Interesting guy. I'm reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra right now and have found it quite refreshing. Nietzsche was very eccentric but still had an extremely strong and grounded perception of the world.
Anyway, what are your critiques, if any, of what he had to say?
2007-02-09 14:23:34 · 7 answers · asked by Smokey 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I've read that book, I think, 4 - 5 times! Yes, it's a strong perception indeed. Never mind the philosophic side of it (because one can't describe a great philosopher's system briefly or, quite often, with full understanding, so I'm not even gonna try), but I don't know if his conception of the 'ubermanche', the supreme man, and his view on the relationships man to man, and man to nature, sound to you as romantic and fragile as they did to me? From page to page, the strongest thing I saw in that book was hope - a giant, man loving hope in better future men and in freedom (freedom under strong will power, though)! Do you imagine him, when he wrote it, and when he though of it, as a visionary which knew that he will never live to see that kind of world and that kind of men? But, still, he held on to his beliefs and thoughts... Every time I read it, I find it beautiful. That was a great man... To bad he was often later misinterpreted by many (but that's the way of every important thinker).
2007-02-09 16:02:13 · answer #1 · answered by Uros I 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He is my hero too. Not many modern-day Christians want to hear his words because of such claims in The Birth of Tragedy as; "Christianity was from the beginning, essentially and fundamentally, life's nausea and disgust with life, merely concealed behind, masked by, dressed up as, faith in 'another' or 'better' life."
My critique: by trashing Democracy, he allowed the Hitlers, the Himmlers, the Goebbels etc to misread and embrace him for inhuman aims.
I confess I have also been misspelling his complex name quite often. The -tzsch- get mixed up/interchanged always. The correct spelling is no child's play.
2007-02-09 18:33:31 · answer #2 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Nietzsche but I think that he hated women. Was a good philosopher but his denial of God and believe in the Super Man was like a karma for him and wind up losing his mind. He's still one of my favorites philosophers and once of a while I read his books.
2007-02-09 17:06:20 · answer #3 · answered by MayanPrincess@sbcgglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was utterly insane later in life - all the days that led up to his insanity may well have been the cause of his insanity; therefore is anything he philosophised actually 'true' in a philosophical sense. He said 'god is dead' but this is mere assertion and perhaps his belief in this and other things were the cause of his later demise? Sure, he was influential but nothing can be taken at face value
2007-02-09 14:30:39 · answer #4 · answered by jaidii_lok 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In college, when we had to read Nietzche and Kafka, I was so depressed that I wanted to die. Most of what Nietzsche wrote is justifiable, but not a great philosophy for life.
2007-02-09 14:29:04 · answer #5 · answered by Croa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my biggest annoyance with nietzsche is that i almost always spell his name without the 's'.
it's weird because i use his name eeveryday while flipping burgers, serving fries and adjusting my paper hat. oh, sorry...that's YOUR life!
2007-02-09 17:12:07 · answer #6 · answered by jkk k 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very deep and intelligent. Somewhat evil though.
2007-02-09 14:26:26 · answer #7 · answered by the Boss 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