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To: Sam who wrote (377446)	7/19/2018 1:21:54 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 542961

Thanks for the link on Nietzche. I definitely have much to study there. On one hand, I suspect his first impression may have been corrupted by Schopenhauer. On the other hand, Nietzche definitely had a problem with compassion, so perhaps that is what rubbed him the wrong way (along with viewing it through a very Christian and Western lens). Either way, I have much to learn here. The reason I wondered how he would have reacted to Buddhism, is that there were several years during his development that struggled with finding meaning for life in the absence of God. He really didn't like Schopenhauer's idea that the best we could do was limit our suffering - which I suspect how Schopenhauer introduced him to Buddhism (but that last part is just my speculation). One thing that is often misunderstood about Nietzche, is that his "Superman" was not a biological construct. It meant a person who had the courage to pursue self-actualization despite all the uncertainties in life and lack of guidelines. Another very interesting thing (according to the documentary) is that he rejected (sort of) his final work "Will to Power" which Hitler highly utilized. Not only Nietzche never tried to publish it and there is evidence that he was uncomfortable with its reductionist pros, his sister may have taken too many liberties in editing it. ST