New Member Introduction: Student of Nietsche
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My name is John. I am a student of the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. I am currently working on a translations of the works of an obscure philosopher named African Spir that seems to have had a large impact on Nietzsche. To my knowledge nothing of Spir's is in English. Right now I am working on Spir's book Thought and Reality (German, Denken und Wirklichkeit). I look forward to joining in group discussions with you all
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Dear Theophane, The Nietzschean thinker does not think in terms of social utility. Nietzsche believed moral judgement were based on things that did not exist. Nietzsche said that decision should be based on what the consequences might be rather than some intent, i.e. moral vs. immoral
Dear The_Thinker, Thanks
- Desertwisdom
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I am a new member of the website.
My background is as follows:
BA Philosophy (Saint Francis College ... now University)
MDiv Theology (Saint Francis Seminary)
MA Philosophy (University of Notre Dame)
MS Organic Chemistry (University of Maryland)
I am interested in: Phenomenology, Existentialism, Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Science.
Leander F. Aulisio
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Can you clarify if you are referring specifically to Zarathustra?Theophane wrote:What social utility does Nietzschean thinking have? I mean, if everyone in the entire world thought of nothing but how to ruthlessly dominate his neighbour, what kind of world would it be? It's the philosophy of the comic book villain, a character never intended to resemble a real human being.
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The Will to Power doesn't exclusively mean ruthless domination, it also represents the basic psychological principle of success in all things, and no toleration for limitation and weakness. Sure, domination can be a means to that end but it is not the end itself, such a false concept comes from the National Socialist misunderstanding of Nietzsche.Theophane wrote:What social utility does Nietzschean thinking have? I mean, if everyone in the entire world thought of nothing but how to ruthlessly dominate his neighbour, what kind of world would it be? It's the philosophy of the comic book villain, a character never intended to resemble a real human being.
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