Comments on: Valuation http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:01:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: thainamu http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2126 thainamu Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:08:02 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2126 I just read the Wikipedia article Nietzsche and it confirmed what I suspected--the guy was crazy! <blockquote>some ... argue that his [mental] breakdown may have been caused by a psychological maladjustment brought on by his philosophy.</blockquote> (I mean no offense to Chris by this comment. Also, regardless how crazy and anti-Christian he was, Nietzsche's ideas have certainly been influential.) I just read the Wikipedia article Nietzsche and it confirmed what I suspected–the guy was crazy!

some … argue that his [mental] breakdown may have been caused by a psychological maladjustment brought on by his philosophy.

(I mean no offense to Chris by this comment. Also, regardless how crazy and anti-Christian he was, Nietzsche’s ideas have certainly been influential.)

]]> By: cchrisr http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2128 cchrisr Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:26:37 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2128 While he did eventually go mad (in 1888), most of his writings (really, all but <i>The Will to Power</i>) were written before his going mad. Nobody knows why he went mad (popular theories revolve around syphilis). Regardless, none of that matters in most discussions of his philosophy. While he did eventually go mad (in 1888), most of his writings (really, all but The Will to Power) were written before his going mad. Nobody knows why he went mad (popular theories revolve around syphilis). Regardless, none of that matters in most discussions of his philosophy.

]]> By: Darius http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2129 Darius Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:10:00 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2129 I would hazard a guess that it had something to do with his free will choice to believe that he didn't have free will. :) I would hazard a guess that it had something to do with his free will choice to believe that he didn’t have free will. :)

]]> By: cchrisr http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2131 cchrisr Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:59:51 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2131 Darius, let me rephrase it another way. Imagine a mother who just discovered that her child has been kidnapped. Does she have a "free will choice" to chase after and rescue her child? In the way that you are thinking of "freedom" and "will," sure. But, in reality (and this is the way Nietzsche conceives of the two), she doesn't have a choice. Or, at the very least the choice had been decided well before she had the possibility to choose. For Nietzsche, the will is not an agent of causality. One cannot "will" to do anything. It is the will that compels one to do something. Darius, let me rephrase it another way. Imagine a mother who just discovered that her child has been kidnapped. Does she have a “free will choice” to chase after and rescue her child? In the way that you are thinking of “freedom” and “will,” sure. But, in reality (and this is the way Nietzsche conceives of the two), she doesn’t have a choice. Or, at the very least the choice had been decided well before she had the possibility to choose. For Nietzsche, the will is not an agent of causality. One cannot “will” to do anything. It is the will that compels one to do something.

]]> By: Darius http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2132 Darius Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:32:18 +0000 http://zealfortruth.org/2007/10/valuation/#comment-2132 Ah, that makes a little more sense. Thanks. Ah, that makes a little more sense. Thanks.

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