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He came up with nothing original?
I'm sorry, I don't argee with a lot of what Nietzsche said, but he and Kieregaard invented existential thought. He revolutionized western philosophy. Nietzsche was the source of the ideas that modern psychology was based on, his ideas have been a driving force of cultural change for the last fifty years. Disagree with the man if you want, but don't downplay his importance.
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Revolutionized, maybe, invented, no, he ever invented a single thought or ideal, no one has, its impossible. If I’m to give credit where credit is due then I will look for the source of these ideas and Nietzsche is not a source for anything, nor am I or anyone. I have thought many things that later read from some famous author, do they own the intellectual rights to these thoughts, I think not, no one does but the author of truth and knowledge.
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If Good and Evil were external forces, shouldn't we see them throughout universe and not just in man? .
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Good and Evil require a being of higher capabilities to persuade choice, the vacuum of space lacks this form of intelligence as do all animals but humans, only humans have choice and choice is required for this arena of Good and Evil to play out this separation game. If you don’t choose between the two then you can be neither Good or Evil. Logical?
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Furthermore, the changing definition of Good and Evil between societies and over time would seem to suggest that Good and Evil do not exist independently of man, but rather are created and interpretted by man. .
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This is Evil doing its work of impersonating the Truth, it has always been so, man wants to be God so he does the same and impersonates Truth. There is an absolute form of both Good and Evil and they can be expressed as Love and selfishness or God and Satan (the authors). No other idea I have thought or heard is solid and unmovable and perfectly explain the workings of human nature, purpose and this universe.
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Would Good and Evil exist without man? (ie are Good and Evil independent, external forces?) All the evidence points to no.
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Yes it would exist without man as the author of Evil is not a man, however all of us are spirits with souls rather you live in a physical body or not, and this spirit and soul is what’s required for the choice between the two forces, so in some way the essence of man is required for the existence of Evil.