Category: Nietzsche
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Nietzsche and National Socialism
Was Nietzsche a proto-Nazi? Did he lay the philosophical foundations for Nazi ideology? That would be a hard case to make given the elements in Nietzsche's thinking that are antithetical to National Socialism. To mention one such element, there is Nietzsche's oft-expressed hostility to socialism. There are, however, passages in Nietzsche which aid and abet…
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For the New Year: Looking Away Shall Be My Only Negation
One of the elements in my personal liturgy is a reading of the following passage every January 1st. I must have begun the practice in the mid-70s. My copy of The Gay Science was purchased in Boston and is dated 15 September 1974. (You mean to tell me that when you buy books, you do…
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The Transitoriness of Things
Friedrich Nietzsche to Franz Overbeck: "I am grieved by the transitoriness of things." Me too, Fritz; but some transitions are good such as the Maverick Philosopher’s move to Typepad.