The Age of Romanticism and Existentialism Friedrich Nietzsche (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Romanticism's main focus
Romanticism's main focus
Emotions alongside reason; reaction to Enlightenment
What Romanticism valued beyond reason
What Romanticism valued beyond reason
Feelings and intuition
Existentialism's central themes
Existentialism's central themes
Individual authenticity & personal freedom
Pioneer of Existentialism
Pioneer of Existentialism
Søren Kierkegaard
Nietzsche's birth year
Nietzsche's birth year
1844
Age Nietzsche earned his PhD
Age Nietzsche earned his PhD
25
Year of Nietzsche's death
Year of Nietzsche's death
1890
Nietzsche's view on 'truth'
Nietzsche's view on 'truth'
Society constructs it for social control
Nietzsche's famous proclamation about God
Nietzsche's famous proclamation about God
God is dead
Meaning of 'God is dead'
Meaning of 'God is dead'
Religious worldviews became obsolete in modern era
Nietzsche on universal moral categories
Nietzsche on universal moral categories
Rejected their existence
Nietzsche's term for Christian morality
Nietzsche's term for Christian morality
Slave Morality
How Nietzsche suggested evaluating people
How Nietzsche suggested evaluating people
Personal power, success & excellence
Nihilism (Nietzsche's philosophy)
Nihilism (Nietzsche's philosophy)
Rejection of traditional moral frameworks
Century of Romanticism & Existentialism
Century of Romanticism & Existentialism
18th and 19th centuries