Schopenhauer as educator
Translated by James W. Hillesheim and Malcolm B. Simpson. Introd. by Eliseo Vivas.
by Friedrich Nietzsche · first published 1965
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…reader recognizes his sophistry for what it is and stops trying to make sense of it all. I'd encourage anyone on HN to go directly to Plato if they want real philosophy, or at least jump back to Nietzsche (Schopenhauer as Educator) if they want an entertaining and tongue-in-cheek iconoclast whose ideas merit real thought.
on “Foucault’s lecture notes from 1970–71 demolish caricatures of his thought (2013)” ↗…escape the miserable pressure of the Will, i.e. unconscious/life force/animal nature. Reading Schopenhauer's main book seems like Freud + Darwin. One of the essays in N's first book is the fascinating Schopenhauer as Educator. The chapters on S and N in Santayana's very readable and funny Egotism in German Philosophy are maybe the best, most insightful thing written about them. I read a lot of Kierkegaard years ago - for…
on “Kierkegaard’s Leap” ↗…metaphors, or in moral terms, the obligation to lie according to an established convention, to lie collectively in a style that is mandatory for everyone. Actually he had a lot to say about him—check out Schopenhauer as Educator, a long essay from Nietzsche's first (full-sized) book, Untimely Meditations aka Unfashionable Observations aka Thoughts Out Of Season—it's a very grateful tribute. William James wrote so many great…
on “How Philosophers Think” ↗