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First of all, you'll notice that I said "when I got to the bit about," not "This is my final view of Nietzsche."

Secondly, I didn't say that it was "all [I] can extract out of his writing," either.



"when I got to the bit..." actually sounds like pretty definite judgment.

Perhaps "my impression was..." would "sound" preliminary. This doesn't.


Interesting. My intention was "as I was reading it, when I came across that part, this is what I was thinking."


People tend to extract and reference what stuck with them most about a particular work unless they're a scholar in the material.

The accusations of anti-semitism against Nietzsche are rampant and my attempts to play whack-a-mole with them really have nothing to do with your inability to couch your statements.

If you don't want that kind of response in future, clarify yourself. I have enough work to do that I shouldn't have to keep adding a N.B. to half-baked readings of core western philosophy.




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