Analysis Of Friedrich Nietzsche s Twilight Of The Idols

Virtue in Instinct In Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical work, Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche has strong opinions on the belief of virtue and instinct. Nietzsche is known to be a controversial philosopher, since he goes against the Christian church and its ideals of human nature and indulgence. Another thinker known to speak of human nature is the Greek philosopher Socrates. Socrates finds disparity within human nature and knowledge. Both philosophers examine life and its characteristics and what it means to live. However, their opinions on life and how a person should carry their lives is extremely disparate. In Twilight of the Idols Nietzsche emphasizes that the Christian Church is a false idol. He dares to say, â€Å"..God to be an enemy of life..† and, â€Å"Life ends where the ‘kingdom of God’ begins..† because he believes that Christian morality is against life itself (Idols, 23). The reason for this is because Nietzsche believes that, â€Å"to have to fight against the instincts- this is the formula for decadence: so long as the life is ascendant, happiness equals instinct† which simply means that if one goes against instincts, or an intuitive way of carrying ones life, then as a consequence it will lead to the degeneration of society and intellect while if life is on the rise, happiness must be equivalent to following ones’ instinct (Idols, 15). Because of his belief it is understood that Nietzsche wants one to embrace their instincts. Nietzsche states that a life in which