PHL217H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Friedrich Nietzsche, Socalled, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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1)what does nietzsche mean when he proclaims that god is dead". Haven"t you heard of that madman who in the bright morning lit a lantern and ran around the marketplace crying incessantly, i"m looking for god! Emigrated?-thus they shouted and laughed, one interrupting the other the madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. Where is god" he cried; i"ll tell you! The madman" passage raises a number of important interpretive questions: The greatest recent event- that god is dead"; that the belief in the christian god has become unbelievable- is already starting to cast its first shadow over europe (343) The madman" passage is not providing an argument that seeks to conclusively demonstrate either the existence or inexistence of god; nietzsche is drawing our attention to a particular historical event. A certain belief or belief-system (the belief in the christian god") has itself become unbelievable.
