“What for Nietzsche was a necessary but consistently overlooked feature in all philosophy became in his own case, through a lifetime of effort, a self-conscious achievement: he showed that writing is perhaps the most important part of thinking. And since he also believed that thinking “is an action”, we might with some appropriateness attribute to him the hyperbolic view which this book aims to investigate, that writing is also the most important part of living.”
from Nietzsche: Life as Literature by Alexander Nehamas. We’re reading this book for faculty study group and it is the first time I’ve read anything regarding Nietzsche, but I’m finding it a great and edifying read as it forces me to think below the surface level of things and consider a deeper meaning. Since then I’ve picked up the Portable Nietzsche, which is just as ridiculous as it sounds, and it is full of great stuff that helps me dig below the skin-level of things and hopefully improves what I’m working on. All of these things give me a newfound energy to constantly write and that I’m not doing enough, which is tough. (via davepress)
Tragos HQ officially endorses Nehamas’ Nietzsche: Life as Literature, as well as his more recent book, Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art.
