 thisnamecantbetaken says:  Put them all together we get a BIG laugh........Me......... TYou Actually, Plato's dialectics are the reason that over 2000 years later his name remains familiar to people as a synonym for philosophy. "Come, Protagoras, uncover your thought for me on this: how do you stand on knowledge? Do you think of it as the majority of men do, or otherwise? The Many think that knowledge has neither strength nor authority nor power of command, that though knowledge may from time to time be present in a man, it does not govern him. Something else governs: sometimes anger, sometimes pleasure, sometimes pain, on occasion love, often fear--as though they conceived of knowledge as a mere slave to be dragged about by everything else." Plato The principal difference between Plato and Nietzsche is that Plato gives little offense while Nietzsche gives a lot. This may explain, in part, Nietzsche's preference for Socartes. Plato sought after metaphysical truths, Nietzsche thought such truths were a fools errand. So what can a young person benefit from reading Nietzsche? Well, most people's live are dominated by silly dogmas. And they seem to need their dogmas like ships need ballast. On the other hand, Nietzsche preaches: "Objections, digressions, gay mistsrust, the delight in mockery are signs of health: Everything unconditional belongs to pathology. " "I would only believe in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I fo... Tolstoy's ad hominem attack on Nietzsche is typical of people who can't quite break free of religion's grip on their psyche. ...no intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated. Plato. |
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