Philosophy as Confession
For Nietzsche, philosophy was always a confession that man makes to the world. Unlike science, it’s highly biased and personal. When people claim a point about something or make a philosophical statement, it is mostly from the perspective of their own experiences. There is a fallacy called the Ad hominem fallacy. It happens when we criticize the person instead of the argument. Nietzsche would say that's not a fallacy in philosophy. As in philosophy, man declares to the world who he is. When two people argue (a famous case is the debate between Zizek and Peterson) they put their faith to be examined on the table. And then it becomes a religious war between two people. Who has good faith? Who has bad faith? That is personal. It becomes a demonstration of what you believe from your heart, as the standard of any philosophy is a question: Would you die to defend what you believe in? (I am sorry boys, but Socrates set the standards really high) It's the culmination of any confession. Not a syllogism, but a willingness to suffer or even perish for what you hold as true. The highest standard of authenticity.
There is a new wave of positive psychology where they might ask you, "Would you live for it?" Means not to die but to create. Not death, but an awakening.
A man needs to confess his sins(both are intertwined). A sin that can't be spoken, he writes an essay about it (talking about myself). By saying sins, I don’t mean any literal crimes,
I mean disappointments, shame, isolation(philosophy). But what good is a confession when a man is alone, whispering to himself as he is both the sinner and the priest. And the God is missing.