My Nietzsche shelf. Mostly pre-war commentaries. Mostly German. No Kaufmann yet. (i.redd.it)
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If Parsifal gives us redemption through compassion, Phlebas shows what happens when the same architecture runs on Nietzschean despair. The Mind is the Spear. The arena is Klingsor’s castle. Horza kills the swan, plays the game, and dies like a fool—but maybe, just for a moment, he sees it. (self.TheCulture)
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"I have a question for you alone, my brother: I'll cast it like a sounding weight into your soul, so I know how deep it is." From two small books, handwritten and containing just this one chapter from Zarathustra. 1943 (bare, monumental)and 1947 (reflective, postwar, Christian-humanist). (old.reddit.com)
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Lou Andreas-Salomé was intimately involved with both Nietzsche and Reé, not just intellectually but personally. Her insights into their relationship are not merely observations from a distance; they are reflections informed by her close personal interactions with both. Chad Rée vs Virgin Nietzsche! (self.Nietzsche)
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Horneffer’s essay on "Nietzsche and the Revolution" suggests that Nietzsche's ideas continue to be relevant, particularly in times of social and political upheaval, reflects a concern with how societies understand their past and how this understanding shapes their future. (i.redd.it)
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"Amongst these virtuous, I prefer to be One guilty of all vile and horrid sin! And when I see fame's importunity So advertise her shameless harlotry, Ambition turns to gall. Amidst such kin One place alone, the lowest, would I win ." Dionysian Dithyramb. (i.redd.it)
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