Comment on Anon is a philosopher

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• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “uber-mensch” an idea, which I believe was hijacked by Nazis

  He had a nazi sister who after his hijacked his ideas to gain nazi streetcred

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• Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  His quote “God is dead” is supposed to indicate the genesis of nihilism.

  Without a higher purpose, we fall into a belief that our lives are worthless.

  However, we can find our own “god”, whether that be helping others, mastery of a skill, or finding contentment.

  There are plenty of things to find value in, just because Nietzsche had a complete breakdown in the pursuit, doesn’t mean he’s wrong.

  When I make the decision to stare at my phone while crossing the street, I may be a hypocrite, but it doesn’t make “look both ways before crossing” bad advice.

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• latenightnoir@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nietzsche’s philosophy had a lot in common with Camus’s, the main difference being that Camus framed very similar ideas in a very “Pop!” and relatively hedonistic way (of the times, not necessarily his doing).

  They both essentially focus on the absence of meaning and its tangible effects on the human psyche, while encouraging the individual to persevere in Individuating in spite of there being no pre-defined purpose for doing it - do the growth for growth’s sake, for your own soul’s sake, if you will.

  Imo, they also differ in the fact that, I feel, Nietzsche also somewhat hinted at the human being taking up the reins of the God it killed, becoming godly unto itself. I don’t think this came out of a sense of superiority, rather that he felt we had a responsibility to pick up the works of the God we killed.

  Camus just wanted us all to be Promethean offshoots, laughing our asses off in the face of God and doing our own shit.

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  • fckreddit@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    "And I, too, felt ready to start life all over again. It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe.” this quote by Camus in “The Stranger” always get me. Points out the absurdism of searching for a meaning in this vast, complex and more importantly indifferent universe.

    Of course, Nietzsche felt different. He thought we still had an obligation to do great.

    To me personally, taoism seems to provide a happy middle ground. Do what you can, try what you want. In the end success or failure brings some pros and some cons. Life is all about navigating the water current. Sometimes, you take control and other times you let the water carry you. It is all about knowing when to do either.

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    • latenightnoir@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is exactly why Existentialism is fascinating to me, the question always stays the same, but the answers are as varied as the people who are offering them. Which pretty much leads to the conclusion that THE answer to “what now” is “learn what floats your boat then keep it sailing.”

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• dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  he was also a disgusting sexist

  The overall depth of your comment warrant a request for sources…

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  • AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why? Who cares? It was like over 100 years ago at this point and like basically everyone was bigoted 100 years ago lmao.

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    • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is true. My running theory, the shit man theory, is that if you take a famous person from the past they’re most likely a shithead. For example;

      Mahatma Gandhi was a nazi-loving racist who would gather young and underaged apprentices with whom he’d sleep naked to prove how virtuous he was by not raping them.

      Mother Theresa didn’t pay her workers, withheld medical attention on the grounds that if they took people to proper medical facilities they’d not use hers, re-used needles and knowingly spreading infectious diseases (like HIV), would purposefully make people suffer because suffering is godly.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think there are two explanations for it:

        • the type of person that gets sufficient attention to be remembered long-term has a bit of a god complex
        • everyone has good and bad parts, and each gets magnified in historical texts

        It’s probably both in most cases.

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  • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Read one of his books

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    • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My bad I made the mistake of reading more than one of his books.

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