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Egyptian Etiquette: A Historical Rebuttal To The Genealogy Of Morals, Noah C. Evans
Egyptian Etiquette: A Historical Rebuttal To The Genealogy Of Morals, Noah C. Evans
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In his book Genealogy of Morals, German philologist and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche posits an understanding of the origin and development of morality that stood in stark contrast to the common understanding of his day. Rather than presuming the existence of some metaphysical, objective reality to morality, Nietzsche outlines a natural development and evolution to the concepts of "Good," "Bad," and "Evil" throughout a nebulously defined period of history, focusing primarily on the psychological conditions surrounding the advent of morality. Following this, he wrote The Antichrist, in which he provided a far more specific historical framework within which the …