Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Nietzsche

This reading was enjoyable for me because I could easily distinguish what each section was explaining. Although there are numerous aspects we can go over, my favorite was the section about Intellectual Conscience. In this small section Nietzsche explains that basically he can not bear the ignorance of the majority of others any longer. He says, "I keep having the same experience and keep resisting it anew each time; I don't want to believe it although I can grasp it as with my hands." He goes on to explain how his frustration with the question of why people can not seem to grasp or even wonder why things are the way they are and how they all of the sudden appeared in the history and existence of this universe.
Nietzsche also explains how he cant grasp that when a man is looked upon as a hero or to be a noble person, that the consideration of what he has pondered in his life is never considered to be part of his nobility. He explains how a persons intellectual thought and conscience makes them who they are and if they never fully utilize the greatest tool given to the human race, then one will never have reached their full potential of who they can be. For the ones who know they have this ability and still ignore its potential, I think are the weakest of the human race because it is fear that ultimately gets in the way.

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