PHIL 200 Lecture 3: Nietzsche and his Aphorisms
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Called himself a thinker before his time : wrote 20th century philosophy several decades too soon, got little attention during his life. Master of aphorisms: many works contain short aphorisms. Trying to keep away from developing system. The death of god: god in response: nietzsche is dead , freud said god is just wishful illusion, ability of church to continue while god is dead, the madman. Speaking to those who don"t believe in god. God"s death has nothing to do with secularism, secularism is a symptom of the bigger condition: Need to be reminded of what they already know: they have a responsibility they are not addressing. Speaking about himself (as nietzsche often does) Drank up the sea, wiped the horizon: not just about magnitude/impossibility. Unchained the earth from its sun: sun may be gone but we"re still going through space pretending everything is fun, second coming poem (yeats) Lost our orientation in space: the aftermath.
