Talk:Transvaluation of values

Title needs changing
"Transvaluation", according to Nietzsche, means: "The revaluation of all values". Thus the current Wiki title literally means "The revaluation of all values - Of Values"! "Transvaluation of values" is analogous to saying "Transgender of Gender". The title should be simply Transvaluation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanleyk (talk • contribs) 21:38, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Left-wing Corruption of Nietzsche
The corruption of Nietzsche's philosophy in the Wikipedia articles by radical-left activists is insane. What better way to neutralize one's enemy than to appropriate, weaken, soften and distort him? The German Rudiger Safranski, at least, has the balls to speak the truth in a world gone mad with doctrinaire socialistic political correctness:

"According to Nietzsche, nature produces the weak and the strong, the advantaged and disadvantaged. There is no benevolent providence and no equitable distribution of chances to get ahead in life. Before this backdrop, morality can be defined as an attempt to even out the 'injustice' of nature and create counterbalances. The power of natural destinies needs to be broken. In Nietzsche's view, Christianity represented an absolutely brilliant attempt to accomplish this aim ... Nietzsche greatly admired the power of Christianity to set values, but he was not grateful to it, because its consideration for the weak and the morality of evening things out impeded the progress and development of a higher stage of mankind.

Nietzsche could envision this higher stage of mankind only as a culmination of culture in its 'peaks of rapture,' which is to say in successful individuals and achievements. The will to power unleashes the dynamics of culmination, but it is also the will to power that forms a moral alliance on the side of the weak. This alliance works at cross-purposes with the goal of culmination and ultimately, in Nietzsche's view, leads to widespread equalization and degeneration. As a modern version of the 'Christian theory of morality,' this alliance forms the backbone of democracy and socialism. Nietzsche adamantly opposed all such movements. For him, the meaning of world history was not happiness and prosperity of the greatest possible number but individual manifestations of success in life. The culture of political and social democracy was a concern of the 'last people,' whom he disparaged. He threw overboard the state-sponsored ethics of the common welfare because he regarded such ethics as an impediment to the self-configuration of great individuals. If, however, the great personalities were to vanish, the only remaining significance of history would be lost in the process. By defending the residual significance of history, Nietzsche assailed democracy and declared what mattered was 'delaying the complete appeasement of the democratic herd-animal'(11,587; WP 125) ... Nietzsche opted against democratic life organized according to the principle of welfare. For him, a world of that sort would signal the triumph of the human herd animal...

If we are content to regard this highly personal philosophy and these maneuvers of self-configuration with fascination and perhaps even admiration, but are not willing to abandon the idea of democracy and justice, it is likely that Nietzsche would have accused us of feeble compromise, indecisiveness, and epitomizing the ominous 'blinking' of the 'last men.'" Safranski, Rudiger (trans. Shelley Frisch), Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography, Norton, 2002, pp. 296-298. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.10.2 (talk) 14:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The Will To Power was as central to Nietzsche as capitalism to Marx. Neither was seen as desirable. Leo Strauss did not use the term "Will To Power," but is central to his philosophy as well. The man was very influenced by Nietzsche. The Will To Power basicaly means that people hold on to positions, not because they are interested in the truth, but because they have interests to protect. Strauss found it very desirable. Strauss was an atheist or agnostic. He still was in favor of Christianity because it is a great tool to control the masses. This neocon poster talks about politics even though Nietzsche never did. Nietzsche, unlike Strauss, was not interested in politics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.253.73.146 (talk) 15:53, 12 July 2008


 * Note that the text above is misquoted ("According to Nietzsche," doesn't occur). This talk section may be found at Talk:Master–slave morality, Talk:Transvaluation of values, and Talk:Nietzschean affirmation. Note that "Transvaluation " does not occur in the quote and that no criticisms of or suggestions for improving the article are given. Hyacinth (talk) 05:45, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Antichrist Wiki
Much of the text seems to be based on an essay about Nietzsche rather than on the text itself, I wonder what the source is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.236.91.187 (talk) 19:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Article subject
!!! This article isn't even about the transvaluation of values. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 15:21, 11 April 2009 (talk) 99.224.20.195