Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 18:09:56 -0600
From: Jim Elson <jlelson-AT-utdallas.edu>
Subject: Re: Faith and the Death of God


On Tue, 14 Feb 1995 CND7750-AT-UTARLG.UTA.EDU wrote:

>   [snip]         Which reminds me, does anyone else think Nietzsche's
> philosophy is firstly anti-kantian, and fighting agaisnt the Nihilism
> of the likes of the categorical imperative, human freedom, etc.?

Yes and no.  I think Nietzsche's critiques are often directed at Kant,
but also all the way back to Socrates and the beginnings of the 
Western tradition.  The most succuint gloss might be that N. is
critiquing the priviledging of "intellect" and foundational thought and
all the implications/entailments of them.  Is N. asking us to joyfully
and cheerfully jump into the _Abgrund_ and begin our thinking from
that perspective?  I think the answer is a resounding "Yea."

===========================================================================James L Elson:              |<o  When you stare into the abyss too long  o>|
School of Arts & Humanities |<o       the abyss stares back into you.    o>|
University of Texas-Dallas  |                  --Nietzsche--               |



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