The Study Of Nietzsche’s Dionysus Spirit

Dionysus spirit is the core concepts and clues of the philosophy of Nietzsche, running through the whole philosophy thoughts. Nietzsche opposes the traditional reason, seizing its defects, criticizes deceit and rigidity of reason, and criticizes religion’s killing off the nature of people, calls people on developing Dionysus spirit, confirming life, strengthening themselves constantly, keeping a positive attitude. Nietzsche is sure in the value of human society, and takes the nature as the only real world, shouting out god is dead, accordingly opens up the new century in the history of human thought.Irrational Dionysus spirit comprehend, the basis of Nietzsche thought, closely related with its philosophical topic. In this paper, explore the reasons why Nietzsche to advocated the non-reason, trying to clarify the main point and the essence of Dionysus spirit and concept of Dionysus spirit, and how to appear, mature and develop in the each main thought, which penetrates in the philosophy of Nietzsche. First, this paper expounds the historical significance of Dionysus spirit, previous research situation, the historical background of Nietzsche and his life. Second, briefly described Nietzsche developed his own philosophical thought with the help of prototype Phoebus and Dionysus in the ancient Greek mythology, explore the dissimilarity in the prototype of myth and Nietzsche, finally described Nietzsche how to formed his own philosophical idea. Third, the Dionysus spirit of Nietzsche criticized the reason and confirmed the non-reason, and conducted systematized development on his philosophical thought by irrational Dionysian spirit. Nietzsche recognized and criticized crisis and contradiction in the field of social thought and found a way out for it. As far as we know, Marx illustrated a state of human alienation hiding behind the development of capitalism and indicated the alienation’s division of labor and private ownership in capitalism. Nietzsche, as the role of Dionysus pointed out the problems existing in the society and state at that time and trying to reform it. So try to analysis the connotation of the Dionysus spirit rich in strong time colors, analyzed and discussed Dionysus spirit critical reason and confirm the cause of non-reason and how to criticize the Reason. Forth, Dionysus spirit is the core of the philosophy of Nietzsche and the basis of whole philosophical topic. Hence, closely related the change and mature state of Dionysus spirit developing by the mature of the philosophy of Nietzsche with revaluation of all values, the will to power, Nietzsche’s Superman and discussed the change and development of Dionysus spirit. Fifth, Dionysus spirit was the first step of Nietzsche’s revaluation of all values, and spoke highly of the non-reason Dionysus spirit, criticized the reason headed by Socrates causing the shock and huge influence, attracting people’s attention, having lots of debates, therefore, the last part is the evaluation of Dionysus spirit’s impacts strengths and weaknesses.