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(1) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to What is Nietzsche's critique of morality? - Quora

(1) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to How do you deal with an audience who is not responsive to your performance? - Quora

Do you think Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of the "Übermensch" is a positive or negative vision for humanity? Profile photo for Jennifer Armstrong Jennifer Armstrong studied Nietzsche since 1996Just now I think it is intended as a compensatory vision for humanity. The problem here is the idea of “progress”, because it leads us downwards. “Truth” also leads us in a similar direction, toward more revelatory trauma. The fact is that we humans have invested heavily in what is destined to be the exact wrong areas in which to invest our thoughts, time and knowledge. Although we have not necessarily realized it yet, investment in “truth” ultimately leads to the realization that life, itself, is utterly horrible and traumatic, and ought not to be continued. We ought to finish with life, never to return to it again. (This is the result of the most rigorous thought, which takes things on a whole.) Currently, the direction of our contemporary cultural development is more, and more toward this “truth”. And fundamentally, as Nietzsche has pointed out, this is truth as such. The psychotherapists and the left wing agitators, and virtually everybody else, all urge us to become “more sensitive”, and less inclined to put up walls between ourselves and other fellow sufferers. But what this does is, instead of reducing the amount of suffering, increases it a thousand-fold. All the more when there are agitators at the door demanding that we express “empathy”. As Nietzsche predicted, the inevitable trajectory of humankind is, in this sense, downward, toward an increasing sensitivity toward pain. The ultimate conclusion of this process will be in the sentiment that “life is not worth living — it has to be escaped in some way.” Mind you, this is the conclusion of those who are most astute. So, according to Nietzsche, the principle of adhering to “truth” is going to lead the majority in a downward path, to endure a much greater sensitivity to pain, and to fear making creative paths and solutions because they seem automatically “false”. To Nietzsche, and to those who see the writing on the wall, this is quite a depressing outcome. But, what if there really is a creative solution to this inevitable downslide into heightened pain and sensitivity? What if there is a redemptive factor that rises above the morass? Nietzsche’s idea of the “overman” is clearly intended as such a creative outcome, which is also a positive solution for humanity.

(2) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to Do you believe that Friedrich Nietzsche's writings on nihilism are still relevant today? - Quora

(3) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to 'To think, it is often better not to understand, for one can gallop along, understanding for miles and miles, without the slightest thought being produced.' What does Lacan means by this? - Quora

(3) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to 'To think, it is often better not to understand, for one can gallop along, understanding for miles and miles, without the slightest thought being produced.' What does Lacan means by this? - Quora

(4) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to What is the definition of the term 'will to power' as used by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche? What are some examples of it? - Quora

(4) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to What is the definition of the term 'will to power' as used by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche? What are some examples of it? - Quora

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Jennifer Armstrong's answer to What is the most subtle philosophical concept you know? - Quora

Jennifer Armstrong's answer to What is the definition of 'privilege'? Why do some people say they are not privileged or that they have no privileges, when in reality they may have many? What makes someone truly unprivileged or underprivileged in life? - Quora

(1) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to Did Jordan Peterson get his ideas from Nietzsche and Jung? - Quora

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(1) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to What does the will direct itself towards? Is it just power as Nietzsche says? How is power understood in this context? - Quora

Jennifer Armstrong's answer to Can one go to therapy to learn more about themselves, even if they are not concerned about their behavior? - Quora

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Why did Nietzsche hate Socrates? What did Socrates do to deserve this treatment by Nietzsche (if anything)? Profile photo for Jennifer Armstrong Jennifer Armstrong studied Nietzsche since 19960y Nietzsche was, above all things, a psychologist. As a philosopher he was interested in exposing the link between various styles of psychology, and what he called “will to power” — or what we more generally know as “politics”. This is vital to understand if one is not to see him as making vain or unrelated statements about things. If we can understand this key point, then we can understand a further point. It’s not that Nietzsche “hated” Socrates, but that he saw in him a particular kind of will to power that he didn’t like. In the case of Socrates, there was a will to bring other people down to one’s own level, using what is called “dialectics”. I think we have all come across people with whom we would rather not enter a dialogue, because their style of thinking goes along the lines of, “You need to prove to me that you are not an idiot, or else I am going to assume that you are one!” This is what Nietzsche didn’t like about Socrates. He thought it was low class; a kind of assault on the integrity of other people, who may have been perfectly fine and honest, or decent, but they just didn’t have the right words to defend themselves. Socrates, however, used “dialectics” to make these people doubt that they already had a basis for meaning to their lives. He made them feel foolish, and as if they had to change track in order to become truly “wise”. 1 view

(1) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to “A real piece of art is a window into the transcendent, and unless you can make a connection to the transcendent, then you don't have the strength to prevail” - Jordan Peterson. To what extent do you agree with this quote? - Quora

Jennifer Armstrong's answer to With the words 'objective' & 'subjective', what’s a fool-proof way, or trick, to remember which is which, without having to look it up every time? Try as I might, I confuse the two. - Quora

(1) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to What is the difference between the 'overman' and the 'Last Man' in Nietzsche's thought? - Quora

(1) Jennifer Armstrong's answer to If you do not like Jordan Peterson, who do you recommend we listen to instead? - Quora