--commented on Jannah's
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Why does Nietzsche always have to negate everything? I mean, the cynic in me can kind of appreciate the whole negating-free-for-all. There are flaws in every human thought process, but to deride it and deny the existence of it all... I mean, it leaves you with bewilderment as to what Nietzsche actually believed. He didn't believe in systematized beliefs. Not only does this make writing my paper on him frustrating and mind boggling, but it makes me wonder how anyone could live like this. I mean, no wonder he went crazy. I feel like many of these senses are just natural to humans, and to deny them is impossible. (But perhaps I'm just too deeply influenced by the West.) Even more, he seems to contradict himself. Several sources that I have sought after trying to make sense of him say this. Now, I'm not trying to completely bash the man--some of his stuff is interesting. The arrogant tone of Zarathustra doesn't seem to balance out with this disbelief in God. If he is a prophet, where is his authority coming from? Just wondering what made him think he was worthy of giving these answers.
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I agree with you. What does he actually believe. WE can be reading along and we're like, "Oh, he believes this." Then 2 pages later he's contradicting what he just said that he believed. It's like a friend of mine. It doesn't matter what you say he's going to argue. You can even agree with him and he'll argue with you. That leads me to think that sometimes he doesn't even know what he believes. I think that on certain topics the same could be said for Nietzsche.
ReplyDeleteGood point. I have no idea what to think about Nietzsche. That's why we were all so confused in class about what he meant by God is dead, Superman, and the Ultimate man... I wonder if he really knows what he thinks? Maybe his arrogance and authoratative voice comes from him trying to find a reason for everything while he's not even completely sure himself?
ReplyDeleteI don't know... I'm glad it's you not me writing this paper on him!
Nietzsche's eternal recurrence would suggest that everything is meaningless, so his own works would be meaningless themselves. His prophetic speaches about life are irrelevant because he has written them to no one. He says himself that none would understand him but the superman, and those never came around.
ReplyDeleteI like what you did there. Yeah, it seems like he compares in another way with our good pal Raskolnikov. Rav was another seeking to revolutionize thinking yet had was split in his thinking with an authority that he seems to have given himself.
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