Nietzche

Morality, the topic at focus, is the vertebral column of the first aphorism of the section “ Those Who “Improve” Humanity”, in Friedrich Nietzsche’s book, “Twilight of the Idols”. In an attempt too explain what it entails, the text is to be split down into five divisions. The first section extends from line 1 unto line 4, the second; lines 4-7, the third; lines 7-11, the fourth; lines 11-12 and finally the fifth proceeds up until line 17.

The first section, embraces Nietzsche’s estimation of the qualities and the worth of philosophers. He opines, that “they place themselves beyond good and evil”, concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior; that is morality. The reason for so doing, according to him, is for philosophers to be able to make considered decisions, which he classifies as an “illusion”. Nietzsche then states the etiology for his claim; it originates from his intuition that “there are no moral facts at all”.

In the second section, he provides the readers with a comparative statement, in which he points out the resemblance between moral and religious judgments. Both, he states, confide in “realities” that are imaginary. To Nietzsche, moralities are not absolute. He regards a morality as an “interpretation” or rather a “misinterpretation” of phenomena, which are perceptions that the senses or the mind notices.

Once again, an analogy between moral and religious judgments resides in his writing. In the third section of my division of the aphorism, Nietzsche supplements his conviction through comparing moral judgments with religious ones. A dearth of awareness converges them. They share the state of negligence of exactness, actuality and accuracy, which he refers to as “the distinction between real and imag...

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... to Nietzsche’s standards are unknown. Therefore, it seems that Nietzsche did not provide his reader with the sufficient tools to properly digest his work.

At this point, a surfeit of interrogations arises. Does it follow from what is stated above, that Nietzsche’s aphorism, “ Those who “improve” Humanity” is a sign language as well? Is it just a symptomatology? Could it be taken literally? Or does it contain “nothing but nonsense”?

It follows also, that if it does not contain “nothing but nonsense”, it can be taken literally. However, if it’s taken literally, it signifies that there are followers of Nietzsche to whom he is a leader, i.e. an idol. The effectuation of the precedent would break Nietzsche’s theory of the decline of idols, which the book’s title suggests.

His words follow a ‘circular’ model of rationale. Thus, it evokes , an apparent complication.