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Christianity: Christianity is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is one of the world's major faiths, followed by over 2.3 billion people._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Friedrich Nietzsche on Christianity - Dictionary of Arguments
Ries II 90/91 Christianity/Antichrist/Nietzsche: a great instinct of revenge, to which no remedy is poisonous, secret, underground, small enough. It is connected with the figure of Paul, not with Jesus. Denial of life. The whole word is a misunderstanding. There was only one Christian, and he died on the cross. The gospel died on the cross. Ries II 93 Christianity/Religion/Ecce homo/Nietzsche:"Dionysus against the Crucified". Ries II 92 Paul/Antichrist/Nietzsche: falsification, countertype to the "happy ambassador", vision of hatred. Instead of bliss, punishment, final judgment and the deification of nothing take the place. Jesus/Antichrist/Nietzsche: "this holy anarchist". He's more of an idiot than a hero. Antichrist/Nietzsche: Letter 1883: "I am the Antichrist". --- Danto III 222 Christianity/Nietzsche: According to Nietzsche, Christianity prevents the ascent to a higher form of existence. >Christianity/Hegel. Danto III 221 Religion/Tradition/Danto: many religions claim that we stand in front of our God as an offspring in front of their Father, claiming that we owe everything we have or are to the divine producer. >Religious belief, >Religious belief/Nietzsche. Danto III 222 Nietzsche: In the birth of the tragedy(1), Nietzsche develops the idea that the Greek Olympus was invented to alleviate suffering, not to contribute to it in the way that the Christian concept of God has done in the face of human suffering - to reinforce man's will to find himself guilty.(2) >Suffering/Nietzsche. Danto: in the concluding, almost apocalyptic tirade of Ecce homo, Christian morality is described as a catastrophe and the Christian concept of God is denounced as poisonous and life-threatening. The résumé is decorated with an "Ecrasez l'infâme!" and put into the formula:"Dionysus against the crucified..."(3) >Morality/Nietzsche. 1. F. Nietzsche. Die Geburt der Tragödie, 4, KGW III. 2. F. Nietzsche, Zur Genealogie der Moral, KGW VI. 2, S. 348f. 3. F. Nietzsche Ecce homo, KGW VI. 3, S. 372._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Nie I Friedrich Nietzsche Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe Berlin 2009 Nie V F. Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil 2014 Ries II Wiebrecht Ries Nietzsche zur Einführung Hamburg 1990 Danto I A. C. Danto Connections to the World - The Basic Concepts of Philosophy, New York 1989 German Edition: Wege zur Welt München 1999 Danto III Arthur C. Danto Nietzsche as Philosopher: An Original Study, New York 1965 German Edition: Nietzsche als Philosoph München 1998 Danto VII A. C. Danto The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art (Columbia Classics in Philosophy) New York 2005 |