Nietzsche believed that life denying philosophies were inferior. This included Platonism, with its rejection of Homeric morality. Christianity, as the dominant force thousands of years prior, got particular attention. Nietzsche believed the ideal was life-affirming: Accepting one’s fate, accepting reality as it is, and still finding joy in it.
And I think that according to Nietzsche, life denying philosophies appealed to people because they acted as a coping mechanism for the stress of life. But someone who followed a life denying philosophy paid a price: they devalued the only life they were going to get.
This is my conclusion after a discussion on Reddit. I don’t totally agree with Nietzsche’s assessment, because these philosophies offer other things of value, like faith – which is a good way to organize thoughts. Am I missing something?
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