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Single Idea 7846
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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Full Idea
Nietzsche does not think philosopher exists to make us better human beings - but it can make us more profound ones.
Gist of Idea
Nietzsche thinks philosophy makes us more profound, but not better
Source
report of Friedrich Nietzsche (Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari) [1885]) by Keith Ansell Pearson - How to Read Nietzsche Intro
Book Ref
Ansell Pearson,Keith: 'How to Read Nietzsche' [Granta 2005], p.6
A Reaction
What is the point of being more 'profound' if that isn't 'better'? Are we sure that Kant is more 'profound' than a Yanomamo Indian? Personally I think philosophy tends to produce moral improvement, but I have seen a few striking counterexamples.
The
25 ideas
from 'Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari)'
7846
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Nietzsche thinks philosophy makes us more profound, but not better
[Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]
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20107
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How many mediocre thinkers are occupied with influential problems!
[Nietzsche]
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20352
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Nietzsche has a metaphysics, as well as perspectives - the ontology is the perspectives
[Nietzsche, by Richardson]
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20106
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Nietzsche was fascinated by a will that can turn against itself
[Nietzsche, by Safranski]
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20128
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Each person has a fixed constitution, which makes them a particular type of person
[Nietzsche, by Leiter]
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22503
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Nietzsche could only revalue human values for a different species
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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8041
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The superman is a monstrous oddity, not a serious idea
[MacIntyre on Nietzsche]
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20135
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Nietzsche's higher type of man is much more important than the idealised 'superman'
[Nietzsche, by Leiter]
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22476
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Nietzsche thought our psychology means there can't be universal human virtues
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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22475
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Moral generalisation is wrong, because we should evaluate individual acts
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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7847
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Initially nihilism was cosmic, but later Nietzsche saw it as a cultural matter
[Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]
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9782
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Nietzsche urges that nihilism be active, and will nothing itself
[Nietzsche, by Zizek]
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20371
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Nietzsche thinks we should join a society, in order to criticise, heal and renew it
[Nietzsche, by Richardson]
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20104
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Nietzsche tried to lead a thought-provoking life
[Safranski on Nietzsche]
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20353
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The 'will to power' is basically applied to drives and forces, not to people
[Nietzsche, by Richardson]
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20108
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Every culture loses its identity and power if it lacks a major myth
[Nietzsche]
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20367
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Individual development is more important than the state, but a community is necessary
[Nietzsche]
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20105
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Storms are wonderful expressions of free powers!
[Nietzsche]
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20113
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Friendly chats undermine my philosophy; wanting to be right at the expense of love is folly
[Nietzsche]
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22501
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Nietzsche classified actions by the nature of the agent, not the nature of the act
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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22500
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Nietzsche failed to see that moral actions can be voluntary without free will
[Foot on Nietzsche]
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20102
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Flight from boredom leads to art
[Nietzsche]
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20123
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First see nature as non-human, then fit ourselves into this view of nature
[Nietzsche]
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20379
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Reason is just another organic drive, developing late, and fighting for equality
[Nietzsche]
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20376
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We begin with concepts of kinds, from individuals; but that is not the essence of individuals
[Nietzsche]
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