[WikiEN-l] Anti-intellectualism
WJhonson at aol.com
WJhonson at aol.com
Fri Dec 12 05:09:40 UTC 2008
In a message dated 12/11/2008 8:56:23 PM Pacific Standard Time,
fredbaud at fairpoint.net writes:
You have to examine the work cited and use reasonable judgment. Are
Friedrich Nietzsche's pronouncements (on various subjects) to be
considered authority?>>
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Depends on the article.
They are an authority on him, his philosophy, his writings, his time and
place in philosophy.
When there are issues with whether he is an "authority" in say an article
about Superman or Jesus Christ, then it's always safest to simply cite-and-QUOTE
what he says, without additional comment.
Not that I would ever quote Nietzsche in the Jesus Christ article, but if
someone were to do so, they themselves, as an editor, would not be presenting an
interpretation or opinion of their own, but rather that of their cited
authority.
So he is an authority, depending on the article.
And where it's more questionable, not ... suicide is painless, but rather
"suicide is painless" (Nietzsche)
Will Johnson
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