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A 5 page contention that we are currently experiencing the retributions of a general crisis in Western Thought, a crisis that has resulted from the collapse of western metaphysics in the areas of reason, morality, and religion. This crisis has serious implications for culture and the image of man alike. The author of this paper illustrates it with an examination of the views of the so-called "underground man" and Nietzsche. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Many contend that we are currently experiencing the retributions of a general crisis in Western Thought, a crisis that has resulted from the collapse of western
metaphysics in the areas of reason, morality, and religion. This crisis has serious implications for culture and the image of man alike. It can be illustrated with an
examination of the views of the so-called "underground man" as they compare to those of numerous philosophers of the twentieth century. A particularly interesting comparison can be found with
Dostoevskys "underground man" and Nietzsche. Each adds significantly to the theme of "reason and emotion" as it takes reason to act for the benefit of others rather than
simply out of the emotion of desire. Nietzsche was perhaps one of the most ferociously aggressive European thinkers who put forth the ideas
of nihilism and relativism (Schulman, 1996). He would become particularly well-known before the outbreak of World War I and would inspire numerous writers and artists who looked to him
as a genius to whom should be paid homage (Gott, 1996). Nietzsches popularity in the years preceding World War I is understandable given the conditions of the time.
He opposed the rigid moral constraints of the time inflicted by the ruling bourgeois and instead reveled in the refreshing pleasures which could be provided by becoming less refined and
more aware of the human senses (Gott, 1996). Nietzsche found freedom in music, dance, sex, hate, lust, war and other emotions and societal involvements which served to hone the
senses (Gott, 1996). While Nietzsche provides the framework for the degeneration we have witnessed in western metaphysics in the areas of
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