Essay

The essay for this lesson is required to be 1,000-1,500-words and clearly demonstrate your understanding of the prompt. Essays should be 5 or more paragraphs with a clear introduction, thesis statement and conclusion, written in APA format (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/).

Both Nietzsche and Marx believe that the actualization of the human essence, and thus self-realization, are accomplished through creative activity, yet both reckon that most people are prevented from achieving this and thereby living meaningful lives. Present their diagnoses of this situation and briefly sketch their solution to this problem.

References

Nietzsche, “On the Use and Abuse of History for Life”

Richardson, J. (2008). Nietzsches Problem of the Past. In Dries, M., Nietzsche on Time and History (pp. 87-111). Berlin, DEU.: Walter de Gruyter.

Pelz, W. (2012). Karl Marx A World to Win (1st ed., pp. 84-89). Boston Pearson Education, Inc.