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Category Archives: Nietzsche
Not predestined for knowledge
There is a stupid humility that is by no means rare, and those afflicted with it are altogether unfit to become votaries of knowledge. For as soon as a person of this type perceives something striking, he turns on his … Continue reading
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The Evolution of Law in Epicurus and Nietzsche
I recently had the pleasure of reading the highly-recommended book by Nietzsche, The Antichrist. Many of its paragraphs merely served to add depth and detail to some of the things I had previously come to understand from reading his notes … Continue reading
Nietzsche, Against the Moloch of Abstraction
A virtue must be our invention; it must spring out of our personal need and defence. In every other case it is a source of danger. That which does not belong to our life menaces it; a virtue which has its … Continue reading
Two Cosmological Models Compared
See Will to Power Reasonings I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII It’s time to entertain our inner Carl Sagan by comparing the cosmological views of Nietzsche versus those of the Epicurean school. Two … Continue reading
Against Moirolatry
To submit to fate is to submit to evil, to stop fighting it. – Nietzsche, WtP 1019
For what does one have to atone most?
For one’s modesty; for having failed to listen to one’s most personal requirements; for having mistaken oneself; for having underestimated oneself; for having lost a good ear for one’s instincts: this lack of reverence for oneself revenges itself through every … Continue reading
Nietzsche on Introversion
See Will to Power Reasonings I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX The issue of introversion in Nietzsche and in society deserves separate and focused attention. Introverts, in spite of their unique contributions that they are uniquely … Continue reading
The Meaning of Our Gardens
The meaning of our gardens and palaces (and to this extent also the meaning of all desire for riches) is: to remove disorder and vulgarity from sight and to build a home for nobility of soul. – WtP 941 Here … Continue reading
La Gauche Nietzschéene
See Will to Power Reasonings I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII Shortly after the last US election, I published a blog on how the Left could reinvent itself in an age hostile to identity politics. This evaluation of Nietzschean … Continue reading
A Critique of the Nietzschean Aristocratic Ideal
See Will to Power Reasonings I, II, III, IV, V and VI Against herd values, I defend aristocracy. – Nietzsche Nietzsche deems what he calls the “unnatural equality” preached by the mobs and by accepted political doctrines in the West as … Continue reading
The Autarkist 