God Is Dead: The Irrationality of Rationality

Academic Work, Introductory Philosophy, Philosophy
Aug 291999

“God is dead” exclaims the ecstatic madman, while on-lookers in this imaginary market-place stare in amusement at him, whispering to each other, snickering. “God remains dead! And we have killed him!” These very words are what Nietzsche is best known for. But what does he mean by this? How exactly did we kill God? The answer is in simplicity itself. The answer creeps on our heels slowly but surely keeping its pace with humanity. The answer is reason. Reason itself, more appropriately the misuse (or overuse of reason in our lives.) Never before have the words of an individual rung with such ganz umgebend truth than in the world of today. In the world controlled by logic (computers) and multinational corporations, continually attempting to make their practices more rational (increase profit) at whatever the ecological, social, political, and ethical cost.

Introductory Philosophy

Academic Work, Introductory Philosophy, Philosophy
Jun 271999

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