The darkness of the idols

This book, "Dusk of the Idols" or "How to Practice Philosophy with a Hammer," explores Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy through analysis of what he wrote in 1888, where Nietzsche established his concept of human values. The book was published with a meticulous translation by Ali Misbah as part of distinguished philosophy books by Al-Jamal Publications, which include Nietzsche's complete works. About the book "Dusk of the Idols," Nietzsche says: "A surplus of strength is the only indicator of power, the heart of all values, a question mark on the purpose of life." He considers that every incident that happens to a person is a happy event, "especially war (...) because healing also lies in the injury," and here he quotes a wonderful saying by the Roman poet Horace: "The wound stimulates and awakens courage." His method of practice is "exorcising idols... there are idols more than the real things 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, to ask questions with a hammer and to receive 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 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, considering that man is a subject of dispute, not a judgment. He views faith "at any cost of reason" 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. The importance of this book lies in Nietzsche addressing all the philosophers of his time and before, giving his opinion on their philosophy, and providing a comprehensive philosophical view of his concept of amoral human values, the natural value of selfishness, criticism of Christianity, criticism of decadent morality, his concept of freedom, his critique of modernity, conservatives, his concept of genius, criminals, beauty, etc.