Nourishment In Henry David Thoreau's Doctor Faust

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However, examining these characters would suffice to show that keeping them on a mere plan of sustenance, working and eating only for the necessity of life, is actually a negation of life and its functions, essentially removing whatever purpose, advancement, or joy that it may bring to the individual and society. In this case, having Faust continue to find pleasure in earthly qualities and to force Becket into his dual position of power would be akin to habituating a mole on top of concrete ground, or moving an amphibious frog into a dry setting. Even if you give them every other form of nourishment and stimulation necessary for a healthy life, they will still be sickly and very much miserable, for a fundamental aspect of their instinct, and therefore desire, is not being fulfilled. The lack of a means to enable their instinctual acts of passion leave them with a want that will never be fulfilled, pushed to the very front of their psyche and behavior just like how a …show more content…
Essentially, he is the one who can shoot the target that no one else can see, the one who can create order out of chaos, and one who can judge what no one else has neither the heart nor eyes to. What may appear beautiful and desirable to the masses appears hideous, degenerative, and iniquitous to the overman, and it is his ultimate joy to smash these plumages into bits before rearranging them in his own eye, even if it is to the initial discomfort and horror of the masses. For example, consider the position of Thomas Becket when regarding what impact laymen would have had they been granted the liberty and authority to interpret and present morals in their on light,