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Donovan Miyasaki
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Philosophy professor. ‘Nietzsche's Immoralism’ & ‘Politics After Morality: Toward a Nietzschean Left.' Continental, political, ethics, Marxism, existentialism. www.donovanmiyasaki.com
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Right? Apparently Cobain, the Pixies, the Breeders, Husker Du, Sonic Youth, the Relacements, the Cure, the Feelies, the Melvins, Nick Cave, the Meat Puppies, Galaxie 500, and Siouxsie presumably all recorded Beatles covers because they hated them.
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Nietzsche's The Gay Science, aphorism 334: "One must learn to love."
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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More Nietzschean moments in Schlick's moral theory.
we must add a supplement in order to distinguish genuine kindness from the super- ficial variety which is nothing but lack of strength, and which is injurious to the capacity for happiness. What we have here is a special case of a general kind of disposition which exists whenever a man easily gives in to impulses of the moment, without, so to speak, first consulting the other impulses. In such a case the single dispositions are but loosely joined to- gether, as it were; they can be excited separately, with- out the others thereby coming into play. The unity which constitutes a strong character is lacking. In a strong character it is as if the inclinations were all directed from one fixed center. What appears here in a single example holds univer- sally. The content of the moral precepts that hold in a community, and that are taken over completely into the moral consciousness of its members, depends en- tirely upon its living conditions, upon its size and strength, its relation to the surrounding world, its civilization, customs, and religious ideas. I forego the introduction of further evidence, and refer to Wester- marck's Origin and Development of Moral Ideas, and to Spencer's Data of Ethics, which contain rich mate- rial. We see in the dependence of moral valuations upon the states of human society a sure indication that the content of morality is actually determined by so- ciety. These functions constitute something elevated and great in men in the double sense that their power in the psychic life is enormous, and that they are the source of very intense joys. Moments in which one becomes aware of their activity are moments of exalted feeling. Apart from certain exceptions, every vehement psychic process, every deployment of power, and lively activity is pleasant. we should understand better why a human life can attain its highest value only by pass- ing through the extremes. A life such as the modest poet Morike prayed for: Wollest mit Freuden Und wollest mit Leiden Mich nicht uberschuttenl dock in der Mitten Liegt holdes Bescheiden. . . .* could not be truly great, not because it lacked the deep- est suffering, but because of the absence of the greatest joys, the path t
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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More Nietzschean moments in Schlick's moral theory.
we must add a supplement in order to distinguish genuine kindness from the super- ficial variety which is nothing but lack of strength, and which is injurious to the capacity for happiness. What we have here is a special case of a general kind of disposition which exists whenever a man easily gives in to impulses of the moment, without, so to speak, first consulting the other impulses. In such a case the single dispositions are but loosely joined to- gether, as it were; they can be excited separately, with- out the others thereby coming into play. The unity which constitutes a strong character is lacking. In a strong character it is as if the inclinations were all directed from one fixed center. What appears here in a single example holds univer- sally. The content of the moral precepts that hold in a community, and that are taken over completely into the moral consciousness of its members, depends en- tirely upon its living conditions, upon its size and strength, its relation to the surrounding world, its civilization, customs, and religious ideas. I forego the introduction of further evidence, and refer to Wester- marck's Origin and Development of Moral Ideas, and to Spencer's Data of Ethics, which contain rich mate- rial. We see in the dependence of moral valuations upon the states of human society a sure indication that the content of morality is actually determined by so- ciety. These functions constitute something elevated and great in men in the double sense that their power in the psychic life is enormous, and that they are the source of very intense joys. Moments in which one becomes aware of their activity are moments of exalted feeling. Apart from certain exceptions, every vehement psychic process, every deployment of power, and lively activity is pleasant. we should understand better why a human life can attain its highest value only by pass- ing through the extremes. A life such as the modest poet Morike prayed for: Wollest mit Freuden Und wollest mit Leiden Mich nicht uberschuttenl dock in der Mitten Liegt holdes Bescheiden. . . .* could not be truly great, not because it lacked the deep- est suffering, but because of the absence of the greatest joys, the path t
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Looks like Schlick may even get Nietzsche right in a number of ways!
Schlick thinks of Wissenschaft as, ideally, a kind of game, in so far as it is an activity primarily undertaken for its own sake, and which can be pleasurable without being guided by practical interests (see also Mormann 2010, 269–272). This is how Schlick interprets Nietzsche’s notion of “joyful wisdom”, the joy involved in the game of pursuing truth. Secondly, perhaps the most important aspect of Schlick’s lectures is the way in which it presents Nietzsche’s relation to positivism. Schlick divides Nietzsche’s work into three phases: (i) an early metaphysical phase under the influence of Schopenhauer and Wagner, (ii) an anti-metaphysical positivist phase, and (iii) a phase in which he is concerned with the development of an approach to values within positivist strictures. Schlick is careful to argue that the third phase in Nietzsche’s development is still compatible with positivism, and that the late Nietzsche is not a metaphysician. Schlick summarily rejects the claim that Nietzsche’s thought had heavily influenced the development of German culture and politics before 1914. It suffices for Schlick (2013a, 79) to note that few political or military leaders in Germany had even heard of Nietzsche before the British press informed them of his influence on them. Even if some German policy-makers did hear of Nietzsche, they were by no means enthusiastic about his work.27 Furthermore, Schlick connects this first claim to the second one, insofar as he doubts that Nietzsche’s work has been widely understood in Germany.
October 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The ruling itself is remarkable, but it closes with something I've never seen: a 12-page assessment of Trump himself as an ignorant bully, braggart and threat to free speech and the republic writ-large. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Yes, I was surprised by the many Brainard and Jim Thompson references, then I learned both were from Oklahoma, where it's set and director Sterlin Harjo is from. His other show, the superb Reservation Dogs, is also set in Oklahoma.
September 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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857 people arrested in a single day in London for holding signs opposing Israel’s genocide in Palestine

These include Holocaust survivors, vicars, retired nurses and teachers. So many of them are elderly.

Labour is dead

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857 ppl arrested for holding signs
September 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM