Nietzsche and Nazism | Stephen Hicks

[darshanpatil]

Nietzsche is the most misunderstood and misinterpreted philosopher.

He is the ultimate true boss of the most raw and real philosophy.

[michaelperazzetti]

We should also probably look into the fact that his sister did a lot to link Nietzsche's philosophy to the Nazis deliberately. She was also a Nazi. That cannot be coincidence and it probably would have annoyed him greatly.

[jamesrodgers]

"... thought themselves as disciples of not only Nietzsche but also significantly of Nietzsche." Eh?

[hardwoodthought]

There was a prominent Nazi party member who once said;

“Nietzsche would have been a great Nazi, if not for the fact that he wasn’t a nationalist, wasn’t a socialist, and wasn’t an anti-Semite”.

[DavidWilsonJr]

I highly recommend Sue Prideaux’s biography of Nietzsche, I Am Dynamite. She sets the record straight about how Nietzsche’s sister, Elizabeth forced her brother’s philosophy to fit with her anti-Semitism and German nationalism.

Nietzsche himself was anti-war, anti-nationalistic, and in his last written correspondence, wished that all anti-Semites be shot (I believe the letter was to Overbeck).

[hansistein]

If you really want to understand anything of Nietzsche, read his Geneology of Morals.

[danisraelmalta]

If only they read his work and understood how much adimration he had to that "land less people who live among us and respect their elders"...

[kauffrau]

`I'll say it, personally, when I am depressed or down or off track, I read Nietzsche. He always makes me feel more positive and clears up my thinking and my emotions. But that's just me.

[ageanleb]

Thus, we see that Nietzsche's übermensch is very relative. You can be a nazi, communist, nationalist, liberal or other thing while you are übermensch. Because Nietzsche doesn't determine a way, he says determine your own way.

[NovaZero]

When Nietzsche said "God is dead", he didn't mean it as a GOOD thing.

[shutupavi]

Nietzsche despised fascism. There’s reason to believe the Nazification of Nietzsche was a project undertaken by his sister who was quite fond of National Socialism. He believed Judaism was superior to Christianity and he canceled his friendship with Wagner over the latter’s growing anti-semitism so this short needs more context. Horrible presentation

[andysoul]

The american intellect never fails to misinterpret almost anything past the obvious.

[smallbluemachine]

The last 3 years have demonstrated today's PHDs and many academics vulnerability to such.. thinking.

[MatthewWollner-kyuw]

Nietzsche was the most anti dictatorship person ever💀(that was literally all he talked about)he was EXTREMELY against natzism

[raymemichaels]

Nietzsche ranted and raved against German nationalism and anti-Semitism. In fact, he praised Jews abundantly throughout his works. In Part 8 of “Beyond Good and Evil, ” he recommended that all anti-Semitic screamers be kicked out of Germany!

[seeingthedots]

Nietzsche warned us not to dogmatise his teachings. Also his ideas are so open to interpretation that what is deduced says more about the reader than himself.

[lynxsland]

Neitzsche is the most misunderstood philosopher of all.
A great thinker and protector of individuality

[willek]

You have PhD level people who pick and choose from whatever intellectual works of ages past. There's nothing new about that. There's nothing new about how post modernism (a largely leftist endeavour), builds on Nietzsches Perspectivism. Nietzsche picked up a dictionary in one hand and a thesaurus in the other, and basically blasted everyone from Wagner to Christians, to classical liberals.

Nietzsche can't control antisemites admiration for him, anymore than the antisemites can control Nietzsche admiration for semitic cultures (old testament god, Zarathustra, etc.). I understand it's a short, so perhaps there's more nuance in the interview, but this short is pretty dumb.

[hexadecimal]

People who take inspiration from the works and ideas of others. Will ALWAYS interpret it through their own personal perspectives and beliefs.
-How many people have been slaughtered in the name of Jesus?

[andredubois]

German soldiers carried Zarathustra in their bags on the battlefield