“A new species would bless me as its creator and source”: Romantic and Byronic Influence in Frankenstein Leading to Nietzsche's Theory of Existentialism The word “Byronic” derives from the creator of this hero archetype, Lord Byron of 19th century England, who proposed a hero that complemented the Romanticism’s hero in many forms. Lord Byron’s archetype demonstrated psychological and sentimental complexity that the Romantic hero lacked in many respects. A Byronic hero is perceived as an extreme version
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was an iconic German philosopher of the 19th century. He had a huge influence on Western philosophy. His major works focused mainly on the meaning of existence, Christianity, atheism, history, morality and nihilism. Nietzsche’s works express a fear that the decline of religion, the rise of atheism, and the absence of a higher moral authority would plunge the world into chaos. The western world had depended on the rule of God for thousands of years — it gave order
Friedrich Nietzsche His philosophy is a philosophy of life, the creation of which has pushed Darwin's theory of the evolution of animals and plants. Acute and original drama and controversy reflected the era of transition from classical philosophy to modern philosophy. We distinguish three phases of his work: The first phase took place in the framework of thinking ideas of antiquity, creativity of Schopenhauer. During this period, written by "The Birth of Tragedy," "Philosophy in the Tragic Age
Sartre and Friedrich Nietzsche didn't focus on traditional morality, but instead an ethics based on authenticity showing a relationship between human creativity and moral values. Sartre and Nietzsche had several similarities in their approaches, but where there are similarities there are also differences. After we take a closer look to some of their ideas and theories, I will argue that Nietzsche goes more in depth in his vision to create a more positive morality. To start, Nietzsche's assessment
“Friedrich Nietzsche is a German philosopher born on October 15, 1844, in Röcken bei Lützen. Nietzsche was known for his writings on good and evil, the end of religion in modern society and the concept of a “super-man”. Nietzsche is regarded as a major influence on 20th century philosophy, theology and art. His ideas on individuality, morality and the meaning of existence contributed to the thinking of philosophers Martin Heidegger and Michel Foucault. Nietzsche introduces the “sovereign individual”
nature of knowledge, reality, existence, and moral values. No particular philosophy can necessarily be proven true; however, some interpretations are more cogent than others. Two great philosophers of the nineteenth century were John Stuart Mill and Friedrich Nietzsche. While both great philosophers, Mill and Nietzsche have radically different interpretations of moral values. Mill’s ethics are based upon the principle of utility which “holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote
been ‘constructed’. They, thus, need to be looked at closely, so that we know how such concepts came to existence. One benefit of everything being ‘socially constructed’ is that we do not need to develop new ideas every time we consider an object or theory. General observation is that one sits on a chair and so let that be. If everybody tries to alter the hows obtained from the origin, there would be conceptual conflicts which would lead to collapse of general concepts of the society. Social constructions
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin