1. Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche
However, he does believe that history can be employed to modernity when adopting only the "strengths of the past" as opposed to historic weaknesses (Nietzsche, 34). ... Instead Nietzsche believes history is a threat to modern man's happiness. ... While Marx describes religion as a drug used to deceive and exploit the masses, Nietzsche considers religion to be a threat to modernity because of its value in seeking universal truth (Nietzsche, 50). Because Nietzsche expresses strong individualist views throughout the Genealogy of Morality, he believes society must be rid of this id...
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