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Pessimism, Hope, and the Tragic-Art of the Greeks (Nietzsche and the Pandora Myth)
Get PDFThis essay is focused on Nietzsche’s unique reading of the Pandora myth as it appears in Human, All Too Human and develops an interpretation of Hope, the most profound evil of the many evils released by Pandora infecting the human condition, as it might be understood in relation to Nietzsche’s analysis of the ancient Greeks in The Birth of Tragedy. In reading this early work of Nietzsche, modes of comportment that fall under two specific categories are considered: Passive Nihilism-Pessimism of Decline and Active Nihilism-Pessimism of Strength as understood by Nietzsche in the late compilation of his notes published as The Will to Power. Ultimately, this essay explores the artistic responses to the bleak and pessimistic conditions of the Greeks’ lives found in the Apolline art in the Homeric Greeks and the tragic-art of the Greeks, which Nietzsche argues is the ultimate expression of art as the merging of the “aesthetic” principles of the Apolline and Dionysiac. These aesthetic responses are elucidated in and through the comparison to modes of existence that impede the spirit’s optimal, flourishing development, specifically, as expressed through Christianity and “Socratic optimism” in the superior power of human reason
Intermittent Fasting and its Effect on Weight Loss
No full textObesity has become an issue worth looking into solving for people across the world. Intermittent fasting is a free simple way that can kick start the beginning of weight loss. There are several different types of intermittent fasting 5:2 Diet and Alternate-Day fasting is the focus of this research. There are two studies that zoom in on on the 5:2 Diet method. One is aimed towards obese adolescents and the other toward obese adults.
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