Were Adam and Eve happier in the garden before taking the fruit from the Nietzschean tree? Yes, Adam and Eve transcended themselves - but were they better for it?
For certain a trait I find with many, if not most, of the folks who espouse the current 'woke' fantasy is hatred and loathing (including self) of all around them. Another trait is a relatively narrow education about the achievements of human kind and how the concept of liberty became foundational in the US Constitution.
My college years were in a Jesuit institution. In the same year I read Nietzsche and Eliade. The first I came to understand as a nihilist, and with Eliade an understanding of humankind's overarching search for meaning and goodness, creating spiritual higher beings and rituals to make the connection.
It is hard to reason or have a conversation with anyone who has closed their mind to the inherent disposition for humans to overcome evil and create goodness.
Were Adam and Eve happier in the garden before taking the fruit from the Nietzschean tree? Yes, Adam and Eve transcended themselves - but were they better for it?
Thought provoking Michael.
For certain a trait I find with many, if not most, of the folks who espouse the current 'woke' fantasy is hatred and loathing (including self) of all around them. Another trait is a relatively narrow education about the achievements of human kind and how the concept of liberty became foundational in the US Constitution.
My college years were in a Jesuit institution. In the same year I read Nietzsche and Eliade. The first I came to understand as a nihilist, and with Eliade an understanding of humankind's overarching search for meaning and goodness, creating spiritual higher beings and rituals to make the connection.
It is hard to reason or have a conversation with anyone who has closed their mind to the inherent disposition for humans to overcome evil and create goodness.
Nietzche was one crazy SOB.
This energizes the memory of the early "Rolling Stone" magazine articles. Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo come to mind from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."