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How To Start Reading Schopenhauer
- Read Schopenhauer via his essays first rather than World as Will and Representation to avoid discouragement.
- Use witty essays like The Art of Being Right as accessible entry points into Schopenhauer's thought.
Nietzsche On Sexuality And Moral Transformation
- Nietzsche rejects Christian sexual shame and admires pagan openness about sexuality while recognizing practical limits to reverting to pagan norms.
- He expects sexual morality to transform unevenly after the 'death of God,' affecting free spirits differently from common people.
Read Jung Separately From Nietzsche
- Approach Jung as an independent thinker rather than a faithful interpreter of Nietzsche; Jung's readings often reflect his own contrasts with Nietzsche.
- Beware attributing Nietzsche's later madness to his ideas; medical and physiological causes are primary.