(also applies to leftist discourse lmao)
Nothing I've read about Nietzsche comes close to capturing the vibe.
He's not a philosopher with arguments you can summarize like say Hume.
It's very readable, there's no real excuse for not having read Thus Spoke Zarathustra
It's just some guy carrying a dead line dancer on his back, and then dumping him in a tree when he can't be bothered anymore
The fact that he's not methodical or very structured makes him easy to read, and impossible to grasp whether you actually got his point. It's fun philosophy
I've read and studied Nietzsche for over 20 years, first fell in love with Thus Spoke Zarathustra in my youth, I now tell people not to bother.
I did but being in high school most of what I got from it was fuck the rules, make your own
I'd rather have that than the Bible, I guess
Should I bother reading Nietsche?
I feel like it’s time better spent on Hegel or maybe some Frankfurt School thinkers. But a part of me feels irresponsible to not study Nietsche since he inspires so many fascists
