PHIL 102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Das Ich, Freudian Slip, Atheistic Existentialism
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Nietzsche: very controversial and provocative, anti-christ believed god is dead, is not conventional. Uses a hammer when philosophizing aggressive, confrontational. Not logic and argument overstatement and rhetoric instead to provoke. Tuning fork as well challenges traditional thought of philosophy, morality, and religion tries to change details: christianity. Seen by nietzsche as a religion of hate : people in heaven get more pleasure from watching people burn in hell immoral. Views god as dead: madman come to early, people still believe, god is not quite dead yet, his philosophy the antidote. Replacing conventional morality with a higher type beyond good and evil. What is god: god = being creator, rst cause, the most real being, god = truth god holds the logos. Theological functions of roman catholic priests (confession, consolation, and absolute sin) were thought to be a trap of religion: modern science and technology.
