POLS 300 Study Guide - Friedrich Nietzsche, Ancient Greek Philosophy, The Gay Science
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He was brought up in a devout protestant family; his father was a lutheran minister. Nietzsche: when and where was nietzsche writing, describe nietzsche"s family life as a child. Appointed head of an academic department before finishing his phd. Sick his entire life with lucid and not so normal episodes; suffered from migraines, vomiting (affected his work) Europe; wars and depravity of humanity all because of nihilism: define: aphorism, define: nihilism. imaginative, metaphors, simile, colorful, poetic form (his two early writings were aphorisms) He thought that darwinian evolution contributed to the downfall (and being decedents of animals created nihilism) Morals are the problem with society and what keeps people from doing the right thing (he called himself an. His understanding in reality, convictions drive principles (hated human kind and said people have convictions and thought that the darwinian evolution contributed to much of the downfall (first we thought we came from adam and.
