Nietzsche's Teachings ??

[psychocat]

Visionary or Lunatic ?

"Nietzsche's influence on the emergence of the belief that inferior breeds (including 'mass man') have no right to life."

One example of his lunacy is the belief that there are superior and inferior races , this is the same idea shared by the likes of the KKK and other radical mental cases.

Please feel free to put forward you're own slice of philosophy and any thoughts on Nietzche.

[Oneironaut]

He had his good points, especially in his critiques of Christianity, but on the other hand his philosophy of the Ã?bermensch was, well, really really fucked up to say the least.

[Polymirize]

man, its really easy to read a little nietzsche, not understand it at all, and complain, picking it apart because nobody speaks in aphorisms anymore.

If you can't put yourself aside enough to read nietzsche though the lens of nietzsche then you'll never understand him.

Which isn't to say he's perfect, but I think his problems are more misogynistic rather than anti-semetic.

visionary? lunatic? both? You're missing the point...

There is no compact, constructed philosophy to be found in nietzsche, he writes as a goad, a spur, a provocation...

[flamingskullballs]

man, its really easy to read a little nietzsche, not understand it at all, and complain, picking it apart because nobody speaks in aphorisms anymore.

If you can't put yourself aside enough to read nietzsche though the lens of nietzsche then you'll never understand him.

Which isn't to say he's perfect, but I think his problems are more misogynistic rather than anti-semetic.

visionary? lunatic? both? You're missing the point...

There is no compact, constructed philosophy to be found in nietzsche, he writes as a goad, a spur, a provocation...exactly

i would also like to add to the generous proportion previously given by Polymirize; many have said that Nietzsche was an evil man (according to their standards) because the writings in Will To Power have been linked with the Nazi party, and may have played a role in WWII...however, these writings where a compilation of Nietzsche's notes and letters, put together by his sister after Nietzsche's breakdown and death, and does not reflect Nietzsche's opinion...though his name is on the book cover

do not criticize a thinker until you have not only read the majority of his work, but have also recieved the thoughts imprinted in the text, on multiple levels

[flamingskullballs]

oh, and i never said he wasnt a madman

[slowthestone]

Nietzsche is a classic example of why egotism is such a disasterous pitfall of humanity.

That people still subscribe to his notions is a classic example of 'theres one born every minute.'

Nietzsche was his own greatest fan whom simply adored to hear himself speak to the point of creating that nearly endless stream of laughable drivel...throwing out whatever came to his mind in the hope of something sticking.

Verdict...Alex Jones is the Americanized reincarnation of Nietzsche.