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rentonlives t1_j10jg42 wrote

My first comment was removed for being an opinion. Which is comical as the article is also merely opinion. So I’ll expound upon it.

This is a superficial review of a common gripe of philosophy enthusiasts and second year university students. The complaint is that people like themselves posses a deeper understanding of the text of Nietzche than the casual reader who memeifies the complex psycho-philosophical writings for tshirts and well, memes. Their memification or dumbing down of a complex idea is offensive to the author.

There is no deep textual review of Nietzsche there is no factual review of student or public discourse regarding Nietzsche. There is no review, comment, quote from contemporary scholars on the misunderstandings the author is griping about. Each paragraph merely doubling down on the previous reciting the dilemma of the watering down of Nietzsche’s works.

So this is an opinion piece masquerading as a philosophy article.

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rrustico t1_j10uzml wrote

I agree with this, and OP seems to be passive agressive and overly defendive instead of considering he should have included more examples. There is a mention about Nietzsche critizing all systems, which is something that anyone can do, but no other examples of why the philosopher can be misinterpreted, and that is honestly repeated too much in the article but without substance to back it up. The amount of knowledge that OP has is irrelevant, I just know that this article adds close to nothing to the conversation he himself started, and the part about 'cool' and 'edgy' is really off putting in any serious context.

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hippobiscuit t1_j11wk0x wrote

I have a suspicion that an AI might have written this article. it's platitudes followed by platitudes in a formulaic structure.

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iiioiia t1_j15d1im wrote

> My first comment was removed for being an opinion. Which is comical as the article is also merely opinion.

Two wrong do make a right?

> So this is an opinion piece masquerading as a philosophy article.

Is this another opinion disguised as a fact?

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GuitarsRgreat OP t1_j10nblf wrote

Thanks for your insightful and respectful comment on my article. I'm sorry that my shallow, superficial perspective on Nietzsche didn't meet your expectations as a philosophy expert. How silly of me to think that my own thoughts and experiences as a casual reader of Nietzsche's work could be worth sharing. I'll be sure to consult with contemporary scholars and provide in-depth textual analysis in my next piece to better appease the gods of philosophical discourse.

Oh, and by the way, in case you were wondering, your original comment was: "Basically a blog about not liking young people listening to your favorite band." It was removed under the rule of "Be Respectful" because it consisted of personal attacks and did not contribute to the discussion. But please, continue to share your wisdom and condescension with the rest of us lesser mortals. We can always use a good dose of elitism to remind us of our intellectual inferiority.

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rentonlives t1_j10p422 wrote

> But it's hard not to roll my eyes at the way he has been co-opted and overhyped by a certain subset of young people who seem to think that discovering Nietzsche makes them deep, edgy, and uniquely intelligent.

They like my band. I found them first. How could they not possible understand everything I know which is much deeper.

I also like how you bring up the potential dangers of missing the point of his work but never actually address them or illustrate actually one single danger of oversimplifying his work.

Nice blog.

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