From: Tristich-AT-aol.com
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 11:48:25 EDT
Subject: Re: The Higher man vs Overman


Sean Saraq writes:

> Apparently Dan is a sophomore - is this supposed to be an insult?
>  
>  It seems to me that he already understands Nietzsche better than  anyone
>  else on this list, and the fact that he is this knowledgeable about
>  Nietzsche is to be commended. This gratuitous (yet unsuccessful) insult
>  sounds like ressentiment to me.

My point was neither gratuitous nor an insult.  Rather it was a check on Dan's
own gratuitous (and downright snobbish) dismissal of all Nietzsche criticism.
As well read and as apparently precocious as Dan is, his original comment on
secondary sources (and his implied lamentation: alas, how can we warriors
expect anyone to measure up to our standard?) deserved to be branded what it
was: sophomoric.  I say let's give credit where it is deserved (and kudos to
Dan to be sure).  I don't mean any ill-will toward Dan.  But let's not
uncritically accept shine-ola even from the brightest, because that is where
the path to ressentiment lies.

Fritz


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