Nietzsche vision of evolution

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Nietzsche, vision of evolution, Beyond good and evil, immortal and indestructible mind, dualistic philosophies

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Nietzsche has a very specific vision of mind and all things coming with it. First, we will defined the classical vision of mind, because it's what Nietzsche criticized. The classical mind is immortal, indestructible and separate from the body. It raise the question of free will and morality.
Nietzsche don't want the disappearance of mind and of dualistic philosophy. He don't believe in it, but according to him, what is important isn't true, what is important is what deserved the will to power, and he construct all his philosophy of mind about it. "Regardless the value which is attributed at what is true, veridic, uninterested, it may well be that we should recognized at the appearance, at the will to illusion at the egoism and at the desire a greater value and more fundamental for life." So he analysed different visions of mind and proposed a new conception of it.

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[...] For Nietzsche, the invention of mind and of good in itself is a fruit of “dogmatic philosophy”. invention of spirit and good in itself is the most harmful, the most annoying and the most dangerous which have never been committed”. However the possibility of a mind separated from the body and that lasts in time stay necessary. It made hope, and motivation. For Nietzsche it's a weakness to totally reject this possibility. can be some puritan fanatics of conscience who preferred die on the faith of a nothingness ensures than on the probability of something uncertain”. [...]

[...] Based on preface and first chapter of beyond good and evil, we will first handle criticism from Nietzsche to other philosophies of mind and second we will see his proposition of a new vision of mind. For this paragraph, we will focus on three points: the immortal and indestructible mind from dualistic classical philosophy, the free will and the morality. Nietzsche is totally against the classical vision of immortal and indestructible mind. This vision of mind, which we can find in Christianism or Platonism, lead to abstinence and denies life. [...]

[...] Nietzsche finally reject free will as determinism. real life, it is only strong will or weak will”. Finally we will treat about morality. The bigger part of the old philosophy, particularly Platonism, think that the intention is the most important and the consequences are secondary. But for Nietzsche, the value of an action isn't in his intention, we have to overcome morality. Moreover? Nietzsche think that philosophers are hypocrites. “They are all lawyers who don't want to pass for such”. [...]

[...] The new psychologist condemn himself to be apart in an unexplored desert, but, by the same, offered himself the possibility to create and discovered. What is free will for Nietzsche? It's bound with will. It's something complex with a multiplicity of sensations which need to be decomposed to be analysed. It's composed by a begin point for will, a leading, an oscillation between this two states and a muscular sensation. It's a reflexion, a distinct thought, and it need a leaning command. “What we call free will is essentially the conscience of the superiority vis-à-vis those who must obey”. [...]