I have a hard time siding with all this nihilism. Maybe a little here and there, but Nietzsche is nihilistic all the time, and thats a little too much to handle. I'm still working my way through the reading, but interestingly enough i have found something i agree with in here.
"an even more highly valued means of combating depression is the prescribing of a petty pleasure that is easily attainable and can be made into a regular event" pg. 135. Thats how i'm handling Nietzsche right now. I'll read ten pages of his depressing outlook on things (which though insightful is very depressing at times) and then i'll take a nice nap where I let my brain relax and take a break from all those nihilistic pressures.
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I love this idea! I am a big believer in the "therapeutic nap"! N. is tough--no doubt about it. I admire the way you talk about what you disagree with, but you also make a point of looking for some point that you CAN agree with too. We can try to understand his work, even if we can't agree with it.
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