Nietzsche and the Death of God

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Wahl
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Short Discussion ◽  
Death Of God ◽  
Pure Immanence

In this short discussion of Karl Jaspers’s 1936 work Nietzsche: An Introduction to his Philosophical Activity, Wahl joins the other contributors to the second volume of the journal Acéphale, organized by George Bataille as a counter to the fascist reading of Nietzsche. Highlighting Jaspers’s claim that Nietzsche’s is a philosophy of pure immanence, Wahl questions whether there might remain a will to transcendence that grounds Nietzsche’s will to immanence.

Transcender Deus

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (34) ◽  
pp. 439-457
Author(s):  
Paulo Borges ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Death Of God ◽  
The Core ◽  
Meister Eckhart ◽  
Angelus Silesius

Our aim is to reflect upon the theme of “Transcending God”, as the core of the spiritual and mystical quest and journey, in Meister Eckhart and Angelus Silesius. We comment positions like “So therefore we pray to God that we may be free of “God”” (Eckhart) and “I must go even beyond God, to a desert” (Silesius), situating them in the context of neoplatonic experience and tradition. Finally, we wonder if we couldn’t find here a previous and more radical “death of God”, where religion is simultaneously accomplished and overpassed by mystical spirituality. This could be the other side of the “death of God” proclaimed by Nietzsche.

Ultrastructural features of the sensori-motor cortex of the primate

1979 ◽  
Vol 285 (1006) ◽  
pp. 123-139 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Motor Cortex ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Liquid Helium ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Solid Surfaces ◽  
The Other ◽  
Experimental Chamber ◽  
Short Discussion ◽  
Inside Wall

cooled to 2°K or lower. Rollin (1936) found that the thermal insulation of vessels containing liquid helium was much worse below than above the A point. He explained his observation by assuming the existence of a thin layer of liquid helium on the inside wall of the connecting tube, and thought it probable that the change in thermal conductivity of this film at the A point gave rise to the anomalous effects observed. As the result of more recent (unpublished) experiments Rollin and Simon* have put forward the other explanation that the film creeps up the tube and evaporates eventually. It is obvious that all these phenomena may have a common explanation and it was the object of the experiments described in this paper and the following paper to investigate the behaviour of He 11 in contact with solid surfaces systematically. The phenomena had to be investigated from various aspects and this made experiments necessary which varied in purpose and character to some extent. For simplicity’s sake we will therefore give, together with the description of each experiment, a short discussion and summarize at the end of the second paper all results in a general discussion on the whole phenomenon. All experiments were carried out in the same cryostat; and for different experiments only the experimental chamber and the experimental arrangement in it were altered.

scholarly journals Statistical analysis of chromosome distribution to the poles in interspecific hybrids with variable chromosome pairing

1963 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Sficas
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Interspecific Hybrids ◽  
Random Distribution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Variable Amount ◽  
Short Discussion ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Chromosome Separation ◽  
Opposite Tendency

A probability distribution of chromosome separation to the poles was developed to test the randomness of movement of univalents in asynaptic material where a variable amount of meiotic pairing occurs. Two tables were calculated, one for 24 chromosomes which can be used for any even number equal or less than 24, and the other for 19 chromosomes which can be used for any odd number equal or less than 19.Three Nicotiana hybrids, namely N. glutinosa × N. otophora, N. glutinosa, N. sylvestris, and N. tabacum × N. glutinosa, and one polyhaploid were investigated. All hybrids had a tendency towards an equal distribution of unpaired chromosomes to the poles. The polyhaploid N. tabacum (with a substituted N. plumbaginifolia chromosome) had an opposite tendency, i.e. towards a flatter distribution than expected from random distribution of univalents. A short discussion of the problem is given.

The Lightning Flash and the Storm of Progress

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Lehman
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Lightning Flash ◽  
Historical Imagination ◽  
Short Discussion ◽  
The Waste Land ◽  
Waste Land ◽  
The One

Impossible Modernism concludes with a short discussion of two figures: the flash of lightning that cuts across the desert scene in the last section of The Waste Land and the “storm of progress” that blows through the ninth thesis “On the Concept of History.” These images, it is maintained, in their attempt to present together tradition, on the one hand, and event, on the other, bring to the fore modernism’s paradoxical historical imagination, and the relevance of this imagination to our contemporary aesthetic and political concerns.

28. Nietzsche

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Widder
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Death Of God ◽  
Ascetic Ideal ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Ontological Turn ◽  
The One ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
Genealogy Of Morals

This chapter examines Friedrich Nietzsche's political philosophy, first by focusing on his claim that the ‘death of God’ inaugurates modern nihilism. It then explains Nietzsche's significance for political theory by situating him, on the one hand, against the Platonist and Christian traditions that dominate political philosophy and, on the other hand, with contemporary attempts to develop a new political theory of difference. The chapter also considers Nietzsche's genealogical method and proceeds by analysing the three essays of On the Genealogy of Morals, along with his views on good and bad, good and evil, slave morality, the ascetic ideal, and the nihilism of modern secularism. Finally, it reviews contemporary interpretations of Nietzsche's relation and relevance to political theory and how his philosophy has inspired a broader set of trends that has come to be known as ‘the ontological turn in political theory’.

