Summary
The 19th century, in which Nietzsche also lived, witnessed a shocking crisis of values as well as scientific developments that gained great momentum. In this century, when the industrial revolution started, European humanity had serious doubts about the value of its life.
Christianity, a belief system based on traditional Western metaphysics, on which all its values are based, and its morals have no longer been able to meet the sense of meaning of the European people, and this has led to a great emptiness.
The importance of the philosopher Nietzsche has also increased thanks to his attitude towards this gap. Because he looked for ways to overcome this emptiness, instead of being frightened of it. He wanted to bring man to the glory of man in ancient Greece, whom he believed so much, and tried to show the ways of affirming life with all his pain, anguish, and pleasure, thanks to a tragic wisdom similar to that of man at that time.
Nietzsche’s ultimate aim is to defend and endorse life in all circumstances against the elements that devalue it; and to regain the greatness and glory that people lost due to various reasons.
For Nietzsche, life is the most precious thing we have and therefore must be defended to the full in all circumstances. His efforts in this direction and his positive attitude towards life made Nietzsche known as a ‘philosopher of life’ in the history of philosophy. In this book, you will find Nietzsche’s saying yes to life with all his might and clues of the upper man …
