“Man is the cruelest animal. [This is proven because man invented hell for
himself.]”
“Morality is herd instinct in the individual.”
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the correct way, and the only
way, it does not exist.”
“All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a
given time is a function of power and not truth.”
(The conclusion of George Orwell’s “1984” is very much an example of this.)
- Friedrich Nietzsche -
I hope that you have read some of Nietzsche’s works. If not, then I will give
you a brief overview. Nietzsche lived from 1844 until 1900 in what became
Germany in 1871 (he was Prussian). He remains a highly influential
philosopher remembered primarily for his concept of the “Ubermensch,”
sometimes translated as the superman. He is known for his rejection of
social Christian morals and values, which he deemed to be the residue of the
slave mentality that permeated Judaism and Christianity post-destruction of
the temple in Jerusalem 70 CE, as they tried to survive under pagan Roman
rule during their developmental stages. He contended that this slave
mentality persists to this day, indoctrinated into the masses, laboring within
Christian-dominated societies. Although he focused on Christian society, his
analysis is also applicable to other nations dominated by major religions or
even totalitarian systems that inculcate the society with their own similar
subservient codes of conduct.
He was a prolific author, but for this blog, I would recommend you consider
reading “The Antichrist,” “Beyond Good and Evil,” “The Genealogy of
Morals,” and “The Will to Power,” with the middle two being the most
important. But once you read them, I expect that you will not see your world
the same way you did before. Many people I know who read Nietzsche in
college could only utterly reject him, as they feared a world dominated by
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