Sunday, May 31, 2020
The Skeptic and the Essay Form
The Skeptic and the Essay FormIt is well-known that Friedrich Nietzsche was a writer who became skeptic and developed the essay form. He wrote many books and many essays and we often think of him as a philosopher. What is it that he did that made him a writer and an essayist? In this article, I will be explaining what Nietzsche did and what can help us become a writer in a way that is similar to what he did.Nietzsche was born in 1844 and was the son of a professor at the University. He was a teacher and is well-known for his attacks on religion. He was also the founder of a famous Nietzschean fraternity called the Brotherhood of the Volk. What led him to start an organization to overthrow the church and set up a new order? Well, the story goes that he used to be a follower of Socrates, one of the philosophers who fought against the church.When Nietzsche was a student, he had a philosophical discussion with a student. They argued about religion and where exactly it was headed and he b egan to write out his thoughts on the subject. Nietzsche would later go on to write several books about religion and the tendency of the human mind towards the fall into religions. He also wrote his famous treatise 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' where he describes a certain philosophy he had written about, which is based on the idea that all human beings are basically good.This led him to create his philosophical character, which was Socrates, and set out on what would become the life of a philosopher, which turned out to be a life of tragedy was why he became a philosopher. Nietzsche never believed in Christianity but believed in this philosophy and would believe in God from time to time. He also began to create his own system of religion, which seems to be partly based on a Jewish sect.The philosophical questions that he would ask about were what was the good and what would make us fall from that good? What is it that makes us fall? How can we attain it? What would the best religion do to help people make sure they made it?Nietzsche became a skeptic and developed the essay form and a philosophical form to answer these questions. He was skeptical about what we were saying at times and could not identify with the ideas that we came up with. This led him to become more spiritual. He wrote a few books where he discussed religious ideas and his approach to them.He had a very interesting thought that one should be willing to die for the cause, so that there would be no conflict or question as to why we were dying. If you think about that thought, which can be difficult to do, and combine it with a lot of other beliefs that you hold, you will begin to find your own answers to these questions. I have seen this many times with some of my own readers.His philosophical writings had a huge impact on many of the later philosophies that were put forward and many of us take him to be a great teacher of the world. This is why I am writing this article and I am hoping that the ins ights that I offer can help others in becoming writers. The biggest mistake that most writers make is to think that they know exactly what they are doing and that they are ready to walk the walk. I hope that I am able to show others in writing, that the importance of the forms is to guide and assist the writer rather than overwhelm them.
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