If you're referring to Bertrand Russell, he's a good one too.Uzique wrote:
i don't think the existentialists will ever get old for me. nor the surrealists or absurdists. it's fascinating and beautiful.
nietzsche is such a teenage-cliche... but i don't think really that any teenage reader fully comprehends it. it's just precocious contrivance.
i'm more a lasting fan of wittgenstein/russell, kierkegaard, schopenhauer and cioran
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Then came the nazis and gave it such a bad name.Turquoise wrote:
I feel like Nietzsche has more lasting value as far as writing and philosophy go.Ticia wrote:
Oh i was only talking about the sexTurquoise wrote:
I don't know. It's rare that I see any unjustified criticism of Rand. I experimented with Objectivism out of curiosity and was even a Libertarian for a little while, but it got old really quick.
Trust me Rand got old for me when i was about 16 before that was Nietzsche and after the Existentialists. When we realise there are truths and lies in all of them...then we really have to grow up
His whole ubermenschen and untermenschen idea was pretty solid.
I think I'm more of a fan of Epicurus and H.L. Mencken.
Mencken always seemed to me like an older version of George Carlin. He definitely had his prejudices (which I don't share), but aside from those, I think his wit was pretty impressive.Ticia wrote:
Then came the nazis and gave it such a bad name.Turquoise wrote:
I feel like Nietzsche has more lasting value as far as writing and philosophy go.Ticia wrote:
Oh i was only talking about the sex
Trust me Rand got old for me when i was about 16 before that was Nietzsche and after the Existentialists. When we realise there are truths and lies in all of them...then we really have to grow up
His whole ubermenschen and untermenschen idea was pretty solid.
I think I'm more of a fan of Epicurus and H.L. Mencken.
The Enlightment years damaged Epicurus teachings forever.
And Mencken,huh? Why do you hate America,Turquoise? :p
Not a fan of extreme cynicism, eh? lolUzique wrote:
i have to endure mencken's literary criticism/theory all the time and it fucking kills me
Understandable... I guess Voltaire killed most of my idealism early... lolUzique wrote:
his writing style started to get on my tits after a while. it's too affected.
and im young and like to hang on to a few idealisms