He who does not have two thirds of his day to himself is a slave, let him be what he may otherwise: statesman, businessman, official, scholar.
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Even if I average over the week, in order to include the weekends, I don't have two-thirds of my day to myself, unless I count sleep. -
Recalling the philiosphy that I covered at University, I went looking for some Nietzsche quotes to show that he was a nutter whose ideas you shouldn't take a lot of notice of.
Now I dig them out 20 years later, it has become clear to me that the man was a genius.
Here are some examples:
"All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth"
"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how"
"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. "
"Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?"
"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied."
It sounds like he might have worked on one of the projects that I worked on
"There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all."Comment
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Originally posted by expat View PostEven if I average over the week, in order to include the weekends, I don't have two-thirds of my day to myself, unless I count sleep.
All we have is Today - Eric BlairComment
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I always thought Nietzsche was a bit of a dumbkopf. Kind of sounds good but basically rubbish. I mean try asking a slave if they think that qoute is right - they'd tell you to flip off.Bored.Comment
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Originally posted by ace00 View PostI always thought Nietzsche was a bit of a dumbkopf. Kind of sounds good but basically rubbish. I mean try asking a slave if they think that qoute is right - they'd tell you to flip off.Comment
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Originally posted by ace00 View PostI always thought Nietzsche was a bit of a dumbkopf. Kind of sounds good but basically rubbish. I mean try asking a slave if they think that qoute is right - they'd tell you to flip off.
One theory is that his philosophy drove him nuts, but if it was syphilis he might well have philosophised: "what doesn't kill you could turn you into a nut case".Comment
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View PostThats a pity Expat - why it that - what is stealing your Time ?
All we have is Today - Eric Blair
Working and commuting is stealing my time.
Every week: 40 hours work plus 12 hours weekly commute plus 2 hours in daily commutes = 54 hours a week; add in a couple of hours extra work, admin, delays, etc, 56 hours, rather conservatively.
Available time = 7 days at 16 hours awake = 112 hours time per week. I'm spending half my waking hours on work, if you include weekends. 56 of 80 hours during the week, so 70% of M-F time on work.
And that's allowing office lunch, cheap restaurant dinner, and evenings in the hotel, as being my time; when in fact it is hard to see them as things I'd really want to do.Comment
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