This is an interesting read, @agmoore. Thanks for sharing it. Friedrich Nietzsche is a foreign name to me until I read this piece. I made certain conclusions while reading and found them so towards the end of this post—Nietzsche's mental state and his philosophies being largely influenced by his childhood/home life. Though I'm not sure if the presence of his father or a father figure might have changed his conclusion on some of these topics.
I'm curious about Thus Spake Zarathustra though and why he's so attached to it (referring to the book as his son). If he would 'mature' his philosophy then it should be in this book.
I've always been interested in philosophy and see it as an adventure of the mind! I imagine if I get another chance to go to school, I'll give the subject an in-depth study but really, philosophy is all around us. I simply need to study people, their views on life, their values and beliefs. Hehe.
I enjoyed this review and will listen to Durant's audio on this. Thanks for the links. Well done! 🙂
Yes! They are just people, people who thought (think) a lot about things. As you can see from Nietzsche's story, they were flawed, as we are. I just learned yesterday that Rousseau had five children. All of them he placed in orphanages--he abandoned them!!! I used to think he was a great thinker. Now I don't regard him at all with respect.
You can be your own philosopher, although it does help to read other people's ideas (I like William James somewhat).
I have never studied philosophy in depth. Just a dilettante:)
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