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different takes on a GOOD LIFE

HAVAWATER Philosophy
3 min readMay 16, 2022

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CNN is faking all their news. Fox News is atrocious. Why does Russia always propagate their residents?

There is always a discussion on truths and it has always been a hot topic. But what does it lead to? You can always say abortion is a woman’s choice, but others can always argue that a fertilised egg deserves the same right to live as us the living ones.

There are always two sides to a coin, and even if you got the “truth” what does it lead to? This is the argument Nietzsche made against Will to Truth. Everything and every stance is merely a value judgement (subjective) and there is no way you can find a thing called “truth” (in terms of moral nihilism / moral relativism). So Will to Truth might not be a good take on how to live a good life.

Nietzsche, the German Philosophy with a big beard (PewDiePie reference), thus proposed Will to Power. Note that this is not a take on metaphysics on WHAT is the world like Descartes or Berkeley have suggested, but HOW to live your life.

Nietzsche believes that breaking custom values & standards and having the power of creativity are ways to live a good life.

That is at the presupposition that the person is “free” enough to notice the chains limiting him (/her).

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