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speed · February 24th, 2008, 08:52 AM

I read this article online this week, and thought it a very fair presentation of many of Nietzsche's core ideas: http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=6103

I am also harboring the idea that Nietzsche was the Socrates of the modern era. His written philosophy I think asks questions, not solves them. And since modern man's problem is existential, his interior written philosophy and extortations I think mirror Socrates' verbal exterior philosophy and exhortations.

Ive noticed that my adolescent love of Nietzsche, which somewhat disappeared, has somehow returned the older I get. I believe it is because of the truth Nietzsche sought--and his unwavering thirst for the truth, never once finding solace in any idea or cause,etc that would make this quest easier.

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speed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 5,185	Nietzsche's Deeper Truth I read this article online this week, and thought it a very fair presentation of many of Nietzsche's core ideas: http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=6103 I am also harboring the idea that Nietzsche was the Socrates of the modern era. His written philosophy I think asks questions, not solves them. And since modern man's problem is existential, his interior written philosophy and extortations I think mirror Socrates' verbal exterior philosophy and exhortations. Ive noticed that my adolescent love of Nietzsche, which somewhat disappeared, has somehow returned the older I get. I believe it is because of the truth Nietzsche sought--and his unwavering thirst for the truth, never once finding solace in any idea or cause,etc that would make this quest easier. __________________ If a fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise (William Blake). The road of excess, leads to the palace of wisdom (William Blake). Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing (Oscar Wilde).