The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche: Biography, Views on Religion, Nihilism, and Other Philosophical Ideas - Paperback

by Arthur Russell (Author)

In 19th Prussia, human values were thought to be uniform and defined absolutely and exclusively through Christianity. This ensured that people offered their blind conformity to the rules of law and civility. Among these times, one man stood up and challenged the entire system of a nation. Professing that morality was not absolute, but a shade of gray, he urged people to not rely on religion to dictate their lives but to define it themselves. He challenged people to dream, be bold, and not be afraid to think differently and follow their own individual path. This book explores the life and works of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Nietzsche was born into a religious household but swayed away from thinking that people should not have ambitions. He invented the concept of the ubermensch, or superman, as someone who went against the grain to discover life for themselves without relying on God to define it for them.

He spent his entire life trying to find a philosophy that would hold his ideals as indelible standards. He was the subject of much derision and contempt, but today he is a hero philosopher. His childhood home is preserved as a museum in his honor. But who really was the man and what did he really think about?

Here's a preview of what you'll discover in this book:

• Friedrich Nietzsche's early childhood, family life, and education

• Growing up in a strict protestant household

• Attending Bonn University and experience cognitive dissonance

• Developing his philosophical foundation at Leipzig University

• Going public with his ideals that morality was not universal

• Developing the now salient idea of ubermensch

• A summary of his philosophies from Nihilism to Perspectivism

..... And much more

Nietzsche was ahead of his time with deriving his philosophies that would later win him critical acclaim as those same tenets caught on in popular thoughts. A study of his works is essentially to understand how he helped shape modern thought. This amazing book will expose you to revolutionary ideas that will give you fresh insight into our intellectual evolution as a species.