![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With a decline in religion, he realized and feared that most people will fall into a state of nihilism. Religion, in this case being Christianity, supplies us with a meaning and explanation for all the suffering, hardships, and events in the world. The positive consequences of the decline of Christianity that Nietzsche realized was that we Westerners can determine for ourselves what we value and what is moral or immoral to ourselves, and that we would no longer be tied to some supposed idea of an objective “good and evil.” The negative consequences that he realized was that almost everyone needs a sense of meaning in a world that appears random and meaningless. ![]() One of the main problems Nietzsche highlighted was that atheism and the “Death of God” had consequences, both positive and negative. The “DEATH OF GOD,” NIHILSIM, EQUALITY FOR ALL Yet, Nietzsche was so brilliant and ahead of his time, he foresaw that the causes and symptoms of collapse in Germany and the Western world were already solidified. This time period was the start of the peak for the German and Western Industrialization and a greater increase of wealth and standard of living. Nietzsche wrote this book between the years 1883 to 1885. We must surpass and overcome ourselves is Nietzsche’s conclusion as to how we can move forward as mankind, especially in the Western world. The great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s most famous book, “Thus Spake Zarathustra,” provides us with a solution. ![]()
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