[ Post a Response | The Nietzsche Channel Message Board ]
Posted by Red on 8/5/2007, 3:32 pm, in reply to "Nietzsche contra Rand"
216.37.37.X
Nietzsche emphasized instincts more than Rand did, with less emphasis on pure rationality. He also was more of a "perciever" and she a "judger" in the Jungian/Myers-Briggs sense. I think she leaned toward master morality; in fact, in my opinion her philosophy owes an unacknowledged debt to Nietzsche in this area.
--Previous Message--
: Hello All,
:
: For some time I have been an avid reader of
: both Ayn Rand and Friedrich Nietzsche.
: However, my "avid" reading of
: Nietzsche has been limited to
: "Zarathustra" and "Beyond
: Good and Evil", and because of
: Nietzsche's less than literal style of
: philosophizing, my understanding of his work
: is not as deep as I should like it to be.
:
: For those who are familiar with both of
: these thinkers, would anyone care to
: summarize their differences in point of
: view? I'm especially interested in whether
: Nietzsche would have (speaking in terms of
: probability) considered Rand a master or
: slave moralist?
:
: Please, if you don't like Rand, don't tirade
: about how "she's not a real
: philosopher", or "she's
: juvenile". I came here because I have a
: great deal of respect for Nietzscheans in
: general, and should be dissapointed if I
: should find them engaged in the same
: criticisms of Ayn Rand as everyone else.
:
: Thanks in advance to those who respond to
: this message.
:
:
:
Message Thread:
« Back to thread