The darkness of the idols

This book "Dusk of the Idols or How to Practice Philosophy with a Hammer" explores the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche through analyzing what he wrote in 1888, where Nietzsche presented his concept of human values. He said: "An excess of strength is the only indicator of power, the heart of all values, a question mark on the purpose of existence." He considers that every incident that happens to a person is a happy event, "especially war (...) because healing also lies in injury," and he cites a wonderful quote from the Roman poet Horace, "The wound stimulates and rouses courage." His method of provoking is "exorcising the idols... for there are more idols than real objects in the world; these are the 'evil eye' through which I look at this world, and that is the evil, which I listen to..." That is, asking questions with a hammer and receiving everything we get as an answer to our question. Nietzsche considers this book a temporary pause in a psychological world, and perhaps also a new war, an announcement of a major war. As for exorcising the idols, it is not about contemporary idols, but about eternal idols that are moved here with a hammer. What does Nietzsche mean by this phrase? When flipping through the pages of the book, we find most of it a critique directed at wise men and great philosophers of every era. Nietzsche criticizes their passive attitude towards life, as he believes that the human is a subject of dispute, not a judgment. He considers faith "at any cost" as a self-deception by philosophers and moralists, and that reformist morals, including Christianity, were cases of misunderstanding. "The shining light and reason at any cost, and life without instincts is a pathological state." He criticizes the necessity of fighting instincts. Number of pages: 184 Year of publication: 2010 Publisher: Al-Jamal Publications