Nihilsmo, Fin de la Metafisica y Secularizacion en el Pensamiento de Nietzsche, Heidegger y Vattimo

1998 ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
Laura Laiseca
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Death Of God ◽  
Eternal Recurrence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Postmodern Philosophy ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One

The purpose of this article is to articulate Nietzsche's criticism of morality which is centered in his experience of the death of God and the end of the subject of Modernity. Nietzsche considers nihilism as a nihilism of morality, not of metaphysics: it is morality and its history that has given rise to nihilism in the Occident. That is why Nietzsche separates himself from metaphysics as well as from morality and science, which differs from Heidegger's reasons. According to Heidegger, Nietzsche places himself in a primal position in the history of metaphysics, by which he means the consummation (Vollendung) of metaphysics' nihilism, which Heidegger tries to transcend. On the one hand, Heidegger shows us how Nietzsche consummates the Platonic philosophy by inverting its principles. On the other, Nietzsche consummates the metaphysics of subjectivity. Consequently he conceives the thought of the will of power and of the eternal recurrence as the two last forms of the metaphysical categories of essence and existence respectively. On this ground it is possible to understand Nietzsche's and Heidegger's thought as the necessary first stage in the transition to Vattimo's postmodern philosophy and his notion of secularization.

William James, John Dewey, and the ‘Death-of-God’

1971 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
John K. Roth
Keyword(s):  
John Dewey ◽  
William James ◽  
The Other ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Death Of God ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
American Tradition ◽  
American Thought

Basic issues in the recent ‘death-of-God’ movement can be illuminated by comparison and contrast with the relevant ideas of two American philosophers, John Dewey and William James. Dewey is an earlier spokesman for ideas that are central to the ‘radical theology’ of Thomas J. J. Altizer, William Hamilton, and Paul Van Buren. His reasons for rejecting theism closely resemble propositions maintained by these ‘death-of-God’ theologians. James, on the other hand, points toward a theological alternative. He takes cognizance of ideas similar to those in the ‘radical theology’, but he does not opt for either a metaphorical or real elimination of God. Thus, the contentions of this paper are (1) that there has been a version of the ‘death-of-God’ perspective in American thought before, and (2) that there are resources in the American tradition that suggest a viable option to this perspective.

Description of Barbus teugelsi sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Little Scarcies basin in Guinea, Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2998 (1) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAMADOU BAMBA ◽  
EMMANUEL J. VREVEN ◽  
JOS SNOEKS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gill Arch ◽  
The Other ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Short Discussion ◽  
Posterior Edge ◽  
Gill Rakers ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Past

Barbus teugelsi, a new African cyprinid, is described from the Mongo River at Marela (Guinea). It is morphologically similar to the syntopically occurring ‘B.’ bigornei Lévêque et al. 1988, with which it has been confounded in the past. However, the scale meristics of the new species differ from those of ‘B.’ bigornei, but are similar in all but one to those of ‘B.’ ablabes (Bleeker 1863) and ‘B.’ parablabes Daget 1957. Barbus teugelsi sp. nov. is clearly distinguished from both these species by the following unique combination of characters: a lower total number of gill rakers on the first gill arch (3–6); the presence of long barbels, with the anterior barbels reaching the vertical passing through the middle of the eye and the posterior barbels extending beyond the vertical passing through the posterior edge of the eye and reaching the pre-operculum. In addition, the cephalic sensory canals are highly reduced or even absent. Furthermore, small differences between the new species and the other three species were found for several measurements. A short discussion on the taxonomic value of some diagnostic characters in small barbs is included.

scholarly journals Dowsing the ‘Vital Energy’ of the Planets and their Moons

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
John F. Caddy
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Volcanic Activity ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Short Discussion ◽  
Gravitational Forces ◽  
The Earth ◽  
High Production

An experimental dowsing of the planetary and lunar bodies of the solar system suggests that all planetary and lunar names evoke some degree of energetic excitation reflecting that of the bodies themselves. The highest values of pranic energy were found for Jupiter and the other large distant planets, and for moons close to their planet which are subject to gravitational forces and show volcanic activity. The Earth, Venus and Mars show similar moderate-high levels of pranic energy, but the low-moderate scores for pranic energy shown by Mercury and the Sun seem to verify that subtle energy production is incompatible with high production or high levels of conventional photonic radiation. A short discussion of the implications of these observations follows.

The Spiritual Dimension of the Breakdown

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-49
Author(s):  
Bruce Ledewitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Public Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Death Of God ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
Historical Cycles

The usual explanations of the breakdown in American public life fail to account for our current condition. They do, however, point to an underlying national spiritual crisis. The economy has not actually performed that badly. Big money is not that influential. The pathologies of social media are symptoms of our problems, not sources. Even racism is only a part of our national distress. Both sides claim the unreasonableness of the other side is the problem. These opponents have weakened the institutions of government. Some observers have given up trying to explain our condition, pointing to human nature, when human nature should be constant, or to historical cycles that simply occur. Our crisis is part of the failure of the Enlightenment and capitalism to sustain meaningful human life in secular society. The problem is the Death of God.

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