twiggsmcgee666 t1_ivujf8v wrote
Reply to comment by TheConjugalVisit in Interview with David Pearce, freelance philosopher, expert in hedonism... by fatsosis
Did Hedonism grow out of the Neitzchean ideal of god being dead and us necessarily having to fill that lack of purpose or sense of direction with distraction to minimize the pains of being alive?
SupraDestroy t1_ivuxv3t wrote
The pursuit of pleasure is totally opposite to his philosophy. You should struggle and remain eternally unsatisfied. He sees pleasure as a means to an end, not the end itself.
TheConjugalVisit t1_ivzqv51 wrote
How can this be without contradiction? Pleasure is selfishness. I think pleasure a dangerous game to play.
twiggsmcgee666 t1_ivuk5ys wrote
Though, I think Neitzche wanted the lack of god to be replaced with humanity striving to build themselves into the ideal species. I'm sure eugenics was born in that thought space. Not what I think he was going for, but his sister was a real piece of work and decided the Nazis would benefit immensely from a cruelly twisted and completely misunderstood philosophical thought process. If she hadn't misinterpreted his thoughts regarding the Ubermensch deliberately, who knows what could have been different.
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