The Antichrist
- Writer: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Category: English
- Pages: 68
- Stock: In Stock
- Model: STP-12547
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The reference to the Antichrist is not intended
to refer to the biblical Antichrist but is rather an attack on the
"slave morality" and apathy of Western Christianity. Nietzsche's basic
claim is that Christianity is a poisoner of western culture and
perversion of the words of and practice of Jesus. Throughout the text,
Nietzsche is very critical of institutionalized religion and its priest
class, from which he himself was descended. The majority of the book is a
systematic attack upon the interpretations of Christ's words by St.
Paul and those who followed him. Nietzsche claimed in the Foreword to
have written the book for a very limited readership. In order to
understand the book, he asserted that the reader "... must be honest in
intellectual matters to the point of hardness to so much as endure my
seriousness, my passion." The reader should be above politics and
nationalism. Also, the usefulness or harmfulness of truth should not be a
concern. Characteristics such as "Strength which prefers questions for
which no one today is sufficiently daring; courage for the forbidden"
are also needed. He disdained all other readers.
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