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That Nietzsche’s public life ended with him sobbing in empathy for a horse who he saw whipped always felt to me to nullify all his previous philosophical argume
by kingkawn 8y ago
That Nietzsche’s public life ended with him sobbing in empathy for a horse who he saw whipped always felt to me to nullify all his previous philosophical argument.
In other words; His worldview builds until it breaks through recognition of the Other.
- gnulinux 8y agoIt's interesting that this is a scene from Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. I always wondered if it's a bizarre coincidence or some sort of influence went into the novel, or reports about Nietzche's life.