One Among Many

The self in social context

by Joachim I. Krueger, Ph.D.

Über-Nietzsche

By Joachim I. Krueger, Ph.D. on August 22, 2010 in One Among Many

Nietzsche as positive psychologist! Excusez moi? Yup, Nietzsche's philosophy is deeply psychological, and therefore has a lot to say about happiness, and how (not) to attain it. The good news is that you don't need to be an Übermensch to be happy; the bad news is that sitting on your bottom will not do the trick. Read More

nietzsche on so called happiness.

Submitted by Anonymous on April 30, 2011 - 3:51pm.

What a trimmed up and ad hoc version of Nietzsche on happiness. Does N. even deploy and/or develop the term? Maybe you indeed should go back and read his entire main corpus. Especially in his GM - which you reference - certainly the most critical component for living a higher life is avoiding/demolishing Christian decadence and ressentment...key conceptsts for N. to say the least ! To finally jettison by "deconstructing" the root errors/lies that have lead to these quite un- happy states..."truth as a problem" as N. beautifully, humorously, if not ascerbically, argues: to wit...our concepts greatly influence our experience. For N. "happiness" greatly turns on the capaciy to live without truth. N. as a major stepping stone for postmodernism...that is to say, "now."

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Geniune happinesscame from action.

Submitted by Ramesh Raghuvanshi on April 22, 2012 - 9:55am.

Man is creative animal.Without creating he could not survive.Man experiences tremendous joy in creating.If you watch carefully man`s great effort in his everyday life he is creating some thing when finish his creation he get pure joy and self satisfaction.That is his highest moment of happiness. I think all other happiness are futile compared to above joyful rapture,ecstasy.

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Joachim Krueger, Ph.D., is a social psychologist at Brown University who believes that rational thinking and socially responsible behavior are attainable goals.

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