Nietzsche’s philosophy was inspired by Schopenhauer and agreed that the world is driven only by will, not by a supreme being. He also agreed that the world is what you see it and there is nothing beyond it. But Nietzsche believed there is more to the world than the physical world we experience every day. There is also an afterlife that is superior to this physical one. Our current morals and values come from religion, especially the Abrahamic traditions that are rooted in ancient Greek philosophy. Those religions are still relevant to today’s society and should be respected, but none of them are valid anymore because they are no longer true to the modern view of the world. Instead, we must accept that the world is all there is and that there is no god. Therefore, any other world is just a myth, and effectively, God is dead.
Nietzsche believed that the world is what it appears to be—and nothing else. Our minds and bodies, our thoughts, feelings, and emotions, are not some separate thing floating around us apart from the rest of reality, and we should stop thinking about them as if we were dealing with something other than just matter. Thus, while he wrote at length about the origins of morality and ethics, and even though he saw religion as a great source of superstition, he rejected the notions of divine justice, goodness, and mercy. He believed that the world is the only reality there is.
