Good Vs Evil Nietzsche

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Nietzsche idea on life is very dogmatic, he sees his philosophy and its interpretation as the truth. He believes that a person can only reach their potential by following what they create as their ethics and morals in life. He illustrates this point by examining the relationship between a master and slave through “good versus bad” and “good versus evil”. The “good versus bad” is considered to be the “master morality” because the master are portrayed as being very strong, healthy and domineering personality with predatory instinct. They are able to express their thoughts and feelings without any fear of consequences. They are seen as truthful because they are men of action. The “good versus evil” is considered to be a slave morality in which…show more content…
To Nietzsche, to triumph over “good versus evil” and “good versus bad” is merely saying that every man is for himself. For example, Nietzsche asserts “Faith in what? Love of what? Hope for what? – These weaklings, (p.29)” he believes that man should not have faith, hope, love. Nietzsche does not have faith “ ‘in god’, in love, or ‘in hope’ ” (p.29), because he sees it as a weakness towards achieving full potential of themselves. To have faith in god, believe in love, or have faith is the mentality of slaves. To feel and be superior, one needs to be and adapt to the life style of “blonde beast” that he describes as “some pack of blond beasts of prey, a conqueror and master race, which, organized on a war footing, and with the power to organize, (p. 58)” because the reason a person would be superior is if he was able to be a conquerer of a race. For example, in the era when people owned slaves, the strong dominated against the weak. Therefore, the slaves worked for their food and their living, yet, still they were being unfairly treated. It was, the masters, that owned them, whipped them, or fed them that was of superior that had the biggest

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