File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_1995/nietzsche_Sep.95, message 88


Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 13:44:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: "John B. Morgan" <jbmorgan-AT-umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Interpretation vs. Life


On Wed, 27 Sep 1995 POLK-AT-ucis.vill.edu wrote:

> The antagonism expressed so far concerning this poem hints of a terrible
> arrogance and perhaps, even of a lack of ability to accept the postmodern
> discovery that there is no "true" reading of anything.  Surely, we all have
> poems in the languages of our past teachers...how else can we develop our
> own borrowed, forged and rewritten voices?  Give this man a break!  

I agree. I suspect that many of these people do not recall their own 
first experiences with Nietzsche. My own initial encounter was very 
exciting, and it was the energetic and antagonistic qualities of Nietzsche 
that first appealed to me. Somewhat banal, to be sure, but it is this 
excitement that leads to later exploration of the depths of Nietzsche's 
thought. And who among us doesn't continue to admire the way Nietzsche 
rendered philosophy as poetry?  

John Morgan, Research Secretary   CAHILL: "You create strong feelings, 
The University of Michigan         but you won't give us any easy answers." 
Alzheimer's Disease Research      KUBRICK: "That's because I don't have any
Center (MADRC)                     easy answers."             
jbmorgan-AT-umich.edu                                               
  





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