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Originally Posted by panzerfaust666
Nietszche is a existentialist, simple
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Hey, congrats on typing Nietszche into wikipedia or something.
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Originally Posted by speed
An interesting question I read today regarding Nietszche's thought from a Polish philosopher: in outlining Nietzsche's doctrine of "the will to power," he remarks, "Nietzsche tells us to exercise the will to power and create the meaning of life for ourselves, regardless of traditional moral laws and inherited ideas of good and evil," and he then asks, "How, on this view, does a great artist differ in his greatness from a great criminal? Are we to admire both equally, since both created the meaning they wanted in their lives?" |
If the accomplishments (for lack of a better word, but you know what i mean) of the two are equal, then the greatness of the two does not differ. Greatness and it's opposite aren't on the same spectrum as good or bad. One being a criminal and one being an artist has no bearing on the measure of their greatness.
To answer the end question, technichally; if we are following some base principles of Nietszche, we are to admire neither, or both. Just because you admire the criminal as much as the artist because of how they succsessfully lived out their lives the way they wanted does not mean you promote criminal behavior (or being an artist, for that matter). If you were to "admire" them at all, it would be for the fact that they succeeded in fufilling their life's potential.