[WikiEN-l] Anti-intellectualism

[WJhonson at aol.com]

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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