Skal vi hate Nietzsche eller Plato?
Nietzsche hatet Plato, men bør vi hate Nietzsche?
Despite being a big Nietzsche fan, I am conflicted on this topic. I think there needs to be balance. Perhaps some branches of Christianity had their head in the clouds as Nietzsche points out, but as a result people reacted with a visceral materialism which is completely void of life. I know Nietzsche opposed this as well. Hence: God is dead. This is the world we have now. Everyone is viewed as a bunch of dehumanized interchangeable cogs without souls. It is this very harsh materialism that is the reason we now have an epidemic of maladaptive daydreamers. The world is simply too cold for even the bravest soul to take at complete face value. People just want to escape. However I actually think the daydreamers are healthier than the "normal" person in this modern world. The normal person has the worst of both worlds. They believe in social realism; something that is not reality, nor idealism. What they believe is not true, but nor is it invigorating and inspiring. I would rather be a full blown nihilist or a delusional Don Quixote, than be someone with a profound lack of imagination yet is still lying to themselves. This artificial realism is truly the cancer of our age. - Tadpole Dystopia
Thank you for this comment :-) "Everyone is viewed as a bunch of dehumanized interchangeable cogs without souls." I would add "everything". Hence: "Everyone and everything is viewed as a bunch or cluster of dehumanized interchangeable cogs without soul/s."
I decided this world is too cold for me, and has escaped through photography. Here I still can find fragments of beauty/soul.
Did you see Sam Vaknin's recent talk "Here's Why We're All Doomed (Excerpt)" on YouTube? I think we here are explained the true outcome of Nietzsche's ideas, all these "super-humans" just ended up as "super-narcissists".
Do you read James Kalb at "The Catholic World Report"? I'm a protestant, but still love Kalb's analysis of status quo. - PermaLiv
- Nietzsche’s FORGOTTEN Book (part 1)
Vi skulle bli super-mennesker, men så ble vi super-narsissister istedenfor, og dette ser ikke ut til å ende bra :-/
- Loving truth and staying sane in a world gone mad
The Supreme Court’s vision of a society in which each defines his own “concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life” has been realized all too thoroughly.
What it means is that America has lost touch with reality.
It’s hard to know what to say about the situation. The usual point of writing for publication is to add to public discussion, but what if public discussion no longer relates to a common public world? Can it be said to exist? - James Kalb
Filosofistien til oldefar.
"Everyone and everything is viewed as a bunch or cluster of dehumanized interchangeable cogs without soul/s."
Er Grythengen en utskiftbar del uten mening eller sjel i samfunns-maskineriet?
Et viktig spørsmål fram mot 150-års jubileet for denne eldgamle kværnenga vår.