Bertrand Russell on Nietzsche

Bertrand Russell on Nietzsche

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• Bertrand
• Russell
• Nietzsche
• Philosophy

[fede2]

"it does not occur to nietzsche that a man should genuinely feel universal love".

it *does* occur to nietzsche that but that doesn't mean that it isn't ultimately motivated by a deeper latent fear.

he feels universal hatred and fear? nevermind that's just speculation, a logician should know what an ad hominem is.

and he's oversimplifying the concept of the noble man. he's not "devoid of sympathy", he's just not mitivated primarily by sympathy.

really low moment for a philosopher.

[TwoMunchuTwo]

it *does* occur to nietzsche that but that doesn't mean that it isn't ultimately motivated by a deeper latent fear.(so a feeling of"universal love" is really motivated by fear?)

And it's not ad-hominem to say so? Only if Russell says it of Nietzsche then?

It's OK for Nietzsche to "re-evaluate all values", that's no ad-hominem, only when the questioner is questioned eh? The poor Olympian has to truly suffer the slings and arrows of the ignorant valley rabble.

[cmcg117]

@TwoMunchuTwo Yet Nietzsche had a falling out with Richard Wagner who was an ardent German nationalist as well as an anti-semite. Besides Nietzsche's works were heavily edited by his sister who took care of him in his final years and censored his writing to appeal to the Nazi ideals.

[dedbusted]

Please. Nietzsche would rip Russell a new you-know-what.

[Zatzzo]

is this really bertrand russell's voice?

[Frutoses]

@IntronDepot1 Santayana is good but you shouldn't dismiss Bertrand Russell. He's analytical.

[horse69outside]

He sounds like Professor Yaffle from Bagpuss.

[IntronDepot1]

@TwoMunchuTwo You guys are cute.

[IntronDepot1]

Bertrand Russell wasn't very smart. Sad but true. Used to like em but now I've grown and evolved; and moved to a true genius, Santayana!

[br006DL]

@Fray2221 I agree that if you give someone love and he/she uses it to destroy you, than you become weak. However if you don't give someone love when you think that he/she doesn't deserve it, then you might lose a potential friend. Just because someone is an unworthy person, that doesn't mean that he/she is always going to take advantage of you. He/she might appreciate your kindness. Loving your neighbor is only good though if you love yourself just as much. You see what I mean?

[dalektaliban]

ive never heard betrand russel talk, he has an awesome voice

[xpressivist]

Nobody needs to understand Nietszche or Foucault to be a good thinker in contemporary world. One only needs to be logical & scientific to be a good contemporary thinker. But if you want to be entertained by reading long and trifling verbiages, you can help yourself to one of their overrated and sensationalized books.LOL

[Fray2221]

Nietzsche understood very well the concept of universal love, in Christianity and in Socialism. He rejected it because love for the weakest and worst human beings breads weakness and ignobility. I don't agree with Nietzsche on everything, but universal love is a stupid and vile concept, people need to prove themselves worthy of love.