Nietzsche (1844-1900)

1860 German translation of The Origin of Species; improved translation, 1876, about half-way through Nietzsche's entire life, including his childhood. In 1889 he was claimed to be insane.

Just four notes on Nietzsche.
      Plus reference to Miles Mathis on Nietzsche (December 23 2023) – Nietzsche as one of yet another Jewish family, related to Wagner. Another in-depth genealogical investigation. Probably explains Nietzsche's early professorship in philology: perhaps like Chomsky and linguistics. If the only thing you know is Jewish myths, pretend he's an expert on language.

[1] The Will to Power. I *think* this was something of a misunderstanding by Nietzsche, before impulses and instincts were understood. If an infant is determined to learn to walk, and to speak, this could be regarded as a 'will to power'. Because the earth was widely believed to be only a few thousand years old, immense stretches of evolutionary time were consciously or unconsciously ignored. It seems obvious enough now that instinctive muscle and brain activity are inbuilt in babies, so almost all will move, walk, and talk. It's similar to birds leaving their nests: they have wings, and not much to do with them but flap them. Bertrand Russell thought the impulse to learn science was a search for power. And the impulse to learn languages and act might have a similar root. I think feedback from the external world is necessary. But I *think* the 'Will to Power' is an overstatement, an over-impressive phrase which has misled many people.

Let me amplify the point. Probably there are natural sequences in events; eyesight needs to be learnt, body movements controlled, limits understood, pain found and avoided. I'm told kittens who had their eyelids sewn together, and later unsewn, never learn full seeing. By the age of two, the 'terrible twos' set in, perhaps caused by frustration at personal limits. It seems that if reading is not learned (perhaps after years of the 'look say' method) it may never be fluent. Abnormal silences and forbiddings can delay speech permanently.
      But children, and adults feeling the time is right for anything from running to polite speech, from cooking to oratory, aren't showing 'will to power' trying these things; all they're doing is getting to a normal level for their group or race. Probably, anyway.

[2] Nietzsche's life was heavily influenced by Jews, as were the lives of many Europeans, but he could not break through the taboos.
      Nietzsche talked of heroes, great men, and stirring individuals—but the intention behind the Jewish taboo was to hide the fact that unimpressive Jews collaborate secretly in large numbers. Thomas Carlyle wrote in much the same vein in Britain.
      The 'superman' style probably came from Jewish attitudes—there's a clear link. Oscar Levy followed Nietzsche; he had no doubts about Jewish stories, and thought wine, women and war are desirable, and that a man will turn his attention 'to fine women of all races'. Disappointingly he draws no picture of his ideal society.
      Nietzsche disliked Christianity—‘the Anti-Wise, the Anti-Noble, the Anti-Mighty...’   ‘perpetual punishment, the sense of sin, 'birthright', 'eternal life' as a disincentive to action’. But I can't tell how far he was influenced by Germans seeking the historical Jesus. As far as I can tell, he said nothing on Jews inventing Christianity, the Bible, and the obvious collaboration between Jews and the Church for land and money.

[3] Just as in the English- and French-speaking worlds, newspapers, magazines, and books which said nothing about Jews were wanted in large numbers. Poor Nietzsche seems to have been warned off any criticism of Jews—hence, probably, his unreadable work.

[4] Individualism as a Jew-promoted myth was a very successful misdirection, particularly in the USA, where there was new territory, controlled discreetly and mostly remotely and anonymously. Co-operation between large groups of people was discouraged by propaganda, money, and violence. Instead, people were told to look for a Great Man, and many substitutes were funded by Jews. Jews want whites to believe in one-man superheroes, as a distraction from the reality that large groups, operating secretly, and specialising in disparate aspects of power (propaganda, teaching, food, work, law, transport...), in practice can be far more important. I think Nietzsche's reputation, whenever it's fanned into life, is absurdly inflated.

Rae West 2020-1-20   2023-12-26