence of god. Christianity and sacrifices powerful exercise of the will to power. Genealogy of morals - morality of slaves slave religions which advance slave morality master (well, happy, pleasurable, dominant, politically powerful, values system determined accordingly greek morality) first happy, second negative. Slave (christianity arose from enslaved people, jews, suffering, hardship, sacrifice which are anti-nature and anti-life, negative and reactive) based on something negative, is reactive morality. P. 78 #49 greek vs. christian morality (affirmative vs. negative) P. 81 #55 cruelty towards others and the self (psyche) Religion twists will to power arises ascetism denial of the will pleasure of inflicting cruelty and denial upon oneself. Make something of oneself be a tyrant over oneself.