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I just checked Nietzsche's Will To Power and it's almost 700 pages. I have already read 7 books of him. Including Beyond Good and Evil, Zarathustra, Gay Science, Geneaology of Morality, Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist and Ecce Homo. Plus I'm planning to read Human All Too Human and The Birth Of Tragedy. Am I missing much if I decide to no read Will To Power? It's way too much pages for me. Also I already want to move onto the next philosopher.

>> No.20087217

>>20087215
>Will To Power
That's just a collection put together by his sister from Neechays' notes. It has its ups and downs but it's essentially worthless.

>> No.20087218

ngmi

>> No.20087225

>>20087215
sounds like ur reading for image and idea of 'philosophical progression' rather than reading for substance. please observe: >>20087218

>> No.20087244

>>20087225
I read fucking 7 books of him. Plus I'm gonna read 2 more. How am I not reading for substance? Also , probably yeah, I'm not a Nietzsche fanboy either way.

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>>20087244
im jk -- if u think that u have gotten a solid grasp of his ideas just move on to whatever. it's not a big deal and u can just read it later. keep learning anon :-)

>> No.20087266

>>20087244
>How am I not reading for substance?
See
>>20087244
>I read fucking 7 books of him. Plus I'm gonna read 2 more.

>> No.20087283

>>20087266
Ok, sir. How do I read with substance? I don't take philosophy that seriously. I just grab the ideas I like and move on.

>> No.20087594

>>20087215
Since it's a compilation of unpublished notes, many of which are earlier drafts of published aphorisms, and it's not arranged under any method that Nietzsche supervised, it's much more useful as a reference than as a book to read in full. If there is a certain idea or subject that you want to see him weigh in on and you can't remember in which book he expounds on it, you can just pull up Will to Power and ctrl + f the term and you'll likely find something.

>> No.20087596

>>20087283
You're trolling but such an approach would be actively destructive to understanding.

>> No.20087605

>>20087596
You're telling you remember and understand every single concept from the authors you read?

>> No.20087671

>>20087605
Stop making up words.