PHL 366 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Smallpox, Friedrich Nietzsche, Syphilis
27 Feb 2019
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9/14/2012 8:02:00 pm: studied about ancient greek classics, influenced him greatly then moved to philosophy, got syphilis age 22, went crazy, many famous friends, used classics to look at society critically. Nietzsche says: scientist today aren"t scientists, we need to know that to understand science, scientists, image. Glasses: if lab governed by safety regulations. Yes, we have to be safe: they are cautious, stick to home. They take small steps because its safe: its looked as weakness, slave, pizarro (the real scientist, spanish explorer, conquistador (conquer-er, seeks to prove hypothesis (somewhere out there, might be a kingdom of wealth) Plunge into the unknown to find it/ prove it on a prayer. Peru so they all died (small pox went beyond peru: killed off 95% of north america. He replaced one world (peru) with another (spain: he engaged in exploration, went into the unknown to grab it then reshaped it to his own, that"s science, wanted to remake the world.
