POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Nietzsche Contra Wagner, The Gay Science, University Of Bonn

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2101
• Professor: Andre Lecours

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1882 lou salome (denies marriage proposal, this was his only close human interaction) 1888: the anti christ, ecce homo, twilight of the idols, the case of wagner, nietzsche contra wagner, the will to po(cid:449)er (cid:894)did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)rite (cid:271)ut put together fro(cid:373) his (cid:374)otes(cid:895) January 1889: collapse: he become mentally incapacitated. On the pedestal in weimar so people could see him from the streets because he was famous. Works edited by sister (also edited the will to power) Postmodern icon: because of his rejection of rationality and systemic thinking, (cid:862)so(cid:373)e (cid:449)ere (cid:271)or(cid:374) posthu(cid:373)ously(cid:863) It is up to you what you make of the chaotic world, not religion (341) eternal recurrence (344) truth and deception. Chaos and uncertainty: cant rely on anything especially not the hope of an afterlife, (cid:862)logi(cid:272) is u(cid:374)(cid:271)eara(cid:271)le like (cid:449)asps(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it (cid:373)akes you depressed a(cid:374)d there is (cid:374)o logic)