Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 19:09:13 GMT
From: cornets-AT-2005.bart.nl (cornets de groot)
Subject: Re: unsubscribe


There has been a lot of fuss lately on this list - and i only subscribed a
few weeks ago - about the level and quality of the postings. I personally
liked Yair Mahalalel's account of what's going on here, in particular this
exerpt:

'The only reason to watch this akward play is that the characters are so
amusing and ridiculous - throwing mud at each other, blaming everybody
for their own vices, waving with their rackless driving as a proof of
who-knows-what, and bursting of self-importance based on their shallow
immitation of N. justful scorn.'

Indeed, it is enjoyable, and not only to watch it from a superior distance,
but also to take part in it. The question we should ask ourselves however,
is what is Nietzsche's part in this? I subscribe to other lists as well,
Wittgensteins for instance, but none of this childish behavior can be found
on those. It's on this list only. How can it be that his philosophy attracts
this kind of behavior?

There has been some talk about other authors, such as Hesse. I've never read
him, but i know of Alberto Moravia who was influenced by N, and in Holland
there is Menno ter Braak. There is no doubt that these were serious writers,
but both could also be viewed, to some extent, as "boyish", if you know what
i'm saying. And before we forget (but we won't) another name that springs to
mind is that of Hitler. Surely the will to power has everything to do with this.

Are there any other authors influenced by N that could be labeled "boyish"?
And is it possible to be a calm, contemplative stereotype philosopher and
subscribe to N's ideas - or are all of N's followers (and Zarathustra didn't
like those) hysteric, spoiled, epileptic "uebermensche"?

Thanks,

Rutger Cornets



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