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Happiness: One common view is that happiness is the ultimate goal of human life. This is the view of Aristotle, who argued that happiness is the flourishing of human nature and that it is achieved by living a virtuous life. Another common view is that happiness is a state of well-being or contentment. This is the view of Epicurus. See also Life, Sense, Aristotle, Epicurus._____________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 Happiness - Dictionary of Arguments
Danto III 271 Happiness/bliss/Nietzsche/Danto: From Nietzsche's theory of the will to power follows that bliss is not the goal we are actually fighting for. It is not different from the rest of the world; people are concerned about power. Humans are undeniably suited to more power ((s) than other living beings) and this has nothing to do with happiness. Joy is simply the conscious reflection of our superiority in strength. The 'last human' who thinks in terms of 'peace' and bliss, is involved in contradictions. There's no happiness without a fight.(1) Danto III 272 Nietzsche/Danto: obstacles experienced as displeasure are stimuli for the will to power and foreplay to pleasure. Pleasure/Nietzsche/Danto: there are two corresponding types of pleasure - the pleasure of victory and the pleasure of sleep. The latter is the happiness of nihilistic religions and philosophy. The rich and living want victories, overcome adversaries, overflowing the feeling of power over other areas than hitherto.(2) DantoVsNietzsche: Nietzsche uses the term "pleasure" here (as is often the case) in both a narrower and a broader sense. It is absurd to respond to the intention to avoid unwillingness by saying that life is struggle and unwillingness, so that the questionable intention is opposed to life.(3) Danto: Last but not least, Nietzsche's inability to look through this fallacy contributed to his lack of foresight in social reform. >Life/Nietzsche. 1. Cf. F. Nietzsche, Nachlass, Berlin 1999, p. 750. 2. Ibid p. 713. 3. Cf. F. Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Böse, KGW VI. 2, p. 217.)._____________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 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 |