Nietzsche’s thoughts on ‘finite’ differed dramatically from Socrates and Plato. Nietzsche believes that everyone should embrace the finite because you will enhance this life and make it more beautiful. He rejects the theory that eternity is of more importance than the present life. To Nietzsche, pursuing what you love to do is the only way to excellence. But for Socrates and Plato, they believe that the body weighs down the soul. They say this …showed first 75 words of 360 total…

…showed last 75 words of 360 total…same as it was yesterday and will be tomorrow. Nietzsche would explain the soul as finite with a beginning and an end, the end being the death of the body. He believes that what is going on now is what is important and since there is no life after death, the body is not a weight on the soul. It seams that he believes in living for the moment because it is all we have.