Svätopluk Štúr’s criticism of Nietzsche’s vitalism
Svätopluk Štúr is a strong critic of strands of German thought that emphasize the will to power as an organizing principle of human society. Štúr is particularly critical of Nietzsche’s vitalism, which Štúr believes culminated in national socialism and the destruction of the Second World War. This p...
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| description | Svätopluk Štúr is a strong critic of strands of German thought that emphasize the will to power as an organizing principle of human society. Štúr is particularly critical of Nietzsche’s vitalism, which Štúr believes culminated in national socialism and the destruction of the Second World War. This paper describes and examines Štúr’s criticism of a number of German thinkers and focuses especially on Štúr’s criticism of Nietzsche. Štúr criticizes Nietzsche’s emphasis on life over knowledge. Štúr offers a different philosophy of life grounded in the dignity of human beings and the social consequences of ideas and actions. This paper concludes by examining what Štúr means by dignity in terms of a moral agent and as opposed to Nietzsche’s emphasis on vitalism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d31c401790f24d85a84bdd83face2f562023-06-01T09:44:24ZengSciendoEthics & Bioethics (in Central Europe)2453-78292023-06-01131-210511410.2478/ebce-2023-0005Svätopluk Štúr’s criticism of Nietzsche’s vitalismCantrell Brice D.01Charles University Prague (Czech Republic)Svätopluk Štúr is a strong critic of strands of German thought that emphasize the will to power as an organizing principle of human society. Štúr is particularly critical of Nietzsche’s vitalism, which Štúr believes culminated in national socialism and the destruction of the Second World War. This paper describes and examines Štúr’s criticism of a number of German thinkers and focuses especially on Štúr’s criticism of Nietzsche. Štúr criticizes Nietzsche’s emphasis on life over knowledge. Štúr offers a different philosophy of life grounded in the dignity of human beings and the social consequences of ideas and actions. This paper concludes by examining what Štúr means by dignity in terms of a moral agent and as opposed to Nietzsche’s emphasis on vitalism.https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2023-0005svätopluk štúrfriedrich nietzschej.g. fichteethics of social consequencesdignitylifeknowledgewill to powervitalism |
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| title | Svätopluk Štúr’s criticism of Nietzsche’s vitalism |
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