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German Philosophy: Schopenhauer and Nietzsche

Red Menace

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Nietzsche's Double-Edged Sword

The greatness of the overman she tells us is a selfishness that pours out his love on the other side. Nietzsche has this double-edged sword where sometimes it really seems like he's cutting down things that need to be cut down, and I think we see that very clearly here. On the will, he says, quote, We recognize that same will not only in those phenomena that are quite similar to our own in human beings and animals as its innermost nature. Continued reflection will lead us to recognize the force that shoots and vegetates in the plant.

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