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[–]Myrkskog 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Reminds me of the following Nietzsche quote...

“My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.”

Struck a chord in me when I saw it many years ago.

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Why hate? Nietzsche is the atheistic existentionalist of which the religious Kierkegaard created. I never could get into Nietzsche because he had an ego that overtook his writing, whereas Kierkegaard was subtle in his explanation of the trivial things but hit you hard with the spiritual and moral issues of a persons being.

[–]Myrkskog 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why hate...? I'm assuming it was rhetorical. I'm afraid my intellect isn't developed enough to be able to digest philosophical thoughts, statements, musings, etc, beyond the surface meaning. I have briefly read some Nietzsche, at a friends house, while waiting for him and his wife to get ready to go out. I must admit it didn't make much sense to me. But why hate? Would you be questioning it if he said love instead? I find both words are over-used to the point of lacking the true intention and feeling. With regard to that exact quote, it brought an amorphous, nebulous, vague direction of thought/feeling I had held and matched it to words that my monkey brain could understand.

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It is an ego trip to hate someone who breaks your solitude.

[–]Myrkskog 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'd say it depends on how it's broken.