system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What does 'it' in "It is raining" mean? If it doesn't refer to anything, what would be an alternative sentence which expresses the same meaning?
gpt
Have a look at Nietzsche's genealogy of morals 1.13! He argues this is a quirk of language that suggest a doer behind a deed, a subject behind events. But there is no rainer of rain, just the activity of raining. Nietzsche invites us to apply the same thinking to ourselves - there is no free subject behind your acts - just the acts themselves.