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WorksheetsNietzsche 'Beyond Good and Evil' Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
What specific term did Nietzsche use to describe individuals who were able to think objectively about an issue, ignoring personal conviction, individual incentive, or any other bias that influence their thought process?
philosophers
enlightened souls
truth-tellers
free spirits
'Napoleon-like'
Though the exam doesn't cover this, what are the basic building blocks of the universe, according to Nietzsche?
wills
atoms
causes and effects
truth
Nietzsche lauds 'free spirits' and suggests they will be a necessary pre-condition of creating new philosophies; but what might motivate a free spirit to want to mingle with the 'herd'?
loneliness
the will to knowledge
a sense of community
a desire to feel superior
Whose spirit does Nietzsche worship?
God
Apollo
Dionysus
himself
Mr. Morley
(Not on the exam, but use your smarts) The only real example of a philosopher of these who is a legislator of new values is...
Immanuel Kant (deontologist)
John Stuart Mill (utilitarian)
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
(Not on the exam directly) - Of what is science merely the most recent incarnation?
our will to power
the eternal recurrence of man
master morality
Christian asceticism
Okay, but what is 'the eternal recurrence of man'?
Embracing it would be the ultimate expression of having a life-affirming attitude
An important prompt to us to make us wonder what we would do if the idea was true
A belief that universe and all existence and energy will continue to recur, in a self-similar form an infinite number of times across infinite time or space
Similar to the Buddhist and Hindu 'wheel of time'
Nietzsche derides all of the following, EXCEPT FOR...
democracy
Utilitarianism
Communism
welfarism
sublimated will to power
According to Nietzsche, what is the main problem with prescribing one moral code for all people in all times?
some people are bound to break it
historically, there have been many different moral codes
it ignores the fact that there's an order of rank among people
there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that the Christian moral code that has come to predominate is the wrong one.
According to Nietzsche, which of the following is NOT necessary for the improvement of our species?
having an aristocratic caste/group
suffering and loneliness on the part of profound thinkers
the exploitation of the majority
a democratic form of government
(Not on the exam directly) What happens when you look long into an abyss?
You get dizzy
The abyss also looks into you
You become closer to an ubermensch
You recognise the eternal recurrence of existence
Which of the following statements most agrees with Nietzsche's position on The Good Life?
Agreeing with his misery-guts mentor Schopenhauer that our role is "hurt no one; rather, help all as much as you can."
every current morality is a bit of tyranny against nature
An individual's private benefit should always be sacrificed for the public good, no matter what.
everyone suffers from ressentiment, so we can't live good lives.
Which emotion does Nietzsche refer to as being pathetic?
frustration
piety
desperateness
pity
boredom
Okay, but when Nietzsche coins the term 'ressentiment' - how does he describe it's origins?
Coming from a psychological state of suppressed hatred and envy
Coming from oppressed Christians - a coping strategy against their masters by imagining they would be rewarded in the afterlife for their virtue, while their masters would be punished
Coming from an expression of bad faith and hypocrisy - because human beings are often false.
Coming from the rational foundations of morality
Nietzsche argues that for Christians, good is contrasted, not with bad, but with <blank word goes here>
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