tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post115139438332031879..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Why I love Nietzschebyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-44641141199728076802013-05-06T20:47:03.085+01:002013-05-06T20:47:03.085+01:00Giles Fraser: Nietzsche's passionate atheism w...Giles Fraser: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/05/passionate-atheism-me-christianity-nietzsche" rel="nofollow">Nietzsche's passionate atheism was the making of me</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-64144593398406204672008-12-11T23:04:00.000+00:002008-12-11T23:04:00.000+00:00Thanks - I will send you an email.I am happy to be...Thanks - I will send you an email.<BR/><BR/>I am happy to be influenced by your biases, at least then I can have a position already outlined for me.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02031551405442888131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-25937978392259966782008-12-11T22:05:00.000+00:002008-12-11T22:05:00.000+00:00Oh, my non-chronological reading plan probably ref...Oh, my non-chronological reading plan probably reflects both my own introduction to N and my bias towards his later thought.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-56947031781133686972008-12-11T22:04:00.000+00:002008-12-11T22:04:00.000+00:00Yep - I'd start with BGE and GM, then perhaps Twil...Yep - I'd start with BGE and GM, then perhaps <I>Twilight of the idols</I>. Hard to entirely avoid some familiarity with <I>Zarathustra</I>, but leave it until you've got three or four under your belt because it will then make a lot more sense.<BR/><BR/>I'd be happy for you to read my thesis, though there are a few parts that I'm a little embarrassed about, since I made some fairly basic mistakesbyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-20363423334938509342008-12-11T21:56:00.000+00:002008-12-11T21:56:00.000+00:00Hi Byron,Thanks for the reply :) I just checked th...Hi Byron,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reply :) <BR/><BR/>I just checked this post for the first time probably since making my comment.<BR/><BR/>The reason for my checking is that I am about to take my "Nietzschean turn". To do a thesis on Foucault and not be well acquainted with Nietzsche would be naive to say the least. <BR/><BR/>Anyway the summer holidays on will be spent on the beach reading Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02031551405442888131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-80692448122236917972008-11-18T11:47:00.000+00:002008-11-18T11:47:00.000+00:00Christopher - I realise this is more than two year...Christopher - I realise this is more than two years late, but yes, I did do a thesis on Nietzsche, titled: "Vile Bodies: Nietzsche, Christianity and the body". An embarrassing piece of work in many ways (especially when parts of it were published in <I>Kategoria</I>), but the basic point I still hold (that N's attack on Christians who despise the body is a necessary corrective to an overly byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1151568866164805442006-06-29T09:14:00.000+01:002006-06-29T09:14:00.000+01:00Interesting post Byron. I haven't had the pleasure...Interesting post Byron. I haven't had the pleasure of reading any of Nieztche's works, only bits and pieces or odd lectures here and there, but I recently purchased Thus Spoke Zarathustra and I am looking forward to it.<BR/><BR/>Like Derrida, Nieztche's reputation of being the anti-Christ proceeds him, but when you read his stuff there is actually a lot that Christians should pay attention to.<BRChristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02031551405442888131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1151482537287654322006-06-28T09:15:00.000+01:002006-06-28T09:15:00.000+01:00That would be great - thanks!That would be great - thanks!byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1151479494216478712006-06-28T08:24:00.000+01:002006-06-28T08:24:00.000+01:00Thanks mate. I'll send you a copy of a paper that ...Thanks mate. I'll send you a copy of a paper that I'm putting together for the FEET conference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1151419796815547592006-06-27T15:49:00.000+01:002006-06-27T15:49:00.000+01:00Thanks Jason, here is the short Moltmann piece cal...Thanks Jason, <A HREF="http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2007" REL="nofollow">here</A> is the short Moltmann piece called <I>Godless Theology</I>. Love to hear more about your Ibsen/Niet work.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1151410190387267512006-06-27T13:09:00.000+01:002006-06-27T13:09:00.000+01:00Great post Byron. Very close to some of the work t...Great post Byron. Very close to some of the work that I'm currently writing on Nietzsche and Ibsen. Do you have the reference to that opening quote of Moltmann's? It's a ripper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com