How to Philosophize with a Hammer

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How to Philosophize with a Hammer is the provocative subtitle of Friedrich Nietzsche’s work *Twilight of the Idols*, encapsulating his method of critically testing and shattering traditional moral and philosophical “idols.”

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instanceOf book subtitle ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
aimsAt challenging Christian morality ⓘ
exposing decadence in Western culture ⓘ
undermining absolute truths ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosophicalMovement existentialism ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
perspectivism ⓘ
philosophy of life ⓘ
author Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
centralTheme critique of metaphysics ⓘ
critique of traditional morality ⓘ
destruction of philosophical idols ⓘ
revaluation of values ⓘ
contextOfUse subtitle on the title page of Twilight of the Idols ⓘ
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
creator Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
describesMethodOf critical examination of moral concepts ⓘ
genealogical critique of values ⓘ
field philosophy ⓘ
hasForm metaphor ⓘ
hasTone polemical ⓘ
provocative ⓘ
influenced 20th-century continental philosophy ⓘ
critical theory ⓘ
post-structuralism ⓘ
language German ⓘ
metaphoricalMeaning shattering dogmatic beliefs ⓘ
testing values by striking them to see if they ring hollow ⓘ
originalTitle Götzen-Dämmerung, oder: Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert ⓘ
partOf Götzen-Dämmerung ⓘ
linked to: The Case of Wagner
philosophicalApproach diagnostic critique of culture ⓘ
psychological interpretation of moral beliefs ⓘ
publicationYear 1889 ⓘ
relatedConcept iconoclasm ⓘ
idol smashing ⓘ
master morality and slave morality ⓘ
revaluation of all values ⓘ
relatedWork Beyond Good and Evil ⓘ
On the Genealogy of Morality ⓘ
The Antichrist ⓘ
subject culture ⓘ
morality ⓘ
philosophical systems ⓘ
religion ⓘ
subtitleOf Twilight of the Idols ⓘ
usedAs summary of Nietzsche’s late critical method ⓘ

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Twilight of the Idols → subtitle → How to Philosophize with a Hammer ⓘ