caue ides martii!

[ricardienne]

There really is no other point to this entry. 2050 years ago today. (Unless I calculate incorrectly; I am not very good at Counting). Although, frankly, old C. Iulius had it coming.

I really do not like Nietzsche. And I wish that he hadn't written 300+ pages of pseudo-Confucian style philosophy.

I could also whine about the essay that I am currently not writing, but I won't.

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[voglia-di-notte.livejournal.com]

But Confucius is so much more confusing than Nietzsche!

Wait. Are you reading the Aphorisms or something? Those are rather random, but some of them are amusing. "Tourists.--They climb mountains like animals, stupid and sweating; one has forgotten to tell them that there are beautiful things on the way up."

And I rather like the opening of the first essay of the Genealogy on Morals: "These English psychologists, whom one has also to thank for the only attempts hitherto to arrive at a history or the origin of morality--they themselves are no easy riddle; I confess that, as living riddles, they even possess one essential advantage over their books--they are interesting!"

Erhem.

I mean, I'm sorry that you have to read 300+ pages of Nietzsche (that does seem a bit much) and that you've got an essay to write. (I'm currently not writing an essay, too. :P)

At least your essay isn't on Nietzsche like mine?

[ricardienne.livejournal.com]

I'm reading Thus Spake Zarathustra, which has the feel of Confucius, or maybe Mencius, in that it consists of short (1-2 page) exhortations of Z. or anecdotes about him observing some aspect of human folly and commenting on it. But the tone is very… annoying, at least to me. It has that fake "and thus spoke the Master to his disciples, saying unto them…" format, which is what really reminded me of Confucius. Possibly also the Bible. Oh, and EVERY such chapter ends with "Thus spoke Zarathustra." See, I don't have a huge problem with this kind of language if in the proper context. But he's obviously putting it on, which irritates the hell out of me. Also, I don't particularly agree with him.

And my essay isn't actually on Neitzsche, but on Chrètien de Troyes (who is much prefereable, but I'm still lazy and don't want to write it.)

[voglia-di-notte.livejournal.com]

Thus Spake Zarathustra does sound exceedingly irritating.

The Geneaology isn't half bad, though...even though I don't think I agree with him, most of it is at least amusing. Well, some of it is, anyway.

...I'm avoiding an essay on Nietzsche right now. And a dramatic analysis email journal. And one and a half dance papers.

*sigh*

What was that about a spring break?