Marvin wrote:
>Just for the record, Dan, I really don't expect to "convert" you to
>being a fan of Nietzsche. :-) All I'm really aiming for is to
>convince you & others that the evidence indicates he was not a
>budding Nazi and would have found Hitler and his gang to be pack of
>damn fools.
Well, I'll agree that Nietzsche's work is more complicated than simple
proto-Nazi. Indeed, he may be discussing individual ubermen, instead of a
nation of them. But, I think I can still argue that the fundamentals of his
work need to be only slightly modified to form a basis for Nazism.
In that sense, his work is not the foundation of Nazism, but a reflection of
the culture of Germany at that time.
>
> (BTW, does this mean I'm obliged to go and read Kant's Critique of
> Practical Reason? I'm not sure I have the stamina....)
>
Oh, no. That work requires a reading of the Critique of Pure reason to
fully appreciate. If you read that Critique, and are willing to discuss it
in detail, that should be enough. <evil grin>,
Dan M.
