New book on egoism, and a question about Nietzsche and Stirner
Daniel Davis
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Fri Nov 26 03:09:38 CET 2010
> From: Svein Olav Nyberg <i at i-studies.com>
> Subject: Re: New book on egoism, and a question about Nietzsche and Stirner
>
> >Why do people consider Nietzsche an egoist?
> >For some, I'd guess it's just a word
>
> Nietzsche has at some point praised egoism, and that being such a
> rare thing, he's included among its proponents.
I went to a web site with the collected works of Nietzsche and did a local
google search for "egoism".
Going through the various references, I'm struck with Nietzsche's drive for a
*response* to egoism. The egoism of the Higher, Taller, and Shinier is good,
while the egoism of the Lower, Shorter, and Duller is contemptible. The whole
thrust is to impose authority, rank, privilege, and subjection not just on the
decadent, but especially on the Siegfrieds in their "innocent egoism"; to impose
a goal and a purpose on a egoism that would do as it chose.
Like Rand, it's never enough to be free, one must always be right; one must have
the sanction of Life, the Universe and Everything. It's always an egoism seeking
permission, a "good boy" pat on the head, which justifies sneers and commands
directed to the "bad boys". Living under your own sanction is never enough; the
universe must approve of you, and disapprove of those who don't agree with you.
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