
Birth of Tragedy #1: Attempt At Self-Criticism/Preface to Wagner
The Nietzsche Podcast
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Is Socratism a Symptom of Life?
Sociratism is correlated with theoretical and optimism. There could be a pessimism of strength where one who is overfull with life and health, for whatever that might mean. Conversely, we might say that optimism could flow from someone who is weary or weak or degenerating. Whether you are full of life or not is not something can actually judge by whether you are an optimist or a pessimist,. Rt, it's sort of an open question whether there's an optimism of strength possible. Although i think nita's own philosophy, specially later in his life, could be classed as that. I mean, what else is is the trusting fatalism of gerta,
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