"Not like the gods am I-profoundly it is rued!.
I am of the earthworm's dust engendered brood,.
Which blindly burrowing, by dust is fed,.
And crushed beneath the wanderers tread." (Faust: lines 652-55).
Faust is then gripped, not only with a sense of despair of knowledge, but a deeper existential despair at the meaninglessness of human existence. Does that idea then, not present to us a strong resemblance to a Schopenhauerian conception of existence i.e. as ultimately unsatisfactory and to be turned away from? What has been written above certainly does give the impression that Schopenhauerian pessimism is present here. However it can, in fact, be quickly asserted that this position is not Schopenhauerian. How can such a sweeping assertion be justified? Does Faust not represent a denial of will? Is he not afflicted by a will-denying pessimism brought on by the dead knowledge that surrounds him? Have his learning and reason not robbed him of all value?.
All of this certainly seems true, yet Faust is not an incarnation of Schopenhauerian pessimism for the following reason: he does not really deny the will, he merely expresses woeful dissatisfaction at the seeming impossibility of anything to sate him. His attempts at raising the earth spirit demonstrates this i.e. even at the understanding of human limitation he still tries to overcome this with transcendent means. For Faust to be Schopenhauerian he would have to have come to terms with the failure at all attempts at satisfaction and this he simply does not do. This is compounded by Faust's attempt at a very un-Schopenhaurian solution to this predicament i.e. suicide. On which Schopenhauer says the following:.
"Far from being the denial of the will, suicide is a phenomenon of the will's strong affirmation. For denial has its essential nature in the fact that the pleasures of life not its sorrows, are shunned. The suicide wills life, and is dissatisfied merely with the conditions on which it has come to him.
In Goethe's Faust, the lead character is a man named Faust who makes a bet with the Devil, referred to as Mephistopheles. The virtues of Faust are often argued. ... This would seem to represent the loss of control by Faust and the power of Mephisto to bend Faust's will. ... Faust does ultimately return to God. ... In the end, Faust proved to be as virtuous as anyone. ...
The concerto is based off of Goethe's Faust. ... The first movement sets Faust in Hungary in the nature. ... The second movement is where Faust meets Méphistophélès, a Satan figure who lures Faust into sleep where he dreams of Marguerite. ... In the fourth movement, Faust learns that Marguerite is in trouble and begs Mephistopheles for help. ... It shows the different struggles with the characters and how they prevail, or not in Faust's case. ...
In the story of Faust the main character, Faust, is pushed to evil, after a long period of self-torment. ... But that was not enough for Faust; he wanted the knowledge of the gods. ... Faust agreed to this, and at once the devil was Faust's servant doing what Faust wanted. ... Faust saw a girl, a girl he thought that he must have. ... Soon the girl was pregnant with Faust's child, soon after he abandoned her. ...
Nietzsche, however, took the opposite approach to this impossible task. Nietzsche gave no value to anything. ... Nietzsche basically told the whole world to screw off. ... Nietzsche's theory entails that human beings are basically and only egotistical. ... Nietzsche also has interesting ideas on the difference between good and evil. ...
As a philosopher, Nietzsche tried to change to world with his prose by discussing societal values and ascetics. ... Nietzsche's view of art is, at the same time, the most sublime and metaphysical. ... Although Nietzsche was strongly against the Christian moral sentiment and German nationalism, Nietzsche himself is just as guilty for he himself was a master of manipulation with his work Genealogy of Morals. ... Like a true artist, Nietzsche never let morals or some sort of doctrine dictate his art. ... Nietzsche and Bishop's art are highly elaborated and ornamental poetic pieces o...
Nietzsche claims that we live in an historical age that is " beyond good and evil." ... Nietzsche believes that no history can be defined and claims that there is no such thing as something that has no history. Through examining Nietzsche it becomes evident that searching for the definition of species is not only futile but also unnecessary. ... Unlike Hobbes Nietzsche believed that our value systems are culturally determined, they arise not from conventional folk wisdom. ... Humans described by Nietzsche are like human culture and have a history. ...
Assess Nietzsche's View Of Truth In the first section of Beyond Good and Evil (BGE) it is clear that Nietzsche's view on truth is that there is no such thing as "T"ruth. ... This is otherwise known as Nietzsche's Perspectivism. ... Nietzsche also argues that living without falseness is impossible. ... But it also leads to Nietzsche's view of immediate certainties. ... Also Nietzsche's account of truth is too complicated. ...
Goethe's Faust does not contain such a bargain with the Devil. ... The Lord bets Mephistopheles that he won't be able to make Faust deviate from "the appointed course," and Faust bets Mephistopheles that he won't be able to make any moment so pleasurable that Faust will cry out for time to stop. Thus, the bet between Faust and Mephistopheles concerns fulfillment. If Faust is ever tempted to stop reaching for something new, he will forfeit his soul. ... This aspect slightly differs from Goethe's Faust in that Faust is lured and chooses either to go or not go while in Bedazzl...
