The Pope\'s Visit (Religion)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Friday, September 24, 2010, 03:36 (5175 days ago) @ David Turell


> > I have found a continuation of this which seems worth quoting. (Nietzsche used the expression several times in different contexts.) I'm sure George will like it.
> > 
> > "God is dead: but considering the state the species Man is in, there will perhaps be caves, for ages yet, in which his shadow will be shown."
> 
> Refering to Plato?-Oooh... that's slick, most people don't catch that!!!! It's a solid reference, full of much of what makes Nietzsche maddeningly difficult for some people. Read this literally, and you'll think he's saying that "God" is just one of the shadows in Plato's cave. Most theists don't get past "God is dead." -This begs the question, if God is a shadow... what is God a shadow OF?

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"