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Friedrich Nietzsche's Philosophy By The German Nazi Party

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The Use of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Philosophy by the German Nazi Party Research Question: How was the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche used to justify the rise of the Nazi Party? Philosophy Word count Historical Context Comment by Andrew Price: You need an introductory section where you explain what the research will be, its goals, and how you will build the case through evidence in the related literature. Friedrich Nietzsche was said to have had two deaths. One in 1898 when he suffered a stroke. One on August 25th, 1900. His first death was of his mind while the second was of his body (Peters 8). Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, born in 1844 in Saxony, was a German philosopher famous for …show more content…

He also believed in two different types of nihilism. Active nihilism and passive nihilism. Active nihilism is more destructive as an absolute denial of this world. Passive nihilism is the resignation to the world that is inhospitable to one’s beliefs (Nietzsche, The Will to Power 18). Nietzsche draws a line between pessimism and nihilism. He defines pessimism as “the world that does not have the value that we believed” (Reginstar 29). In other words, Nietzsche means that the world is worth less than we thought. Nietzsche says “the pessimist is convinced that things will take a turn for the worse whereas the nihilist loses his grip on what would be better or worse in the first place”(Reginstar 30). Nietzsche believed that one must come to their own self-realization of who they were without the help of a being transcending this life such as a god or a soul.(Nietzsche, The Will to Power 321) The reception of Nietzsche’s work has been complicated throughout history. This is attributed to his sister, Elizabeth. When Nietzsche physically and mentally collapsed, his sister gained complete editorial control of his work (Peters …show more content…

Hitler began actively rounding up Jews and created laws such as the Nuremberg Laws, which removed citizenship from German jews, in order to push the idea that Aryans were the superior race and deserved to be in power. (GCSE Bitesize). Hitler gloated that his perception of race, which was based upon Nietzsche’s supermen, was the true principle of the twentieth century. He believed that only people who fully believed in the power of race would be able to fight without being restricted by humanitarian inhibitions. This gave the Nazis the ability to ruthlessly and systematically attack the

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