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Cassius
Reaction (Post)May 7, 2026 at 9:46 AM I'll bet that reading assignments partially inform Barnes & Noble sales.
If you study philosophy, you'll probably be requested to purchase a copy of Thus Spake Zarathustra at some point in your education. Like we discussed in another thread, I never heard… -
Eikadistes
PostMay 7, 2026 at 8:50 AM I'll bet that reading assignments partially inform Barnes & Noble sales.
If you study philosophy, you'll probably be requested to purchase a copy of Thus Spake Zarathustra at some point in your education. Like we discussed in another thread, I never heard… -
Eikadistes
Reaction (Post)May 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM […]
It's the moustache.
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Agreed on those, too.
You can buy Nietzsche and have him on your bookshelf and make people think you're countercultural. -
Cassius
ThreadMay 7, 2026 at 6:27 AM This topic came up in our Zoom of 5/6/26 - whether the feelings and anticipations should be considered to be "sensations" or is that word only strictly applicable to the "five senses." Another way of asking the same question is to consider how parallel… -
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Reaction (Post)May 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM I think a lot of the commercial appeal is 1 "Thus Spake Zarathustra" is a cool name, and (2) there's a market who want to say that they have read the philosopher who said "God is dead."
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Brandenoz
Reaction (Post)May 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM The more I think about it I can't remember the last time I read a popular article on "What Thus Spake Zarathustra Means To Me."
Not faulting Nietzsche here - just agreeing with the basic observation that he is always being cited but few have any idea why… -
Don
Reaction (Post)May 6, 2026 at 1:22 PM The more I think about it I can't remember the last time I read a popular article on "What Thus Spake Zarathustra Means To Me."
Not faulting Nietzsche here - just agreeing with the basic observation that he is always being cited but few have any idea why… -
Cassius
PostMay 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM The more I think about it I can't remember the last time I read a popular article on "What Thus Spake Zarathustra Means To Me."
Not faulting Nietzsche here - just agreeing with the basic observation that he is always being cited but few have any idea why… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)May 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM […]
It's the moustache.
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Agreed on those, too.
You can buy Nietzsche and have him on your bookshelf and make people think you're countercultural.
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