"lifes Nausea And Disgust With Life, Merely Concealed Behind, Masked By..."

I wrote this because I had lost my train of thought when attempting to post and stay on topic. ;) It was something about ... I like the idea of empirical information/wisdom/data whathaveyou. I like to know that (at least in scientific community) people try to test things, like safety in cars for instance. Alas that's not on topic so I'll bow out.

But Miranda I'm glad you posted again to this thread and I think you have a lot of valuable input that we can all gain another perspective on. Not unlike Nietzsche I'm sure who also wrote what he needed to .

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Originally posted by den
bah, nevermind ... :(

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found your pre-edit stuff interesting, btw.

You mean mine? About being a semantics freak? :p

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Originally posted by amuse
found your pre-edit stuff interesting, btw.

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It seems to me that N was disgusted with humanity, not religion. I think it was merely the fact that it was the christian faith that he knew so well that he used it to prove(as he believed it to) his theories on human nature. N thought that the goal of humanity was to be strong, strength meaning power. And one cannot be strong and powerfull unless they have someone to prevail over, the weak. I think that christianity was a possible scapegoat for N's output of anger at the human race.

simon (one who is puzzled at the emotions exploding on this thread)

*mind is blown* Wow, Simon, that's good. That makes a lot of sense, because what if Nietzsche had never heard of Christianity. He would lay down and file in order with the rest of society, completely content with the way of the world? Hardly believable. He's the gadfly type, criticizing whichever group is in power and has control over the masses, so they won't grow too large and consume all minds. And I know I'm a cynic, but really, is there ever a time when there hasn't been a reason for anger at the human race?

wow. Thats dynamite Simon!

Just trying to contribute to the threads possibilities now that everyone is scared away.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Kendall

Everyone is different, just because he didn't do any good - doesn't mean to say his view isn't interesting.

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I remember reading that Nietzsche was a pretty proufound influence on Freud, in the editor's introduction to The Basic Writings of Nietzsche. Just thought I'd throw that in, I think saying that he didn't do any good is a bit unfair...