Dearest Healin One,
Of course the advantages of the professing profession are
mutlifarious,especially compared to God, the being of whom
is equally unwinnable, but with none of the ancillary perks and
pleasures, especially if your predilections move in the direction of doing
rather than merely observing.
But assuming Nietzsche speaks here of the best being-in-the-world position
for philosophizing, the will to power choices open to the professor for learning
from what and how he does what he does are potentially much more fruitful than
simply being God, all things considered.
Allen (happy also to not be one of those hundreds of employees being laid
off by Maytag Appliances in nearby Newton)
Quoting henry <healanthenry@xxxxxxx>:
> dear, kind prof. allah, perhaps a prof at basel had a better chance of
> having all the anti-Semites shot, or cosima in betw the sheets...
>
> and of course, if one thinks about the collapse, in the streets of
> turino, arms around the beaten horse, one gains insight that nietz was
> simply averring to the one he could not be rather than the one he was/is...
>
>
> allen scult wrote on 6/11/04, 5:30 PM:
>
> > I'm wondering what we should make of Nietzsche's last words (in the
> > note to Burckart) before he left us: "Dear Professor, all things
> > considered, I would rather be a professor at Basel, than God."
> >
> > Of course it's funny and gets funnier the more you think about it,
> > but maybe there IS a way to take it (the Nietzschianan admonition to
> > the contrary notwithstanding), that really captures its significance.
> >
> > Thanking you in advance, I am,
> >
> > Allen
> >
> >
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Of course the advantages of the professing profession are
mutlifarious,especially compared to God, the being of whom
is equally unwinnable, but with none of the ancillary perks and
pleasures, especially if your predilections move in the direction of doing
rather than merely observing.
But assuming Nietzsche speaks here of the best being-in-the-world position
for philosophizing, the will to power choices open to the professor for learning
from what and how he does what he does are potentially much more fruitful than
simply being God, all things considered.
Allen (happy also to not be one of those hundreds of employees being laid
off by Maytag Appliances in nearby Newton)
Quoting henry <healanthenry@xxxxxxx>:
> dear, kind prof. allah, perhaps a prof at basel had a better chance of
> having all the anti-Semites shot, or cosima in betw the sheets...
>
> and of course, if one thinks about the collapse, in the streets of
> turino, arms around the beaten horse, one gains insight that nietz was
> simply averring to the one he could not be rather than the one he was/is...
>
>
> allen scult wrote on 6/11/04, 5:30 PM:
>
> > I'm wondering what we should make of Nietzsche's last words (in the
> > note to Burckart) before he left us: "Dear Professor, all things
> > considered, I would rather be a professor at Basel, than God."
> >
> > Of course it's funny and gets funnier the more you think about it,
> > but maybe there IS a way to take it (the Nietzschianan admonition to
> > the contrary notwithstanding), that really captures its significance.
> >
> > Thanking you in advance, I am,
> >
> > Allen
> >
> >
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> >
>
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