looking forward to the continuation of this article.
it inspired me to write a "nietzschean" interpretation of the turn of the millennium in europe (1000) as the injection of bad conscience in the blond beast. i'd like to run it by you, but i find no contact info at your site. (rlandes at bu dot edu)
Thank you for your comment and suggestion. It is difficult to answer without knowing what arguments you are proposing. I would suggest that you post it to your substack and I will restack it if I find it interesting.
You can send it as a reply to one of my posts from your email box. I am not sure I will have anything good to say. I am just a Nietzsche reader, not an expert on his philosophy per se.
What might Nietzsche say to one, whose beliefs in non-violence, impel that individual to sacrifice his life for his beliefs and causes?
The Will to Power is a common trait, in my experience, for those who bypass it, the Power of the Will becomes pre-eminent. Just because one has the power to do this or that, the use of such power is or perhaps should be, a choice, as opposed to a must. If the Will to Power is equivalent to the Will to Live, where in such a life is friendship, love, companionship? The Will to Live or the Will to Power, for me, by themselves, are rather sterile ideas, leaving themselves empty of anything to be desired.
Nietzsche would probably see the act of sacrificing life for nonviolent beliefs as a profound expression of the will to power.
It is not necessarily a negative expression for him, but what drives creativity on many levels. It may also be surprising, but Nietzsche valued friendship and wrote about it in several texts, including Beyond Good and Evil. We will explore that in the future. Is it a problematic concept? Yes, it certainly is. That is also why it is worth mentioning.
looking forward to the continuation of this article.
it inspired me to write a "nietzschean" interpretation of the turn of the millennium in europe (1000) as the injection of bad conscience in the blond beast. i'd like to run it by you, but i find no contact info at your site. (rlandes at bu dot edu)
Thank you for your comment and suggestion. It is difficult to answer without knowing what arguments you are proposing. I would suggest that you post it to your substack and I will restack it if I find it interesting.
i'm not ready to make it public. i wanted to run it by a nietzsche expert before that. can i send it to an email?
You can send it as a reply to one of my posts from your email box. I am not sure I will have anything good to say. I am just a Nietzsche reader, not an expert on his philosophy per se.
What might Nietzsche say to one, whose beliefs in non-violence, impel that individual to sacrifice his life for his beliefs and causes?
The Will to Power is a common trait, in my experience, for those who bypass it, the Power of the Will becomes pre-eminent. Just because one has the power to do this or that, the use of such power is or perhaps should be, a choice, as opposed to a must. If the Will to Power is equivalent to the Will to Live, where in such a life is friendship, love, companionship? The Will to Live or the Will to Power, for me, by themselves, are rather sterile ideas, leaving themselves empty of anything to be desired.
many ways to power
Nietzsche would probably see the act of sacrificing life for nonviolent beliefs as a profound expression of the will to power.
It is not necessarily a negative expression for him, but what drives creativity on many levels. It may also be surprising, but Nietzsche valued friendship and wrote about it in several texts, including Beyond Good and Evil. We will explore that in the future. Is it a problematic concept? Yes, it certainly is. That is also why it is worth mentioning.
That is an interesting interpretation and an unexpected one on Nietzsche.
Definitely worth some thought, thank you.