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natophonic2 t1_j7pwk84 wrote

Reply to comment by VersaceEauFraiche in 3 reasons not to be a Stoic (but try Nietzsche instead) by Apotheosical

I guess I need to go back and read Nietzsche again. I read Thus Sprach Zarathustra and the parable of the eagle and the lamb, and it put me the fuck off because it really did come off as a “imma do what I want, cause I’m special” teenage rebellion. And I read that as a 14 year old who was neck deep in Ayn Rand fandom at the time.

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VersaceEauFraiche t1_j7pxccl wrote

Nietzsche makes more sense if you start reading him as if his words were in dialogue with Socrates. He's writing in contrast to him. My readings of him went down smoother as soon as I used this rule of thumb.

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