Re: SPOON-ANN: CFP:Lesbians Talking Sex
John T. Duryea (jtduryea@dmv.com)
Mon, 26 May 1997 08:01:09 -0700
SHAHEENA wrote:
>
> George Sherwood wrote:
> >Is this the Nietzsche list?
>
> Well, yes, this is the Nietzsche list but not that anyone cares a whole
> hell of a lot.
>
> What happens beyond Nietzsche? What comes after? Who and what defines
> what he made specific? Who dares to take his artistry forward?
>
> If he began as a philologist and transpired to a psychologist and
> ascended to become a philosopher, then, what is the meaning of this?
>
> Fool that I am, I can see no meaning in it at all. Proof of his
> scholarliness holds no meaning for me. What of the times that he crossed
> over those intellectual boundaries into art and, from art, into
> artlessness that is pure resolution of self?
>
> I am a writer who began as a painter. What I see in Nietzsche is that
> his thought breaks all parameters set forth by the strictures of
> language. His thought shines through clearly from his every written
> word.
>
> Given this, do we merely content ourselves with intellectual discussion
> and analysis of his words or do we grasp the clear essence of his thought
> and move on?
>
> Foolishly yours,
> Faizi
> >
>
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Yes, Nietzsche was an artist of the highest degree with language.
I often wonder why he went unread in his own time, even if his
message was "untimely", certainly his artistry was there.
Oh, by the way, be wary of a certain provocateur, rumour has it
he was spotted at Elohim City with Andreas Strassmeir!
John T. Duryea
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