HoneydewInMyAss t1_j437dy0 wrote on January 12, 2023 at 9:26 PM Reply to comment by DeviceFickle970 in Nietzsche is better understood as the Father of Psychoanalysis than Existentialism; his philosophy has two components: the diagnosis of our culture's Decadence (under the Ascetic Ideal) and a prescription for health in the Dionysian Counter-Ideal by thelivingphilosophy Whaaat? No, I disagree Kierkegaard looked as the existential emptiness of modern life and wanted to turn back...which is silly. You can't stop progress, that's like trying to paddle against the current Nietzche said fuck God, God is dead, paddle WITH the current! Become God. Nietzche's work has actual impact, and is a good framework for the modern man. I don't think Kierkegaard's answers are real answers to modern people. Permalink Parent 2
HoneydewInMyAss t1_j437dy0 wrote
Reply to comment by DeviceFickle970 in Nietzsche is better understood as the Father of Psychoanalysis than Existentialism; his philosophy has two components: the diagnosis of our culture's Decadence (under the Ascetic Ideal) and a prescription for health in the Dionysian Counter-Ideal by thelivingphilosophy
Whaaat?
No, I disagree
Kierkegaard looked as the existential emptiness of modern life and wanted to turn back...which is silly.
You can't stop progress, that's like trying to paddle against the current
Nietzche said fuck God, God is dead, paddle WITH the current! Become God.
Nietzche's work has actual impact, and is a good framework for the modern man.
I don't think Kierkegaard's answers are real answers to modern people.