Friday, August 7, 2009

nietzsche dares to differ

Schopenhauer observes that evil is ascendant over good, and pain over pleasure; that good and pleasure are the negative, weaker qualities, serving to (temporarily) negate evil and pain. Nietzsche dares to differ, leaps beyond good and evil, knows suffering and pain as companions of great illumination.
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  1. Gregory LeFeverAugust 7, 2009 at 9:36 AM

    Today, Schopenhauer would be put on antidepressants. That'd bring him around. ;-)

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  2. George BreedAugust 7, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    Laughing -- He was (and is) quite depressing. Nietzsche adopted S's mindset for a while, then left it in the dust.

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  3. George BreedAugust 8, 2009 at 11:35 AM

    But at least Schopenhauer was THINKING aloud (making his thoughts public) and many folk do neither -- neither think nor think aloud.

    In Nietzsche's terms, S. danced on the edge of the abyss with abandon. And as what happens with most good thinkers, Nietzsche picked up his thought and took it FURTHER.

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