That reminds me of Nietzsche's idea of a future "Superman" who would transcend humanity's need for rules of behavior.<shopping cart meme>
Such geniuses that they completely missed the point of the whole thing ...Leopold was particularly fascinated by Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of "supermen" (Übermenschen), interpreting them as transcendent individuals possessing extraordinary and unusual capabilities, whose superior intellects allowed them to rise above the laws and rules that bound the unimportant, average populace. Leopold believed that he and Loeb were such individuals, and as such, by his interpretation of Nietzsche's doctrines, they were not bound by any of society's normal ethics or rules.
That reminds me of Nietzsche's idea of a future "Superman" who would transcend humanity's need for rules of behavior.
Morons then decided that meant that if you're better than other people you can just go around murdering inferior people and it's perfectly ok. (rather than the much more logical idea that a superior person would in fact know the right way to behave in the first place).
In fact all they did was prove that they aren't the "Supermen" who Nietzsche was talking about and are in fact the unevolved cretins who's very existence explains why we have stupid rules for everything.
Such geniuses that they completely missed the point of the whole thing ...
Nietzsche's influence seems to have been malign in pretty much every case of every figure he's influenced. If your influence is invariably bad, then maybe you didn't make your 'point' quite clear enough?
This bit is kinda important. Having an actual Nazi rewrite all your work after you're dead would sort of not help.After his death, his sister Elisabeth became the curator and editor of Nietzsche's manuscripts. She edited his unpublished writings to fit her German ultranationalist ideology while often contradicting or obfuscating Nietzsche's stated opinions, which were explicitly opposed to antisemitism and nationalism. Through her published editions, Nietzsche's work became associated with fascism and Nazism
He had some following among left-wing Germans in the 1890s; in 1894–1895 German conservatives wanted to ban his work as subversive. During the late 19th century Nietzsche's ideas were commonly associated with anarchist movements and appear to have had influence within them, particularly in France and the United States.
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Nietzsche is known today as a precursor to existentialism, post-structuralism and postmodernism.
Yeah, I have heard that his sister misrepresented him, and that was a factor, particularly with regard to the Nazis. Nevertheless, he's been an influence on figures from Camille Paglia to (indirectly) Clarance Thomas by way of various pomo intellectual types who I also dislike. I've yet to encounter anyone influenced by him that I had a positive opinion of (he's similar to Jung, in that respect).
This bit is kinda important. Having an actual Nazi rewrite all your work after you're dead would sort of not help.
Taxidermist him and use him on a minigolf course.![]()
No John, that's happening no matter what. It'll be like the line for QE2, just a lot less tears and a lot more urine.
Seems like that might both give a clue as to why Brexit happened, and simultaneously demonstrate that it didn't help. Being in the EU clearly didn't do much for ordinary workers, but nor has leaving it.
It’s the 1920’s only a hundred years later...seems we’ve learned nothing from history.