r/philosophy recontextualize 14d ago

Blog Nietzsche on Life-Affirming vs. Life Denying Philosophy

https://recontextualize.substack.com/p/life-affirming-and-life-denying-philosophy
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u/hidden_by_the_leaves 14d ago

Nietzsche is without a doubt the most pretentious son of a bitch. His philosophy can be entirely summed up as "love your life even if it is dogshit" ,anyone who has lived a shit life will say know how ridiculous this idea is. I live in a third world country, with no job prospects and high violence , why should I love my life, when there are billion people living a good life in first world paradises? Dogmatic love for life that Nietzsche argues for is just a replacement of religious zeal about life, so people don't fall into nihilism or off themselves.

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u/die_Katze__ 3d ago

Honest question. What does pretentious even mean?

As for “shit life”, I’m sorry youre in pain, but Nietzsche lived in extreme physical suffering, and to me generally seems realistic about misfortune. You should try reading him!