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: I really like what I've read of Nietzsche, but I tend to : think of him as a living example of Dostoevsky's character : Raskolnikov with a more realistic ending than Crime and : Punishment's strainedly optimistic ending. : I think Nietzsche could be considered existential in the sense : that he was less concerned with abstract, solopsistic forms : and more concerned with real problems that analytic philosophers : seemed afraid to address. In this sense, I think Kierkegaard would : would round out the rigid Platonic triangle which seems increasingly : anachronistic, even in the analytic and positivist guises of today. : As far as religion being dead, I think N.'s insight was similar to : Kierkegaard's--but in essence no different than Christ's: hypocrisy : in organized religion is the prevalent enemy. I admire N.'s drive to : define the authentic overman. But I think the paradox was that he : couldn't quite live it, as Raskolnikov couldn't. If either one had less : intellectual intregrity, they would've been much less troubled with : their own ideas. But the schism between their essential ideal and : their real self were too obvious to ignore. Ultimately, the extraordinary : man would have motivations free of resentment. But I don't think either : character achieved this state of mind. I don't think Kierkegaard did either : though--he always seemed to have a little bit of a chip on his shoulder : towards the inhabitants of Christendom, which I understand all too well.... : I think Dostoevsky was less resentful, although he obviously had his own : share of chips. But somehow, Dostoevsky's writings seem more honest and : less didactic than Kierkegaard's. Which is why I think Nietzsche respected : Dostoevsky even though their views regarding God were quite different. : Which is something my not-so-extraordinary self envies--why can't Christians : be more honest and earn more respect from agnostics and atheists today? : But here is a key difference I'll admit between Raskolnikov's extra-ordinary : man and Nietzsche's overman: the extraordinary man wouldn't be explicitly : above envy, whereas the overman would not give room to envy, but act on : achieving a solution. But I think this is what the sincere follower of Christ : would do too. . . .

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