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11750736 No.11750736 [Reply] [Original]

Why is his prose so fucking awful?

>> No.11750755

>>11750736
His prose is really good though, at least the translations. 'One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star'. It's expressive and concise

>> No.11750758

>>11750755
that line is cringe, but nietzsche's prose isnt bad

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>>11750755
>One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star'

>> No.11750767

>>11750758
I think it's beautiful tbqh. I don't even like Nietzsche very much but I like his little aphorisms. Reading Birth and Tragedy is a fun experience as well even if utlimately you're like 'what exactly was the point of this'

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11750778

>A revaluation of all values: this question mark, so black, so huge that it
casts a shadow over the man who puts it down

>> No.11750796

>>11750767
>Birth and Tragedy
Birth of Tragedy* I can't write right now I am withdrawing from alcohol. Anyway I think Nietzsche is actually one of the better prose writers among philosophers and that a great deal of his fame is in fact because of how he said things and not what he was saying. Now I'm going to go drink, have a good one anons.

>> No.11750835

>>11750762
Post an excerpt of your writing.

>> No.11750888

>>11750835
Bloom et al can’t write better than Shakespeare, therefore they can’t censure him.

>> No.11752223

>>11750767
The Birth of Tragedy is probably his worst prose-wise.

>> No.11753031

>>11750835
>you can't say a dish is bad if you're not a chef!

>> No.11753077

>>11750736
Worst thing I've ever read on this awful board.

>> No.11753092

>>11750758
>>11750762
plebs

>> No.11753169

>>11750762
>>11750755
pretty sure I've seen that line in cursive as a stripper's trampstamp

>> No.11754055

>>11753169
Kek

>> No.11754239

>>11750736
You can read German, right? If you're reading an English translation then you aren't really getting a taste of his prose. And no, there's no way to make a translation that fully captures what the author wrote. There are always nuances lost in translation.

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>>11750755
It kant really be good if some many people misunderstand his teachings.

>> No.11754280

>>11750736
please try harder/at all

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>>11750736
>Why is his prose so fucking awful?

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11756133

>I read philosophy for the prose!

>> No.11756150

>>11750736
Masterful bait, you've got 20 replies

>> No.11757294

>>11750762
Post body of writing faggot

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>>11750755

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>>11750755
>'One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star'

Holy...

>> No.11757383

> none of you have read neet say

Just how little German style concerns itself with sound and with the ear is demonstrated in the fact that even our good musicians write badly. The German does not read aloud, not for the ear, but merely with his eyes. In the process he has put his ears away in a drawer.

http://nietzsche.holtof.com/reader/friedrich-nietzsche/beyond-good-and-evil/aphorism-247-quote_1c4c0672d.html

>> No.11757547

>>11750762
What's wrong with this?