Nietzsche Within Your Grasp
Chapter One
Nietzsche's Life
One must still have chaos in oneself to
be able to give birth to a dancing star.
-Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Much has been written about Friedrich Nietzsche. Although he was not influential
during his lifetime, his work has influenced and continues to influence
many philosophers, writers, artists, painters, psychologists, sociologists, and
revolutionaries. Although his influence in non-English-speaking continental
Europe was much greater than in the rest of Western thought, Nietzsche
is still one of the most influential, notorious, and most cited philosophers
today.
A lot of what seems to be common knowledge about Nietzsche is myth.
His work has been misinterpreted to support many controversial views, but
it is the misuse of his writing, taken out of context. He was not a Nazi or
an anti-Semite or a supporter of Hitler. This chapter uncovers how some
of these beliefs came about.
Some of the other notorious thin ... read full excerpt from Nietzsche Within Your Grasp: The First Step to Understanding Nietzsche ebook
