Nietzsche and Affirmation of Self Nietzsche stands out on the subject of life and self as he aggressively argues in favor of affirmation of self than denial of the same. He actively speaks against self-denial as was proposed by some other philosophers of the past including those who leaned towards Buddhist teachings. Instead Nietzsche consistently speaks in favor of life and rebukes the whole concept of being weak and timid in any sense of the word. He believes that the best people and the most fulfilled are those who take an active role in affirming themselves. The individuals who participating in their own growth, in their mental, physical and spiritual development are the ones who are best at affirming self and this is what Nietzsche proposes too. On one occasion he said, "...do not make things too easy for yourself" (Nietzsche 270) which is another way of saying that one should not take the easy way out on life. When one tries to accomplish something he dreamt of, he struggles. This struggle reminds him of being alive and of being an active participant in life. This is how he affirms himself and his life. This is very important concept and one that is far removed from the Buddhist principles that teach man to abandon the pursuit of goals and dreams. Nietzsche asks man to do no such thing but instead he says that by affirming life, man can affirm himself and by pursuing his dreams and goals, he gets higher and higher on the ladder of affirmation. This self-affirmation is important if man wants to progress and not consistently degenerate. The whole idea of being a man means being a superior being and this cannot come to those who...
(2005). Medical News Today. Retrieved October 28, 2010 at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/35545.php Defense mechanisms, or repression, according to Sigmund Freud, were at the root of human anxiety. To deal with cognitive dissonance, or challenges to one's ego, contradictory information was repressed and anxiety was temporarily reduced. Although during the 1960s many laboratory studies on learning and memory and studies of perceptual defense treated the existence of defense mechanisms as empirical fact, in more
It is Edna who achieves both the awakening of the title, the awareness of how the social traditions imposed on her are stifling her and preventing her from expressing herself as she would wish, and also fails in that she cannot overcome these traditions and so chooses suicide rather than continue under such a repressive system. Chopin implies that there is a danger in awakening, in understanding the nature of
S., experts estimate the genuine number of incidents of abuse and neglect ranges three times higher than reported. (National Child Abuse Statistics, 2006) in light of these critical contemporary concerns for youth, this researcher chose to document the application of Object Relation, Attachment Theories, and Self-Psychology to clinical practice, specifically focusing on a patient who experienced abuse when a child. Consequently, this researcher contends this clinical case study dissertation proves
The horn, like Saturn, Is suspended in its ring of steering wheel; And below is the black tongue of the gas pedal, The bulge of the brake, the stalk Of the stick shift, Lines 17-21) The simile, "like Saturn" succeeds in expanding on the image of the car in adding a sense of its larger symbolic meaning. The other images also tend to provide the car with natural attributes - such as a tongue. In the final
Their main arguments are based on historical assumptions and on facts which have represented turning points for the evolution of the African-American society throughout the decades, and especially during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. In this regard, the Old Negro, and the one considered to be the traditional presence in the Harlem, is the result of history, and not of recent or contemporary events. From the point-of-view of
When she died in Toronto, after having a stroke while playing cards, her last words were "Goddamn it, why did you lead that?" (Falk 315). Until the end, she was strong, feisty and a true role model for all humans who strongly believe in and want to promote a cause. In Goldman's biography, Falk clearly recognizes that Goldman is no saint or a Gandhi, and will never be remembered as
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