From: KK007 <KK007-AT-aol.com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 13:30:13 EST Subject: Re: Christians, Murderers of Jews - among others. -Reply...a comment In a message dated 98-03-23 09:08:02 EST, you write: << Don't have the exact page numbers on hand, but I know Nietzsche spends a great part of the Genealogy dedicated to the distinction between "good and bad" and "good and evil." Further, if I remember correctly, it seems that bad and good are mere gradations of the same thing (N uses the example of vultures and lambs, from the perspective of vultures they of course are good [noble, strong] while lambs are certainly good to eat, they are, from the perspective of vultures bad [lowly, weak, pitiable]), while good and evil are metaphysically opposed. I don't mean to assert a might makes right philosophy from this, which too goddam many people have done, I just think that when morality has been used in this listserve, it has been used in too broad and sweeping a fashion. Nietzsche's eye for detail and nuance lost a lot of people along the way, including myself, of course. A book that I think pays close attention to some of these details is one called Nietzsche: Life as Literature by Nehamas, (I think). >> Might IS right if one considers the fact that a complete surrender to the Law of Nature is necessary for man to bridge the gap to overman...intellect is nothing but a mere expression of will to live or will to power...inasmuch as a wolf tries to eat the lamb, so does man exerts his power against another man, is so obvious it does not deserve further comment...N. only puts all this in unaccustomed form and merely states that the fact be completely accepted compared to a disingenuous morality of the weak designed to strenthen the "neighbor"...kk007-AT-aol.com --- from list nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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