Neither. You point to some of the influences on Schopenhauer (Plato, Platonism, mystic Judaism, and much more that you did not mention). If the advice...
Contrary to some of the advice offered here I would suggest that if you are interested in reading Nietzsche then start with Nietzsche. If you read Sch...
It is not that wisdom is the state of human excellence, but that someone who has achieved human excellence is wise. It might be possible, for example,...
Thanks for the reference. What characterizes the saint is the absence of ego: but I do not see the connection with esoteric mysticism. There are some ...
Right. The sum of 2+2 is equal to the sum of 3+1. This much we agree on. But sum totals are not the only thing at issue. If I have 3 dollars and you h...
Well, it started with "is", but in order to see why I would say the 3+1 is not 2+2 I raised the question of what a number is. As abstract entities 3+1...
It is more far reaching. A count it related to the idea of giving an account as well as the question of what is to count, that is, not what it is to c...
What motivates the saint to live a life in praise of his god? It has something to do with the desire for perfection. I think you may be right, to the ...
With regard to the question of justification we should look back to Paul: The claim is that we suffer because of sin, but Jesus freed us from sin. In ...
The purpose of the incantations in the Phaedo is to charm away the fear of death. The saint is praising his god. I take this to be about the differenc...
I meant the text itself addressing an audience. Gadamer talks about the fusion of horizons. What should not be overlooked is the influence of Heidegge...
I take it to be a rhetorical device. When, for example, Z says: "Why did I speak of love? I bring mankind a gift." he is not simply asking a question ...
You clearly have not understood them or more likely did not even take the time to read the review. Instead of snide remarks that make you feel superio...
Nope. It is a matter of ontology. Can you count? Maybe you do need pebbles or some other manipulative. Okay, let's try a thought experiment. If you ho...
At the risk of sounding like Bill Clinton, the question is what is is. It is the OP that stated 2+2 is 4. What I said in my first response was: and in...
I do not think that interpreting a text is like modeling the origins of the universe. The former addresses the audience the latter does not. I do not ...
There is here a series of questions that begins almost as soon as they meet. The first question "why' question: Z replied: Neither is asking the quest...
I will mention one: the death of God on the cross. But unlike the "good news" of Christianity, the resurrection, there is only the "news" that God is ...
More generally, those who by turning to something higher they call God, turn away from man. The saint's love/hatred of man means he wants nothing to d...
The problem is different members use different translations. means the section of the prologue that is numbered 2, which is page 5 of the Cambridge tr...
An event the (good) news of which the people had either not heard or did not believe. Quotations are from the Cambridge edition. The stutterer likely ...
I am asking you and anyone else who might be reading. The question is whether man is a divided being and not a unity of some sort. Of what sort of uni...
He is, however, different than the hermit saint he meets. Both profess to love mankind, but the saint loves mankind "too much" and thus turns away fro...
In what way is the sun dependent on that on which it shines? Not divided but both high and low. Why Zarathustra? Or perhaps the better question is, wh...
You are catching on. The sum of 2+2 is (equal to ) 4. Here we get into the question of number theory. The most important contemporary work on this is ...
Some things here to note: the connection between sun and man, Z likening himself to the sun - bringing illumination to those for whom he shines, separ...
You asked: It is not necessary, but depending on who wrote it, it might be helpful or not. I have not read Pippin's introduction but have read other t...
You have completely missed the point. It is not about the math. It is about the word 'is'. The sum of 2+2 is 4, the sum of 3+1 is 4, but 2+2 is not 3+...
To clarify, I do not think that using secondary sources is a cheat. They can be helpful. The problem, as I see it, is using only secondary sources. It...
Of course! If we are given 4 donuts and I take 3 and give you one, you might complain that is not fair. Would you be satisfied if I defended this by s...
I recently found it and haven't looked at it closely, but this contemporary translation seems to be pretty good: http://users.clas.ufl.edu/burt/LoserL...
The thread is about the use of the term "is". You start with a mathematica example, but "is" as it is used here simply means equal to. Rather than: yo...
I haven't changed anything. "2+2 is 4" never meant anything other than 2+2=4. The point of saying that 3+1 is not 2+2 was to indicate that "is" means ...
Some see him that way, others see him as worthy of being president. Of those who regard him as worthy some overlook his flaws. It was common for Chris...
Nothing special. The OP said: This is commonly understood to mean two plus two equals four and not two plus two is the same thing as four. 3+1 "is" 4 ...
Maybe. But given what has been going on elsewhere, it may be that standards and expectations are changing. Trump has certainly done his part to lower ...
Why? My preference, and it comes down to a matter of preference, is for the interpretation that helps us understand the text, attending to the details...
A "scholarly rigorous reading" and "the most daring and interesting reading of Nietzsche , the one that pushes him to his radical edge" are two differ...
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