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Originally Posted by speed
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. |
Nile577 said
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I think he means totally the opposite; truth should not get in the way of convictions. Nietzsche abhorred the pursuit of "truth" and the view of philosophy as the pursuit of knowledge. If the truth of life is that it would be better for man to never be, the impelling force of "Life" is more important than "truth." This impelling force is the will to power, which allows man to overcome man and become the superman.
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In the Intransigence of Religion thread.
This was in response to my view that when Nietzsche said (and this time I will quote it accurately) "Truth has never yet clung to the arm of an inflexible man", it was meant that it is important not to have convictions but to have a reasonably open mind that is always ready to change when better evidence comes along.
I would agree that Nietzsche dismissed the idea of any absolute objective and ultimate Truth, as do I, but did acknowledge subjective shared truth as existing in a useful sense.
Socrates, as represented by Plato, is a rationalist to a large extent, and Nietzsche said this was naive, and preferred empiricist idealism instead .