[Steely Tom]

Liberalism. One Hundred Percent Unintended Consequences.

[geologist]

Satan is known for twisting the words and results of turning the words back on their meaning.

He is still doing it.

[microgood]

Having studied Nietzsche extensively, he is one of the most misunderstood of all philosophers. He was a rugged individualist, and believed anything like social demands, religious demands, or anything that limited human potential was evil. His idea of a Superman was the ultimate artist. He admired Wagner until he started writing songs for the state and then disowned him.

His main beef about Christianity was its embrace of socialism in Europe at the time. The notion that those that were previous thought as nobility because they were strong, brave, and rich were now evil outraged him, and the "Christian" notion that "the meek will inherit the earth" just drove him nuts. That is what Beyond Good and Evil was about.

He despised nationalism and socialism above all, because it limited human potential.

[Chiltepe]

Honestly, Nietzsche was so conflicted I don’t see how anyone gleans coherent substance from his postulations. Besides that, any time someone starts saying destroy this religion, deport all people with that viewpoint, the world should cut itself off from or wage war on my country... they’re either terribly black hearted or foaming at the mouth madmen, no matter how eloquently they might or might not express themselves. Nietzsche should be viewed through the context of his descent into lunacy as someone who was perhaps fascinating, but not a solid foundation to build one’s own beliefs upon.

[SunkenCiv]

related:

Why We Can’t Hear Wagner’s Music
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2631579/posts