ones.'(5)
God Is Not but Man Is
In justifying his persistent choice of rejecting the existence of God Nietzsche proclaims in (Dawn)That the ‘counter-proof for the existence of God is superfluous’, and in (The Will to Power): ‘Life without God liberates from the cumbersome chains of religion. It gives forces to man to become surhuman.’
In the arguments of Nietzsche we are confronted with repetitive assertions that do not provide evidence, not even a solid argument, in support of his rejection of the existence of God.
This choice, made early in the teen age of Nietzsche, assumes counter arguments to order, laws and universal harmony. He considers hazard, chaos and disorder as the creating force for the Universe.
Obviously the logic of Nietzsche is entirely fallacious; since there is no one evidence in support of his arguments. Nietzsche chose not to believe in God and imposed his conjectural illusions to proof his arguments. He is an example of a biased rejecter.
But His thoughts have had considerable influence on atheistic and agnostic thinking.
He could have simply declared his ‘disbelief’ without venturing into ‘falsely proving it’.
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1. Friedrich Nietzsche, Aurore, Traduction d’Henri Albert,
Librairie générale française, Paris, 1995. p. 127.
2. Ibid., 127
3. Friedrich Nietzsche, Le gai savoir, Traduction par Patrick
Wolting, GF Flammarion, 2e édition, Paris, 2000. p. 173.
4. Ibid., p. 161.
5. Ibid., p. 45.
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