nietzsche

[trippedhimself]

im fininishing the antichrist right now and im just wondering, while i love nietzsche, who else has some trouble interpreting what nietzsche is trying to get across sometimes.

at points in his books it sounds liek he is just writing poetry

what do you guys think?

[Der Übermensch]

Thats why he is awsome. His language is rich and engaging. It draws you in and makes you want to keep reading.

[Mr. Ron]

I love Nietzsche. I don't agree with everything he says, but overall he's great.

His words can be a bit confusing sometimes, I will admit. Sometimes they seem to vague.

[Reaganista]

heil nietzsche

[trippedhimself]

yeah hes a bit a chauvinist
n i agree his style is pretty intriguing

[pooble]

i enjoyed what i read, which wasnt really that much. sometime ill get around to reading more.

[irishslappop]

Thus Spoke Zarathurstra is quite the read. pretty intense.

[Independent_CA]

Thus Spoke Zarathurstra is quite the read. pretty intense.
That book is horrifying. Maybe thats just because I was forced to read it though?

[Mr. Ron]

I couldn't put Thus Spoke Zarathurstra down, personally.

[Der Übermensch]

I is my least favorite of his books to be honest... dunno if thats saying much though...

[pedro durruti]

Nietzsche was a ****ing whacko

[peeted]

I agree that his style of writing makes him difficult and easy to miss interpret. But hes still a great philosoher.

[VomitStainedCretin]

He does use a lot of metaphors and doesn't outline his theories in a systematic manner, which makes him somewhat difficult to understand for some when first encountered. He also has a habit of defending his theories by denying that he is creating philosophy and insisting it is art, though he is quite happy to hop back onto the philosophy bandwagon when it suits him.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Nietzsche is no harder to read than any other philosopher really. I've scored myself a "pocket Nietzshce" from a 2nd hand bookshop, so I'm re-reading everything on the bus to work/uni/hell.

[spitfirejunky]

The only thing he has going for him is humor.

[Give me Beer]

I find Nietzsche a lot easier than say...Hegel...or Wittgenstein...Heidegger? Sein und Zeit! :0

[Charlie Daniels]

Nietzsche contra Wagner is a critical essay by Friedrich Nietzsche, written in his last year of lucidity (1888-1889). It was not published until 1895, six years after Nietzsche's mental collapse. In it Nietzsche describes why he parted ways with his one-time idol and friend, Richard Wagner. Nietzsche attacks Wagner's views in this short work, expressing disappointment and frustration in Wagner's life choices (such as his conversion to Christianity, perceived as a sign of weakness). Nietzsche evaluates Wagner's philosophy on tonality, music and art; he admires Wagner's power to emote and express himself, but largely disdains what Nietzsche calls his religious biases.

It is an important work for several reasons. For one, it illustrates Nietzsche's evolution from a younger philosopher, fawning over Wagner's compelling life, to an intensely inquiring, more mature one after profound disillusionment. Another reason is it questions any conception that would label Nietzsche as anti-Semitic, as it is oft supposed, and instead opens the view of how complex Nietzsche's stance is on these issues: "[Wagner] had condescended step by step to everything I despise—even to anti-Semitism."

[RIP Ian Curtis]

I like "contra Wagner" the most out of all of Neitzsche's stuff. It just seems the most "finished", you know?