Koniuszewski: Nietzsche

Frederick Nietzsche in the late nineteenth century in his poem the philosopher announced that God had died! As long as this claim was dealt with only by different thinkers and sublimated interpreters, specified as Heidegger – so long this thought was decently understood.

But erstwhile it yet came to ideological banners, adapted for the usage of the minds and concepts of the wider crowds, it became the prey of the modern street, which, in accordance with its preferences, simply reproved it. present she's definitely marked. In a wider reception, it is believed that this thought abbreviation means that in his opinion God does not exist, and this fact has just been yet discovered. This in turn combines the thought of the alleged superhuman, which Nietzsche besides announced with this proclamation.

And in this case, and this thought was subjected to a deep simplification. Well, he made a request for a man beyond whom nothing exists. He is his only arbitrator and yet “will of power”. So it was proclaimed, in support of this German thinker, or possibly more a poet of ominous times, an age of nihilism. In fact, under liberal regulation – democratic language it continues to be the best, until today. Apparently, Nietzsche was disowned today. A peculiar language was preserved and even created to hide the kinship, with specified a well understood message. Many things in this planet are based on apparent mistakes, and sometimes, intentional manipulation.

Let us now make this explanation of the thought hidden behind its abbreviation, or proclamation of God’s death. We realize that primarily Christian. First observation: It is not possible to declare the death of individual who, according to materialistic doctrines, does not exist. Only a being can die, so a real and real being. If the author meant the death of an thought only, even the most important, he would have written about it or at least given us an understanding. But we're not gonna read it anywhere.

Nietzsche, simply according to the existing state of European civilization describes her spirit. For for her God died. She doesn't want to know or hear anything else. If so, what fills this uncomfortable void? A deficiency that no culture can be with. The philosopher consistently refers here to the thought of a superman endowed with divine attributes, individual who must emerge. How else can we live without God?

I know you can trust on all anti-Christian tirades, as Nietzsche does. But is it not on his part to charge the full 2 millenniums with God’s death? And this is the way to read the story. There's no another way. There's no another way! Nietzsche, therefore, is revealed to us as a terrible witch, a conqueror of illusions. He is the prophet of the era that has just arrived. A supplemental reading should be the university lectures by Martin Heidegger, collected in a work titled Nietzsche.

Antoni Koniuszewski

Think Poland, No. 3-4 (15-22.01.2023)