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[from 'Beyond Good and Evil' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming ]

Full Idea

Nietzsche's work is a resistance to nihilism. This is why he insists that new categories and values are required that would permit us to endure this world of becoming without either falling into despair or inventing some new god and bowing before it.

Gist of Idea

Nietzsche resists nihilism through new values, for a world of becoming, without worship

Source

report of Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil [1886]) by Simon Critchley - Continental Philosophy - V. Short Intro

Book Reference

Critchley,Simon: 'Continental Philosophy - Very Short Intro' [OUP 2001], p.84


A Reaction

The trouble is that all Nietzsche offers is the invention of values out of nothing by some wretched Germanic übermensch who is obsessed with militarism and dominance. If values don't grow out of human nature, then 'all is permitted'.