Nietzsche

[Sunstone]

Nietzsche was writing only for his readers.

I completely agree, Angellous. Nietzsche is quite clear that he is not writting for a mass audience, but for people who share many or most of his concerns to begin with, and have a fair knowledge of formal philosophy. That is also why he so often uses empathetic arguements, I think.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I completely agree, Angellous. Nietzsche is quite clear that he is not writting for a mass audience, but for people who share many or most of his concerns to begin with, and have a fair knowledge of formal philosophy. That is also why he so often uses empathetic arguements, I think.

No joke!

 

[Willamena]

I completely agree, Angellous. Nietzsche is quite clear that he is not writting for a mass audience, but for people who share many or most of his concerns to begin with, and have a fair knowledge of formal philosophy. That is also why he so often uses empathetic arguements, I think.

I get the feeling that his audience is 1.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I get the feeling that his audience is 1.

Who? Himself or God? :biglaugh:

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Gosh, no posts for almost two years!

 

[Willamena]

Who? Himself or God? :biglaugh:

Does it matter?

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Does it matter?

Probably not.

However, though I am surprised by this, I have found that there are many people who understood N in his own time and today.

 

[Nick Soapdish]

I respect Nietzsche for his intellectual honesty. He took naturalism to its logical conclusions (nihilism), whereas it seems many naturalists "pretend" there is freewill, morality and a significant purpose to life.

I personally do not believe nihilism is a healthy philosophy as we have a strong inner need to attribute meaning in our lives. Nietzsche actually went crazy later in his life, although there have many debates as to whether or not this was related to his philosophy.

"So the cosmic circus moves along, its tiniest clown gone to rejoin it once again." - The Tick

 

[Nick Soapdish]

Ah, to celebrate the death of Plato and the demise of his rule over the West! :dan:

Do you not appreciate all of the progress that has been made in the West due to Greek philosophy? It holds our foundation in logic, reason and philosophy.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Do you not appreciate all of the progress that has been made in the West due to Greek philosophy? It holds our foundation in logic, reason and philosophy.

Head on over to the philosophy forum and take a look at the threads I've posted there. http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/philosophy/

That should speak for itself.

 

[Ozzie]

So what do you think?

I'm reading his Beyond Good and Evil and I think that I'll read the rest of his works this summer. So far I lika...

I haven't read anything beyond what I have encountered here. Would you describe him as a phenomenological philosopher?

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I haven't read anything beyond what I have encountered here. Would you describe him as a phenomenological philosopher?

Nope. Neitzsche is just Neitzsche.

 

[Willamena]

Nope. Neitzsche is just Neitzsche.

Neitzsche is as Neitzsche does.