Study Questions on Nietzsche

-What is “the problem of Socrates”?

-What is the significance of Socrates’ ugliness for Nietzsche?

-What is the significance of “Socratic irony” for Nietzsche and how does it differ from his own use of irony?

-Who are the slaves for Nietzsche?

-What is the meaning and origin of “ressentiment”?

-Why do philosophers, according to Nietzsche, typically devalue history?

-What is Nietzsche’s critique of the distinction between “appearance” and “reality”?

-Why do philosophers typically confuse “what is first with what is last”?  What does this mean?

-Why does Nietzsche think that morality is “anti-nature”?

-Why does Nietzsche think that “[t]he entire realm of morality and religion belongs under this concept of imaginary causes”?

-What is the “error of free will”?

-What is the significance of tragedy for Nietzsche and how does this differ from the standard interpretation of the time?

-What does “perspectivism” about the truth mean?

-How does the distinction between “good” and “evil” differ from that between “good” and “bad”?

-What is the significance of the orgy for Nietzsche?

-What does Nietzsche mean when he proclaims that “God is dead”?