two things
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Second, Zarathustra alerted me to a great quote by Nietzsche:
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too
high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
I have got to start reading Nietzsche. I get the feeling I'll like some of his ideas.
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FTA - I have read some of Nietzche and I will say this, make sure you are totally awake and have lots of time to think about what he is saying and why. Lots of good stuff and lots of weird stuff!
Hi FTA - I think you should talk to Todd/cumom (Todd's Hammer) - he is well-versed in Nietzche (and a super-dee-dooper guy too).
Thanks for the warning, lol. I had planned to read when I had a clear mind--and a couple books _about_ Nietzsche as well!
wry- I really admire Todd a lot. Just reading his posts tempt me to get a phd in sociology of religion. I'll certainly talk to him more when I get around to seriously considering that.
My friend Zarathustra is a philosopher of religion; we have many conversations late into the night about the ideas. Usually we're getting more and more drunk, though, so...
Every person I know who reads Nietzsche (and especially those who quote him) is a pretentious asshole. Now, it's entirely possible that they were assholes first and read Nietzsche second, but I'm just saying...
hahaha! Guess I'm an asshole.
And did you forget my grad degree? That definitely makes me an pretentious asshole.
Oh yeah! So you're, like, pretentious squared with two assholes! Or...something...
eewwww
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