Posted by sdb on November 23, 2009, at 13:21:37
In reply to Nietzche, posted by Sigismund on November 9, 2009, at 20:45:28
> I found a good quote further on in Consolations for Difficulties (Nietzche)
> >The greater and more terrible the passions are that an age, a people, an individual can permit themselves, because they are capable of employing them as a means, the higher stands their culture.
>
> Now I know no one goes to Nietzche for sober wisdom, but I wondered what this might refer to (colonialism, USSR, Nazi Germany, if not what?).
> This is from the same man who wrote to his mother after drinking 4 beers
> >Dear Mother
> If I write to you today it is about one of the most unpleasant and painful incidents I have ever been responsible for. In fact I misbehaved very badly and I don't know whether you can or will forgive me.
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