Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 21:19:38 -0400
From: Bob <suannschafer-AT-earthlink.net>
Subject: Re:definition


Again, for those of us who haven't read Nietzsche recently, could you
suggest a title that supports your point?

>Nietzsche defines decadence as continuing to do something when we know it
>can prove harmful,when it is not life enhancing,such as the arms
>race,smoking cigarettes,or questioning the people of Athens about why they
>do something or what it means when they have been getting along perfectly
>fine without knowing these things,though Socrates is viewed not as bringing
>on decadence but as a sympton of it.
>jeff d.