Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 09:51:08 -0700 (PDT) From: J Poxon <poxon-AT-saclink.csus.edu> Subject: Re: Smirking at Nihilism On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Paul S. Rhodes wrote: > interpretation. But, Mr. Callihan, seriously, if we put "good" and "evil" > behind us, then nothing is good and nothing is evil. So, what then is the > Holocaust, eh? We can call it the product of "reactive forces", but, see, > the binary opposition of "active" and "reactive" is just "good" and "evil" > for those who want to salvage Nietzschean philosophy by wordgames. Lambda On the other hand, the attempted eradication of the Jews was justified in terms of a metaphysics of good and evil--the Nazis were "good" and the Jews, clearly, were "evil"--so what happens to that attempt if the metaphysics that underwrites it is undone? Judith Poxon poxon-AT-saclink.csus.edu --- from list nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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