http://www.framingbusiness.net/archives/40 Writings of Gavin C. Schmitt Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:28:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.framingbusiness.net/archives/40/comment-page-1#comment-6 The Framing Business » Selling Nietzsche Short Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:36:01 +0000 http://framingbusin.setupmyblog.com/2003/who-or-what-is-a-philosopher/#comment-6 [...] So, now Nietzsche was being ignored by his own people (philosophers), further putting him in the category of people you quote for impressing 12-year old girls (as some great man once said, whose name I forget). I once took a class (”19th Century Philosophy”) where Nietzsche was covered and we were asked not so much about his theories, but simply “Is Nietzsche a Philosopher?” as if putting him in the class was a controversial move in the first place. Even liberal journalist Daniel Lazare weighed in recently with a derogatory dismissal, summing the man up as “Nietzsche, the favorite philosopher of overwrought 16-year-olds.” [...] [...] So, now Nietzsche was being ignored by his own people (philosophers), further putting him in the category of people you quote for impressing 12-year old girls (as some great man once said, whose name I forget). I once took a class (”19th Century Philosophy”) where Nietzsche was covered and we were asked not so much about his theories, but simply “Is Nietzsche a Philosopher?” as if putting him in the class was a controversial move in the first place. Even liberal journalist Daniel Lazare weighed in recently with a derogatory dismissal, summing the man up as “Nietzsche, the favorite philosopher of overwrought 16-year-olds.” [...]

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