Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth and Lying

Nietzsche said that our whole lives are made of lies. However, it is not lies in a moral sense. To lie in a moral sense is to lie in a dishonest way. It is the type of lying that we are most familiar with. To lie in a non-moral sense is actual or precise. Nietzsche uses different terms in Truth and Lying such as metonymy's and metaphors. Metonymy's are figures of speech. For example, "the white house issued a statement today" or "lets hit the road." Metaphors are substitutions. Examples of metaphors include "you are my sunshine" or "you are my rock." Nietzsche explains that what we see in the world is not the actual world. We see things that are byproducts of our experiences. Nietzsche explains that we actually have no idea what the world really is. Nietzsche says, " Nature has thrown away the key, and woe betide fateful curiosity should it ever succeed in peering through a crack in the chamber of consciousness." What he is saying is that we don't see the wold how it really is and we don't have access to it. He then introduces the tern anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism means to make the universe into our own idea.



The Birth of Tragedy

In The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche introduces the Apollonian and the Dionysian.

The Apollonian represents order, light, clarity, and form. Examples of Apollonian include classical sculptures and monuments.

The Dionysian represents chaos and disorder. Examples of this include choirs, crowds, , mobs, rock concerts, festivals, and carnivals.

Nietzsche believed that art, no matter what kind, brings people together in some kind of unified body. I believe that he is absolutely right. People who would have never been together in any other circumstance will come together to admire art.