1. Nietzsche “Naomi” MeganLeBoeuf

2. Fritz “The Little Minister” Musically Inclined Sickly Elisabeth Friends

3. Education Elementary School Dom Gymnasium Pforta Bonn University Leipzig University

4. Career Military Artillery Division (Berlin, 1867) Medical Orderly (Alsace-Lorraine, 1870) Professor at Basel University

5. Life Wagner Popularity (Or Lack Thereof) Love Life (Or Lack Thereof)

6. NIETZSCHE WAS NOTA NAZI!!! NOT

7. Final Days Collapsed Insanity Syphilis? Death

8. Nietzsche’s Philosophy

9. Apollo vs. Dionysus Art as a form of monument Art as a form of monument Reverence of the past Reverence of the past Rationality and logic Rationality and logic Order Order Art as an experience Art as an experience Focus on the present Focus on the present Emotion Emotion Chaos and freedom Chaos and freedom

10. Master vs. Slave Morality Focus on the individual Focus on the individual Strength Strength Willpower Willpower Concern for others only where it is self-serving Concern for others only where it is self-serving Morality of the strong Morality of the strong Focus on the group Focus on the group Generosity Generosity Pity Pity Concern for others is of prime importance Concern for others is of prime importance Morality of those unable to defend themselves against the strong Morality of those unable to defend themselves against the strong

11. Do you want to strive for peace of mind and happiness? Then believe. Do you want to be a devotee of truth? Then seek. A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. Faith: not wanting to know what is true. God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders? Religion and Faith There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

12. Nietzsche’s Problems with Christianity Dismissal of life as “No Good” Dismissal of life as “No Good” Idea of Original Sin Idea of Original Sin Idealization of Slave Morality Idealization of Slave Morality Emphasizes and encourages weakness Emphasizes and encourages weakness Christian God is no longer believable Christian God is no longer believable Only real Christian that ever existed.

13. Master morality is for the strong! Only the weak require slave morality such as Christianity offers! Man should aspire to be the Übermensch! The sick are best qualified to judge the healthy!

14. Ad Hominem Attacks Socrates was wrong, plus he was ugly! Hegel was wrong, plus he was an idiot! Schopenhauer was wrong, plus he was a coward! Wagner’s music is bad, plus he’s a jerk! A philosopher should be the embodiment of his philosophy!

15. It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths. There are no facts, only interpretations. Justifying Contradictions

16. Miscellaneous Nietzsche Amor Fati Amor Fati Eternal Recurrance Eternal Recurrance Perspectivism Perspectivism Moral Psychology Moral Psychology

17. Understanding Nietzsche Nietzsche wanted us: Not to understand… …but to react. Philosophers of the Future!

18. Works Cited Hayman, Ronald. Nietzsche: A Critical Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. Kaufmann, Walter. The Portable Nietzsche. New York: Penguin Books, 1954. Mencken, Henry Louis. The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Boston: Colonial Press, 1908. Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also Sprach Zarathustra. Stuttgart: Kröner, 1939. Solomon, Robert C. and Kathleen M. Higgins. What Nietzsche Really Said. New York: Schocken Books, 2000.