Thursday, January 27, 2005

Reflections on Nietzsche's thought.

"find myself very much interested in deciphering nietzsche's thought, even though just at the mere thought of it is in itself nerve-wrecking - causing neurons to self-destruct."

almost halfway reading beyond good and evil; still have to finish a 167 page genealogy of morals. still have five hours to finish all the non-crap thing. planning to write a pseudo-analysis, meta-evaluation this weekend, which expectedly a precursor to thinkpiece two - postmodern philosophy.

somewhere in my reading, was able to accidentally bumped into a some kind of parallel connection between a dot of nietzche's grandiose thoughts to mine's random nonsensical, unimportant viewpoint (as compared to the man)

here's what i got myself into:

homo sapiens in the postmodern world lives in a system where opportunity seems becoming less and less. less chances are present in creating and producing a great individual - honed and manufactured by extreme societal conditions whose vigor and energy are drastically pressed to its very last.

what eventually brings humanity to this present state is that the past has been responsible and kind enough - or unkind enough? - in putting their concepts into tangible structures, which we - luckily or unluckily live in and with today.

morality has been standardized. rules were already set effective. norms were foreground-ed. institutions and structures were fixed.

all are expected and duty-bound to follow. conformation is imperative for an individual to fit in - to belong. convergence is projected to create order in a human niche - to temper the un-tempered, to pacify the un-pacified; in short, to bring man away from his animalistic nature towards what they call a 'civilized' one.

things brought by these institutions become a necessity; and obedience in it is a 'painful compelled conformity and restraint'.

is the organization of mankind into a kind of definite system the real intention of the naissance of these restraining institutions? or is it bound towards something else – to serve the interests of the few?

what is left in the course of human history is an unavoidable and unconscious destruction of the prevailing societal institutions, morality, rules and norms. men, in an ever-seeking unsatisfied tendencies will continue to deviate, divert and probe on new horizons.

some people will rise to accept the challenge. they would choose to be different, stand alone and live independently – can be the most loneliest, most concealed and most deviant, the master of his own virtue – the human being beyond good and evil. they come in a non-significant number, their impact may not be felt now but the fruition of their toils will come some time in the future – may be it is exactly how the future shall be defined.

postmodern philosophy is a break-away from these institutions to free the human esprit from the barriers it posed and created. these institutions are viewed as non-significant elements; questioned and deconstructed to emphasize the significance of man’s freedom as defined and concretized by the acts of the will – one’s own choosing independent from any rules or laws.

nonetheless, amidst the destruction of the definition of morality arise the readiness to assume great responsibility.

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