Thank you!!! I commend you for the Herculean effort of taking on Nietzsche. I’ve been reading his work off and on these last few years as well as Walter Kaufmann’s books. Of course, growing up Christian, we were told Nietzsche was almost as bad as the devil himself, but once I looked behind the curtain for myself I discovered this was not the case. We were told Nietzsche was a nihilist but that’s not true. He described nihilism and warned against it. I realized I grew up listening to and just believing so many untruths. Great article.
I'm truly grateful for your feedback and encouraging words! I really struggled with this article because of the magnitude of trying to cover Nietzsche in one short post. He was an instrumental part of my own deconstruction process. Nietzsche died young at 55 years of age. I wonder what more we would have gained had he lived another 20 years to continue his thought process.
Hey Jim,
I didn’t think it was too long. It is a lot to unpack but after reading the last piece on God is dead, very helpful.
My biggest challenge is to not fall into nihilism . My process started in AA after leaving the church. It’s been slow going. I still I’ll have many
questions I’m seeking answers too. It’s all in the seeking I suppose
Thank you!!! I commend you for the Herculean effort of taking on Nietzsche. I’ve been reading his work off and on these last few years as well as Walter Kaufmann’s books. Of course, growing up Christian, we were told Nietzsche was almost as bad as the devil himself, but once I looked behind the curtain for myself I discovered this was not the case. We were told Nietzsche was a nihilist but that’s not true. He described nihilism and warned against it. I realized I grew up listening to and just believing so many untruths. Great article.
Thank you, thank you, thank you !!!
Great article
I'm truly grateful for your feedback and encouraging words! I really struggled with this article because of the magnitude of trying to cover Nietzsche in one short post. He was an instrumental part of my own deconstruction process. Nietzsche died young at 55 years of age. I wonder what more we would have gained had he lived another 20 years to continue his thought process.
Very helpful article. I feel like I get Nietzsche thanks to you.