It is easy to imagine Friedrich Nietzsche sitting in his study, writing away, merrily imagining the look of horror which will cross the faces of his readers when they come across the line he just penned. He obviously liked to shock people; the bigger the shock, the happier he was. But, alas, unlike his contemporary creator of scandalous bon mots, Oscar Wilde, Nietzsche was not popular in the salons of the day. People never knew what the guy was mumbling about over there in the … [Read more...] about Equal Rights
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Philosophizing With a Hammer
“Why so hard?” the kitchen coal once said to the diamond. “After all, are we not close kin?”Why so soft? O my brothers, thus I ask you: are you not after all my brothers?Why so soft, so pliant and yielding? Why is there so much denial, self-denial, in your hearts? So little destiny in your eyes?And if you do not want to be destinies and inexorable ones, how can you one day triumph with me?And if your hardness does not wish to flash and cut through, how can you one day create with me?For all … [Read more...] about Philosophizing With a Hammer
Nietzsche and the Apostle Paul
Nietzsche doesn’t get invited to many Christmas parties. Something about declaring “God is dead” has made him persona non grata at gatherings of Christians.But, before dismissing him, let us first note that his most famous aphorism was, in fact, correct. By the late 19th century, in European intellectual circles, God was, indeed, dead. It wasn’t always so; look back at the writings of earlier generations and you find a plethora of Christian intellectuals. Even the non-Christian … [Read more...] about Nietzsche and the Apostle Paul