Malcom X and Nietzschean Principles
Date Submitted: 02/03/2002 07:45:58
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 2 pages (681 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 2 pages (681 words)
Malcolm X's life, as much as I would like to deny it, has a striking congruency with some Nietzschean principles. Going from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, the man most famously known as Malcolm X experienced similar metamorphoses found within Nietzsche's path to overman. Malcolm X willed himself to overcome all prejudices and become great. In addition, Malcolm X used many of the new ideas Nietzsche brought to conventional wisdom. Though …
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…have driven myself to become a success at it." This "will to power" enables Malcolm to sublimate his Apollonian and Dionysian needs to become near perfect. If Malcolm could be asked if he could forever love his fate, I believe he would say yes. All the struggle he overcame would make Nietzsche respect him and also I feel that Malcolm X, like the lion, fought for freedom and knowledge, and in this he had happiness.
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