← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · vytis
Thread ID: 17326 | Posts: 6 | Started: 2005-03-15
2005-03-15 15:02 | User Profile
Our contemporary Jews continually associate racial theories with Adolf Hitler's National Socialism. However on the following they remain silent. :closedeye
Jews residing in Germany discovered and financed the leading philosopher of racial theories Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
In fact, early Zionist leaders belonged to a generation which read, and were profoundly influenced by his writings, and their application of his ideas to Jewish life was neither uncommon nor ineffective.
'Truth bearers must possess the power to endure hatred'
2005-03-15 15:39 | User Profile
Cite your sources, please. :huh:
2005-03-15 16:09 | User Profile
Albion,
The sources I used for this post are as follows:
The Jewish Contribution to Civilization, Cecil Roth, 1940, Harper & Brothers. A History of Modern Germany 1840-1945, Hajo Holborn, 1969, Alfred A. Knopf. The Transformation of Palestine, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (Editor), 1971, Northwestern University Press. A Pictorial History of the Jewish People, Nathan Ausubel, 1953/1984, Crown.
Regards and thanks for your input.
vytis
2005-03-21 22:41 | User Profile
Makes sense, Nietzsche was friends with many Jews and expresses in many passages his admiration for them and dislike for anti-semites especially his sisters husband.
You should read Curtis Gate's biography Nietzsche sometime albion if you ever considered Nietzsche a pre-Nazi it should dispel that little fantasy.
2005-03-22 13:21 | User Profile
Thanks for the input Geist....And by the way welcome to this forum :thumbsup:.
2005-03-22 14:56 | User Profile
Friedrich Nietzsche -- by Curtis Cate [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158567592X/qid=1111502780/"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158567592X/qid=1111502780/[/url]
Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist -- by Walter A. Kaufmann [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691019835/qid=1111502780/"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691019835/qid=1111502780/[/url]
Nietzsche : The Man and his Philosophy -- by R. J. Hollingdale [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521002958/qid=1111502780/"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521002958/qid=1111502780/[/url]
What Nietzsche Really Said by ROBERT C. SOLOMON, KATHLEEN M. HIGGINS [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805210946/qid=1111502780/"]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805210946/qid=1111502780/[/url]
.... gives us a lucid overview -- both informative and entertaining -- of perhaps the most widely read and least understood philosopher in history.
Friedrich Nietzsche's aggressive independence, flamboyance, sarcasm, and celebration of strength have struck responsive chords in contemporary culture. More people than ever are reading and discussing his writings. But Nietzsche's ideas are often overshadowed by the myths and rumors that surround his sex life, his politics, and his sanity. In this lively and comprehensive analysis, Nietzsche scholars Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins get to the heart of Nietzsche's philosophy, from his ideas on "the will to power" to his attack on religion and morality and his infamous ÃÅbermensch (superman).