Elisabeth's attitude towards Hitler and Nietzsche is evident in her letter to a member of the Nietzsche Archive board: "If my brother had ever met Hitler his greatest wish would have been fulfilled What I like most about Hitler is his simplicity and naturalness I admire him utterly" (Macintyre, ).

Nietzsche’s work can be interpreted at first glance or more literally (i.e. – word for word), ‘Nazi interpretation’ the way the Nazis interpreted Nietzsche’s ideas and ‘Nietzsche explanation’ a more rational explanation of Nietzsche’s work. The main conclusion reached in the investigation is that Nietzsche influenced the.

Jan 16,  · 3, words. Much has been written and more has been said about the Nietzschean influence behind the new regime in Germany. And while some have condemned National Socialism offhand on that score alone, others (among them some Nietzscheans) have condemned it for being a travesty of Nietzsche — i.e., for having misinterpreted and .

Oct 27,  · In , Friedrich Nietzsche was a man who had known the depths of despair. Nietzsche had lived with a number of health problems, mental health issues, and post-traumatic stress syndrome from Author: Steven Gambardella.

Oct 06,  · F riedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx and Charles Darwin are the great triumvirate of 19th-century thinkers whose ideas still have huge impact today. Nietzsche was philosophy’s supreme iconoclast; his.

Relativist, atheist, existentialist, Nazi. All have been said of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, some with more reason than others. In , we asked Nietzsche expert Brian Leiter to explain the appeal of the controversial philosopher and to recommend books by and about him. This week our philosophy editor, Nigel Warburton, asked Brian about some of the latest Nietzsche .

Nov 16,  · This rant is obscenely sophomoric. It leads me to believe that you haven’t even read anything by Nietzsche, only a fragment or two by Nietzsche-haters. Just the reference that Nietzsche was a nihilist, utterly nonsense. POS POS, what the hell is that, point of sale. Christ, hate Nietzsche, by all means, and means, read the motherfucker.

Will Durant The Philosophy of Nietzsche "Seldom has has a man paid so greater price for genius".

Lonely one, you are going the way of the creator: you would create a god for yourself out of your seven devils. Lonely one, you are going the way of the lover: yourself you love, and therefore you despise yourself, as only lovers despise. The lover would create because he despises.