Ecco Homo

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• DyslexicAtheist · May 28, 2020 · Recommends

  if you want to understand what's going on zoom out and look at the last 200 years of civilization and society. Nietzsche is probably the best resource who predicted this. You can read "Ecco Homo" or "Thus spoke Zarathistra" and see the parallels in our modern life. He predicted the herd mentality which we've created. We despise and fear mental pain which is required for growing and most of us…

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• Der_Einzige · Dec 5, 2020 · Mentions

  …Sartre can't get it right, can a random newcomer understand it the way Heidegger intended? As far as Nietzsche goes - by his own words (he is very clear about this in one of his books - I think it was ecco homo) - you're supposed to have read ALL of the works of Kant and then Schopenhauer before you can even understand Nietzsche. Not that many people agree with him about that, but it did color my perception…

  on “Ask HN: Learning about philosophy” ↗
• Der_Einzige · Jun 29, 2024 · Mentions

  …nothing to do with either world war. You’re likely trying to blame Nietzsche, who was the polar opposite of a nihilist, for German nationalism. The radical optimist Nietzsche, in his old age while writing Ecco homo, disavowed his German heritage and spoke about how awesome Poland and his polish identity were. Nihilism is only just now having an impact in the academy as it is the intellectual foundation of post…

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