Comparing and Contrasting Nietzsche’s Preparatory Human...

Take a minute to relax. Enjoy the lightness, or surprising heaviness, of the paper, the crispness of the ink, and the regularity of the type. There are over four pages in this stack, brimming with the answer to some question, proposed about subjects that are necessarily personal in nature. All of philosophy is personal, but some philosophers may deny this. Discussed here are philosophers that would not be that silly. Two proto-existentialists, Sà ¸ren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche, were keen observers of humanity, and yet their conclusions were different enough to seem contradictory. Discussed here will be Nietzsche’s â€Å"preparatory human being† and Kierkegaard’s â€Å"knight of faith†. Both are archetypal human beings that exist in†¦show more content†¦He goes on, in the same section to state that a men of free spirit, the free spirit being another name of the archetype of preparatory human being, had a boon in polytheism, for it allowed people to create their own morality because they chose their gods from many (Science 192). The free spirit, then, is someone who does not succumb to the pressures of outside morality, but rather is able to construct, at least partially, his own value. This makes them stand out above others during the time when a monotheistic morality is in decline. What is said of the preparatory human being? The preparatory human being does not hold a specific value, but rather Nietzsche uses behavioral and psychological states to describe someone who has made their own value. In one aphorism, Nietzsche reveals some of the qualities that the preparatory human beings are â€Å"†¦human beings who are bent on seeking in all things for what in them must be overcome†¦Ã¢â‚¬  and who have â€Å"†¦their own festivals, their own working days, and their own periods of mourning†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Science 228). Obviously no two free spirits will be the same. This is kind of the poi nt. Nietzsche’s obvious predilection for individuality, originality, and art is expressed here. Preparatory human beings are not judged by Nietzsche to hold any beliefs, but rather it is the root and effects of their beliefs that is the real test. They are