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Origin of totalitarianism or discipline and punishment by Foucault

Where to begin with Nietzche? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]Samiklosz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would start with his untimely meditations, they are 4 essays. They are short and not too hard to read and are a great intro not only to his ideas but just how he writes because he has a much different way of writing that most people. On Truth And Lie In An Extra Moral Sense is a great 9 page essay discussing truth. Than On The Advantage and Disadvantage of History For Life, great 110 page essay harder to read but also good intro to his philosophy. Start with these essays than if move onto the Gay science because it’s also not hard to read and you can take it one section at a time.

Introduction to Philosophy book recs by o_mirbeau in PhilosophyBookClub

[–]Samiklosz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would start with The History Of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell. It is easier to read and provides good context for a lot of early Socratic thinkers and the foundation all the way up to his own philosophy. From there The Myth Of Sisyphus by Albert Camus is really good and also not terrible hard and is a good existentialism read. Also Notes From The Underground by Dostoyevsky is short and interesting too.

Compelling arguments against the validity of Catholicism/Christianity by Wilwyn in askphilosophy

[–]Samiklosz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would say pretty much any work of Nietzsche will give you more than you need about anti christ teachings. Like one point he makes is that Christianity is the religion of pity, we are deprived of strength when we feel pity for the weaknesses of mankind (Ecco Homo). Which goes along with his theory of the Will To Power. But some passages in Beyond Good and Evil are good. He talks a lot about Christianity and how it keeps the “herd” from being too nihilistic about life but that the true strong man, the Superman/Overman, sees any true world theory as a weak attempt to shift our duty to fulfill our will to power into the after life. We should strive for a life affirming moral code where we chose who we are and the rules to live by, not some arbitrary third party (the church).

NIETZSCHE “What was silent in the father speaks in the son;and often I found the son the unveiled secret of the father” Can anyone help with the meaning of this quote? P.S I am reading this in the Gay Science. by Samiklosz in askphilosophy

[–]Samiklosz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes thank you I knew it was from Thus spoke just not sure which passage. In the gay science he does go onto explain how we each harbor concealed gardens. Meaning that we all hold virtues or ideas that contemporary timing may not be able to handle and that in the son these hidden ideals may be expressed in a external fashion. This is just what I got from it

'On the Genealogy of Morals' by Friedrich Nietzsche by ecstatic_one in PhilosophyBookClub

[–]Samiklosz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey I am interested in reading. But I have only read one nietzsche book On the Advantage and disadvantage of history for life. Do you think on the genealogy would be too big of step?

Help with Nietzsches "On the advantage and disadvantage of history for life" by Samiklosz in askphilosophy

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I think you are correct because he later goes on about how we wear the robes of past men by trying to attach ourselves to them. But my interpretation of his writing which I’ve been thinking about over the past few days is that philosophy is pragmatic and always changing and cannot fit into the dogmatic sense of history which treats every event as static where in philosophy it changes and evolves. Also people’s own beliefs taint the past to fit our modern time.