From: "John Walliss" <sop97jw-AT-sheffield.ac.uk> Subject: Re: will to power Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 18:41:56 -0000 Hi, I'm newish to this mailing list - ive been silently sitting by the side listening. I'm really interested in Nietzsche - as would be gathered by the fact that I subscribe to this mailing list - in particular, I'm interested in applying his work to my own research in social theory and the sociology of religion. As I said, I'm interested in Ns ideas and have read both the sources and a few commentaries, however I'm stumped on one issue - the Will To Power. As far as I'm aware N is saying all attempts to truth are a reflection of WTP - the question then is therefore is this a version of the 'liar's paradox', i.e. Nietzsche the philosopher of the WTP saying that the WTP is the basis of all forms of truth? I'm also interested in his argument in BGE about willing 'untruth' and the relationship of truth to instinct. by this is he meaning that he doesn't object to Christianity because its 'wrong' as such but because its life negating in some way. I hope this email doesn't appear that I'm trying to get someone else to do the 'hard work' for me - I'm just interested in what people's comments/ideas might be. John Walliss Dept of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK --- from list nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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