Philosophy
In his philosophy, Nietzsche appraises the origin of morality, in an attempt to recount the backgrounds of both sin as well as morals (3). Owing to the fact that basic words of ethical deeds entails several connections with nobility alongside the slavery theories; he capitalizes on the coincidence to genially sum up the difference between nobility and the slave moralities. He tailors the nobility morality on magnificence alongside the aspiration to enhance quality as opposed to inferiority, whereas the slave morality tends to proclaim ‘good’ as the absolute opposite of nobility “beauty or good.” For instance, the slave nobility asserts that humility needs to entail decency, as opposed to pride and conceit. Nietzsche particularly attributes the popularity of slave ethics or decency to the Jew whom he explains that persuaded the Romans to embrace the philosophy, before, subsequently embarking on a mission to persuade the entire Renaissance Europe to espouse the slave decency, in the mode of Christianity (Nietzsche 15). He then relates Christianity alongside slave ethics to Socrates’ eradication of sin, besides his distinctive historical views and goals.
Nietzsche particularly argues that theologians successfully managed to integrate Science with Christianity, given the need to fulfill the mission of creating an ascetic supreme, represented by clerics, to heal the ailing and save sinners; however, the mission to cleanse resulted served more in reinforcing the initial slave morality hypothesis as opposed to its intended purpose. Therefore, according to Nietzsche, God’s presence is subject to further debate since the theists might have as well overlooked His existence once they attempted scientifize the brilliant impression, and in the process exhausted all the Christianity-Science concepts (32). He hence challenges theologians to formulate a new model of philosophical impressions to ensure metaphysical relief and hopefulness in life. But he proceeds to objectively censor immorality but uncertainly though, argue that the ailing would be better off in isolation, and proposes that the healthy and jovial in the society needs to “keep clear of the madhouses and hospitals.” But this is more of an irony since reports suggest that he himself was at one point admitted to a mental health facility after suffering bouts psychological disorder; hence the question, did his experience convince him to come to this conclusion?
Work Cited
Nietzsche, Friedrich. On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic. Peoples and countries, (1897), 1-34.
