Thought.

Nietzsche had a preconception that philosophers needed to shy away from abstract systems and instead become more centered on human values. This is an example of how his views of God have an influence on his ideas, especially with God being a major aspect in previous philosophies such as the meditations of Descartes and how Nietzsche was heading in a different direction with the definition of “reason”.

During his time, there were discoveries and advances in science and he foresaw wars. Because of his observation that Christian beliefs were declining, he concluded that “God is dead”. He realized the repercussions that would conquer once the masses discover the death of God and he brings up Darwin and evolution. Also, his nihilistic approach justifies his philosophy that “God is dead” because of the fact that everything that is yet to come has already been sown. In addition, he suggests aesthetics as a replacement for religion because it is something that is tangible whereas religion it is based on blind faith.

With regards to what I believe, if God could die in the Nietzschean sense, it all depends on what the person believes. However, the values that I was taught in my religion is that God is still alive and that there is God in every one of us, by that I don’t mean to impose what you think is right and wrong over someone else, but I mean that there is good in everything. So in that sense, God is still alive and the proof for that, through my values, is through all the good things we see here on Earth.

Everyone has their own cultural values, beliefs, and has to follow a specific political system. Because of this, according to Nietzsche, it would be wrong to assume that there is one absolute system of morality that everyone must equally obey. It’s like that popular saying, “To each his own,” because everyone goes through their own experiences and perceives them differently based on the feelings that they get.

Nietzsche thinks that there are two types of morality. Master and slave morality. People who have the master morality determine for themselves what they think is good. Slave morality derives from experience, mostly bad experience.

I think his points are important because they show that people will differ with what they believe is right and what is wrong based on how they have lived their life. It can be a reminder to keep an open mind that just because I believe something is right for me, doesn’t necessarily mean that it is right for someone else.