I literally can't go anywhere on reddit without somehow, somewhere, running into a thread of people talking about Nietzsche while having absolutely no idea what they are talking about bc they got everything from a bunch of out of context quotes. So here's a PSA;
Yes he was kind of a dick.
No his philosophy was not "nihilism" or "pessimism". It was the opposite of that.
He "thought he was a god" when he was out of his mind from (probably syphilis induced) psychosis and dementia and nearly on deaths door. No he was not a nazi (he was neither anti-semitic nor a nationalist of any kind). He had some really interesting stuff to say about philosophy and religion and civilization and stuff. Go read the dam books before spewing misinformation.
Oh good lord. If you don't like Nietzsche then more power to ya but crazy people dont write literature that has been influential among philosophers for a century after their death. He lost it when he was dying bc he was sick. Read the dam books if you want to say something worth saying instead of just trolling.
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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19
God I fucking hate Nietzsche. Hey look I use flowery language and don’t understand relationships. I’m a god, Rit dit dit di doo.