File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_1995/nietzsche_Nov1.95, message 7


Date: Wed, 1 Nov 95 08:47:26 MST
From: lll-AT-t10.Lanl.GOV (Laura L. Lopez)
Subject: Masks




As an effort to change the subject of recent posts to something
more interesting, I wonder if someone can talk with me a little about
what Nietzsche means when he talks about masks in (particularly in 
_Beyond Good and Evil_).   I tend to think that Nietzsche is a believer 
in self-knowledge, and perhaps the idea that we must somehow conceal
ourselves is for some sort of self-preservation.  Basically my 
confusion is: why is it important to make it difficult for people to
see us as we are (which is how I understand the mask thing and Nietzsche's
effort to confuse the non-serious reader)?

-Laura


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