Wednesday, November 14, 2007
God is Dead....continued
aahrens said...
Well, believe me, I'm the farthest thing from a philosopher you'll ever meet. We know God is not "dead," but does this mean that by pushing God out, or ignoring Him, that all that God is our could be to us is "dead?" Just a shot in the dark, but I couldn't resist.
Very well done. You're on the right track. Nietzsche is not concerned with the actual death of a corporeal god in this passage. In fact, for this passage it doesn't even matter if God exists or not. He's writing in Europe in the late 1800s, just at the end of the industrial revolution.
I won't say what I think he's getting at just yet. I want to see what everyone else has to say.
Well, believe me, I'm the farthest thing from a philosopher you'll ever meet. We know God is not "dead," but does this mean that by pushing God out, or ignoring Him, that all that God is our could be to us is "dead?" Just a shot in the dark, but I couldn't resist.
Very well done. You're on the right track. Nietzsche is not concerned with the actual death of a corporeal god in this passage. In fact, for this passage it doesn't even matter if God exists or not. He's writing in Europe in the late 1800s, just at the end of the industrial revolution.
I won't say what I think he's getting at just yet. I want to see what everyone else has to say.
# posted by 99 Blogger @ 10:35 AM 
