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Why Nietzche's ideas can be so dangerous without the aid of proper context and perspective. They are very seductive to a certain type of young man. But the real
by ramesh31 4y ago
Why Nietzche's ideas can be so dangerous without the aid of proper context and perspective. They are very seductive to a certain type of young man. But the reality of human fallibility leads to terminal ressentiment in the end for anyone fixed in that philosophy. It is a total dead end.
- cr4nberry 4y ago> But the reality of human fallibility leads to terminal ressentiment in the end for anyone fixed in that philosophy. It is a total dead end. Could you elaborate a little bit? If you're going to disregard his thought with a broad stroke, you might as well
- ramesh31 4y ago>Could you elaborate a little bit? If you're going to disregard his thought with a broad stroke, you might as well I'm certainly not disregarding him. His work was (and is) important. But the reason it lives on is to serve as a cautionary tale. It saves you from taking a turn down that road which can be so appealing to precocious young minds who aren't aware of its' logical conclusions.
- cr4nberry 4y ago> its' logical conclusions such as?
- ramesh31 4y agoSee the article. Nietzsche was driven to madness and died alone in an insane asylum.
- cr4nberry 4y agoIf that's a "logical conclusion" as you said, then by what kind of logic exactly? I'm curious
- ramesh31 4y agoBy Nietzches logic (if you can call it that). The will to power is a completely unnatainable goal for the vast majority of people, by reason of circumstance. His philosophy offers nothing but a hollow sense of self importance for those of us subject to the whims of blonde beasts.
- hackerfromthefu 4y agoI wish your assertions had some substance to analyze or understand what you're thinking about.