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Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. It is often associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence. A true nihilist would belie

This view from Nietzsche is an exact opposite of that of Plato and his Theory of the Forms. In the preface to “Beyond Good and Evil” in which Plato's error is called “the worst, most durable, most dangerous” of all errors and yet Plato is called “the most beautiful growth of antiquity.” I feel that Walter Kaufmann is attempting to show that Nietzsche has the highest possible respect for Plato as a genuine philosopher who says “This is the way it will be,” (Beyond Good and Evil). Nietzsche while having the strongest possible objection to Platonism as a belief, feels that in its modern consequences threatens what is best in humanity, namely the will to power, and flourishing of the fittest and strongest human being.

Nietzsche then goes on to ask the question of why do we want knowledge in the first place. His answer is that knowledge is a tool of the will to power. It is a tool to control the weak, we say we know something and it is right so you must do this. His second response would be that it is a reaction to the abyss of not knowing anything. We make up things and call it knowledge to help us understand the world around us. It is along the same lines as “man is the measure of all things.” We “men” put words and meanings on everything to make us feel like we “know” what is going on.

We as society I believe, have to remember that nothing is black or white, true all the time or all the way, or not true at all or at anytime. I believe that we put definitions and meaning on everything and say to one another this is the way it is When really it is the way that we wish or want it to be. No one is the same and no one will see it the same. The world is full of gray and we must navigate through it, and I agree with Nietzsche again that the more powerful you are the more others will listen and believe.

I feel that Nietzsche has a much better argument then Plato concerning all theories of philosophy. To start, Nietzsche comes out and says in the begging that he might be right and he might be wrong. It may sound absurd but I have more confidence in one who can admit they are wrong or might be wrong, then in someone who says they are right and will not differ from that point. Plato in my opinion never differs, he believes that his pursuit of “the Good” is the correct path for man, and has very specific goals and rules on how to get there. Nietzsche also has a very set path on what he believes is best for man and how the proper man should act. However for Nietzsche it is subliminal and all revolves around the “Will to Power.”

I buy into the Will to Power much more then I do the Theory of the Forms. I do believe that Nietzsche is correct when he says that all actions are a result of ones will to p

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