Deck 16: The Anti-Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche

Question 1

Nietzsche held that life was an argument.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Nietzsche believed that anger would kill.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Schopenhauer believed that life was just a constant will to survive.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Nietzsche believed that we should search for the objective meaning of life.

Question 5

Nietzsche thought that there was a universal desire to control others.

Question 6

Schopenhauer had an optimistic philosophy.

Question 7

Schopenhauer claimed that our only hope was detachment and withdrawal.

Question 8

Modernity rejects faith in science, objective truth, and rationality.

Question 9

Nietzsche developed the view called tragic optimism .

Question 10

Nietzsche chose for himself the word immoralist .

Question 11

Nietzsche believed that life was the expression of will.

Question 12

Nietzsche claimed that it was better to be envied than pitied.

Question 13

Nietzsche fought a duel.

Question 14

Nietzsche s work is clear.

Question 15

Nietzsche believed that Schopenhauer s pessimism was life-affirming.

Question 16

Nietzsche believed that there was no divine plan for life.

Question 17

Nietzsche proclaimed that God was dead.

Question 18

Nietzsche died in 1900.

Question 19

Nietzsche was born in France.

Question 20

Modernity refers to the twenty-first century.

Question 21

What did Nietzsche believe the prolonged dominance of scientism would lead to?

A) Progress
B) Ennui
C) Wisdom
D) Self-contempt

Question 22

Nietzsche referred to himself as the last philosopher.

Question 23

Nietzsche held that the single goal of science was the search for objective truth.

Question 24

What do we pass sentence on, if we believe in morality, according to Nietzsche?

A) Truth
B) Ourselves
C) Existence
D) Life

Question 25

Nietzsche observed that everything that elevates the individual above the herd is called

A) wisdom
B) good
C) foolishness
D) evil

Question 26

An anti-philosopher rejects the authority of reason.

Question 27

Reaction formation is

A) an ego defense mechanism
B) an id defense mechanism
C) a way to search for wisdom
D) a scientific error

Question 28

For Novack, the will to power is an ache for

A) less
B) more
C) thirst
D) hunger

Question 29

Nietzsche held that modernity was

A) the way forward
B) an illusion
C) a sickness
D) a sign of health

Question 30

What does science see us as, according to Nietzsche?

A) Helpless effects
B) Religious dupes
C) Evolved apes
D) Agents of change

Question 31

Being moralistic is a form of

A) Wisdom
B) Power
C) Engagement
D) Hypocrisy

Question 32

Nietzsche equated the will to truth with the will to power.

Question 33

Which myth limits us through science, for Nietzsche?

A) Objective reality
B) Subjective truth
C) Evolution
D) Progress

Question 34

Lou Salome married Nietzsche.

Question 35

Nietzsche held that we always do things for the sake of God.

Question 36

What do utilitarians sublimate the individual to, according to Nietzsche?

A) Herself
B) God
C) The herd
D) Well-being

Question 37

Some postmodern philosophers claim that all philosophy is a form of autobiography.

Question 38

Nietzsche s Zarathustra is a destroyer of false values.

Question 39

Nietzsche advocated perspectivism.

Question 40

Freud held that Nietzsche had little self-knowledge.

Question 41

Master morality is, for Nietzsche, based on

A) Aethetics
B) Religion
C) Justice
D) Fear

Question 42

What is the dominant emotion of the underman?

A) Joy
B) Resentment
C) Love
D) Hatred

Question 43

In what was way Nietzsche influenced by Schopenhauer s work? How did his views depart from it?

Question 44

Nietzsche was clearly

A) insane
B) inauthentic
C) authentic
D) a Nazi

Question 45

For the overman, evil equals

A) wise
B) good
C) vulgar
D) pain

Question 46

What is Nietzsche s higher type ?

A) The overman
B) The underman
C) The upperman
D) The masterclass

Question 47

Nihilism is from the Latin for

A) Truth
B) God
C) Nothing
D) Faith

Question 48

What did we kill God with, according to Nietzsche?

A) Religion
B) Wisdom
C) Optimism
D) Pessimism

Question 49

What did Nietzsche mean when he claimed that God is dead ? Do you agree with his view here? Explain your answer.

Question 50

Who claimed that society is dominated by weak and stupid people ?

A) Russell
B) von Franz
C) Ryle
D) von Hayek

Question 51

To dream of equal rights was, for Nietzsche, a sign of

A) wisdom
B) poverty
C) fear
D) shallow-mindedness

Question 52

Who cannot be alone in a godless universe, for Nietzsche?

A) The overman
B) The underman
C) Priests
D) Pariahs

Question 53

Do you believe that Nietzsche would have approved of mass movements, such as Nazism or Socialism? Explain your answer.

Question 54

What did Nietzsche believe that a will to a system was?

A) A lack of faith
B) A lack of integrity
C) A lack of wisdom
D) A lack of intelligence

Question 55

What does no victor believe in, for Nietzsche?

A) Chance
B) Will
C) Objective value
D) Life

Question 56

The love of our specific fate is

A) amor fati
B) fromage feti
C) fait accompli
D) amor propre

Question 57

The ideal modern citizen is not

A) democratic
B) compassionate
C) sheeplike
D) feral

Question 58

Can you see any positive characteristics of the underman, and any negative characteristics of the overman? If so, how do you think that Nietzsche would respond? If not, why not?

Question 59

Do you agree with Nietzsche s criticisms of morality? Why, or why not? is there any particular moral theory that you think might be especially immune to his criticisms? If so, which one--and why?

Question 60

What value system is based on guilt and fear?

A) Master morality
B) Slave morality
C) Nietzschean optimism
D) Stoicism

Question 61

In what way is Nietzsche a modern philosopher, in the sense of modern outlined in this chapter? In what way does he reject modernity?

Question 62

Do you believe that Nietzsche would have endorsed the pragmatist approach to truth? Why, or why not?

Question 63

What is the will to power ? Do you agree that this is a significant motive force in persons lives? Why, or why not?