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> Why has no one understood Nietzsche, and written a better and more understandable version of Nietzsche's work? And why is everyone not reading that? In scien
by throw0101a 5y ago
> Why has no one understood Nietzsche, and written a better and more understandable version of Nietzsche's work? And why is everyone not reading that?
In science (aka, natural philosophy) the goal is about finding answers. Perhaps in philosophy it is thought more important to ask questions, and the questions asked in "old primary texts" are still relevant today, and may be the exact same ones asked 2500 years ago.
What is [tT]ruth? What is beauty? Does God exist? What is the point of life? What is happiness? What does it mean to be a 'good' person? When it is okay, if ever, to lie?
Given your logic, which seems to be that we should only move forward, what's the point of studying history? Why bother reading Herodotus's The Histories when there are contemporary analysis? Tom Holland, who released a new translation, discusses some reasons:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHTokb35nGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHTokb35nGM