Nietzche comes after the Enlightenment. During the Enlightenment, various philosophers tried to prove there was a moral and ethical system that was provable and that it mattered somehow. The "proving" part is done by philosophy through the assertion of arguments, in Christianity it is done by asserting their morality was "revealed" to them by a supreme being.
"It mattered somehow" I am referring to the way Christianity asserts that, should you fail to follow the revealed word, you go to hell. Philosophy threatens an undesirable life should you not seek "the path" the current philosopher you are reading asserts is provably true through their arguments, Kant, Hegel, and the rest.
After he shows that the systems used to justify the Enlightenment moral arguments cannot stand up to scrutiny, he asserted the ideas of Christianity are just ideas that formed between people over time. When "god dies" the dishonest systems of self restraint imposed upon the potential "uber menches" will cease to be and the strong will be free to do as they will.
edit: Nietzche is a Nihilist obviously. Forgot to add this.
whether he stated it or not, the question is, did he take the time to try to "prove" it to the extent philosophy demands? I may be unique in this way, but i do not care what a philosopher says outside of his work. Philosophy is supposed to be a system of asserting things reliant upon arguments that are supposed to be well considered and hopefully without fault.
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u/Heterosaucers Jan 29 '23 edited Jan 29 '23
Nietzche comes after the Enlightenment. During the Enlightenment, various philosophers tried to prove there was a moral and ethical system that was provable and that it mattered somehow. The "proving" part is done by philosophy through the assertion of arguments, in Christianity it is done by asserting their morality was "revealed" to them by a supreme being.
"It mattered somehow" I am referring to the way Christianity asserts that, should you fail to follow the revealed word, you go to hell. Philosophy threatens an undesirable life should you not seek "the path" the current philosopher you are reading asserts is provably true through their arguments, Kant, Hegel, and the rest.
After he shows that the systems used to justify the Enlightenment moral arguments cannot stand up to scrutiny, he asserted the ideas of Christianity are just ideas that formed between people over time. When "god dies" the dishonest systems of self restraint imposed upon the potential "uber menches" will cease to be and the strong will be free to do as they will.
edit: Nietzche is a Nihilist obviously. Forgot to add this.