Friedrich Nietzsche’s Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ

In Friedrich Nietzsche’s, Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ, Nietzsche uses genealogy, the study of one’s past, to question the meaning of one’s mortality. He proclaims that one’s morality is generally produced out of the displeasure that is felt toward anything that was once powerful, vigorous, and healthy. Nietzsche’s argues that one’s belief in something is a search for absolute truth, just as many philosophers believe. It allows oneself to be able to have a strong and reliable guide of will. This type of will is seen through many perspectives. This is ultimately known as the study of philosophy; the search of absolute truth through different perspectives and through different ways of thinking. Therefore, Nietzsche believes that one should stop trying to assume the truth of reasoning. In his point of view, we are attracted to see things as having significant values. For example, a person may become very upset due to someone else’s actions. Therefore, they decide to make matters worse and yell at that person instead of just talking to them in a mature manner. At first, the reason behind yelling was anger and frustration. Although it did not solve anything, the celebration of one’s power, being able to yell at someone in order to feel superior, was tempting at the time. As humans, we do not understand a thing and we do not understand where this thing is coming from. However, we just assume that the reasoning behind everything turns out to be the same in the end. This leads Nietzsche to the idea of morality. Morality is valued because we assume that there is a complex base for our morals; whether that it is God, reason, and traditions that have been made in the past. Nietzsche looks through the different concepts that we create for ourselves, in order to see what motivates the different meanings that have become developed over time. He comes to the conclusion that anything that exists is faced with different wills for the feeling of superiority. Human beings are constantly competing with one another for no other reason than to feel powerful toward those whom they have defeated. In conclusion, Nietzsche believes that nothing is cherished, nothing is absolute, and nothing is true. Our morality is not rules that have been given to us by God to follow, morality was simply derived from our past. The only thing humans ultimately seek for and want is power. I completely agree with Nietzsche’s philosophical views. As humans, we naturally want to be better than everyone else. Whether one’s morals are corrupt or not, one strives to be the best in everything he or she does. We naturally let pride get in the way. Therefore, one’s search for absolute truth may be overpowered by one’s will of superiority. Also, one does not always have a reason behind what he or she does. Most of the time the reason behind our actions, whether they are goof or bad, is ultimately for one purpose: power or superiority.