Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Nietzsche Was Not A Relativist (And He Wasn't Responsible For The World Wars, Either)

Patrick West: "Since his death in 1900, the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche has had the unfortunate distinction of being blamed for three catastrophes to have befallen Western civilization" - World War I (some of his bellicose writings), World War II (the whole Übermensch thing), and relativism (thanks to Foucault). "But is Nietzsche really to blame? And was he really a relativist? I would say that he isn't and he wasn't. I believe that it's time that the great man and free-thinker par excellence was reclaimed by the school of the Enlightenment."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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