Instead, they fear the master class and perceive them as being evil. In comparison, the samurai share similar ethical view as Nietzsche. A samurai is expected tomake every effort to respect and honor his parents; he should be polite, discreet in manners and conduct, proper in dress and speech, and upright and sincere? (Musashi 626). This type of behavior gives the samurai the sense of severity and uniformity that Nietzsche idealizes. There is a unifying sense of honor and dignity between the two. Miyamoto Musashi also perceived a distinction between Nietzsche's belief in the will to power and the subjugation of a despised lower class. Musashi detected an attitude difference among priests, women, peasants and lower folk and the warrior who studiesthe way of strategy to overcome men and attain power and fame? (Musashi 38). Both master classes of both Nietzsche and feudal Japan share the common sense of honor and a will to power within their own class. .
Existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre approach on the idea of personal identity reflects those of a samurai's. Existentialists like Sartre ponder upon the idea of an irrational world. The uncertainties that exist in the world give rise to the idea of an absurd world that has no absolute moral codes. Sartre's concern about this deals withthe question of how to create ethical standards, find meaning in life, and deal with the problems ofsuffering, fear and dread? given an irrational world? (Moore and Bruder 536). Sartre values suffering as an indication that one is fully aware of one's responsibility to make choices with no justifications for them. He strongly believes that one cannever find any proof that there is an absolute moral code? (Sartre 31). Therefore, every person is entirely responsible for his existence. Sartre also states in Existentialism and Humanismman is nothing else but that which he makes of himself? (28). Therefore, one createswholeness and purpose? in life by becomingengaged? in the world and by selecting a fundamental project? (Moore and Bruder 553).
