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New Zealand

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:03:35 +0000

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Grand Canyon Railway

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:55:23 +0000

Nietzsche opens with the suggestion that our knowledge relies on a simplification of the truth that makes it expressible in language and understandable to all. Essentially, then, our will to knowledge is built upon, and is even a refinement of, our will to ignorance. Philosophers most of all should not pose as defenders of truth or knowledge. The “truths” of philosophers are just their prejudices, and no philosopher has even been “proved” right. Philosophers are at their best when they are questioning themselves and freeing their spirits from their prejudices.

Dangerous Life

The “free spirits” among us thrive on isolation and independence, though this is a difficult and dangerous life to follow. On one’s own, one faces unknown dangers that no one else will understand. One’s successes and failures are entirely one’s own and cannot be shared. The thoughts of these free spirits are liable to be misinterpreted and dangerously misunderstood by lesser people. Still, free spirits devoted to knowledge will commit themselves to forgoing their independence and mingling with others. In terms of knowledge, the rule is more interesting than the exception.

Nietzsche draws a brief contrast between “pre-moral” societies where the value of an action is found in its consequences, and modern, “moral” societies where the value of an action is found in its origin. Today, we praise or blame an action primarily based on its motives. Nietzsche identifies in this an advance over the “pre-moral” valuation since this “moral” worldview places an emphasis on self- knowledge. However, he also looks beyond our “moral” world to an “extra- moral” world that recognizes that the true value of an action lies beneath the conscious level in the unintentional drives that motivate it. We need to “overcome” morality, recognizing that the intentions and motives for actions are just the surface of a far more complex set of drives that need to be uncovered and analyzed.

Thought

After a skeptical onslaught in which Nietzsche questions the value of thought, truth, morality, and pretty much everything else that has served as a basis for philosophy, he suggests that we admit nothing as “real” except our drives, desires, and passions. Thought, for instance, he suggests, is ultimately just the relation of our different drives to one another. Can we, he asks, also explain the workings of the mechanistic, material world using just our drives as data? If just one agent of causation–will–explains all change, we needn’t look for additional causes.

We might interpret the material world not as separate from the organic world, but as a primitive form of the organic world, from which organic life springs. Will does not affect nerves or dead matter, but only other wills. However, if we can trace all our drives back to a fundamental will to power, as Nietzsche proposes, we can then interpret the world and its “intelligible character” based entirely on the will to power.

Nietzsche concludes by returning to the nature of free spirits and profound thinkers. These people often need “masks” to disguise their true nature. Most people are unable to understand them, and so will necessarily understand them differently from what they truly are. In order to be independent, they must constantly test themselves and not allow themselves to become attached to anything, be it other people, their fatherland, science, or even the spirit of detachment itself or the virtues they admire in themselves. Nietzsche identifies the new species of philosophers that he sees coming as “attempters,” free spirits who will shun dogmatism and embrace the hardships of independence of mind and spirit.

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Building Bridges in New York City

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:21:04 +0000

Photo Credit: Rob NYCity

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The Four Suburbs

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:19:22 +0000

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The National Guardians

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International Training

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:16:36 +0000

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The Alps

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:54:07 +0000

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Eye of the Beholder

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:20:50 +0000

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Testing the Elements

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:07:39 +0000

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Header one

Header two

Header three

Header four

Header five

Header six

This is a caption!

Blockquote Tests

Blockquote:

Here’s a one line quote.

This part isn’t quoted. Here’s a longer quote:

Itís like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you talk extemporaneously with the horn. Itís a wonderful thing to speak extemporaneously, which is something Iíve never gotten the hang of. But musically I love to talk just off the top of my head. And thatís what jazz music is all about.

Stan Getz

And some trailing text.

Table Layout Test

Title	Views
About Test User	1	More
260	1	More
Archives	1	More
235	1	More

List Type Tests

Unordered List (Nested)

List item one
- List item one
  - List item one
  - List item two
  - List item three
  - List item four
- List item two
- List item three
- List item four
List item two
List item three
List item four

Ordered List

List item one
1. List item one
  1. List item one
  2. List item two
  3. List item three
  4. List item four
2. List item two
3. List item three
4. List item four
List item two
List item three
List item four

HTML Element Tag Tests

All other HTML tags listed in the FAQ:

Here is the address for Automattic, using the

tag:

355 1st Street Suite 202
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States

This is an example of an (otherwise known as a link). This abbr. is an example of an tag in the middle of a sentence. Here is a TLA showing off the tag. What, you want to see some over-sized text using the tag? Can you cite a reference for that, using the tag? Have you noticed that all of the tag names are displayed in code-form, using the tag? Similarly, I could emulate keyboard text, using the text tag, or emulate teletype text using the tag.


Oh no! I wrote something incorrectly. I’d better delete it, using the  tag. I could alternately strike something out using the  tag, or strike something out using the  tag. So many choices, which I emphasize using the  tag. Just to clarify, this is some inserted text, that I’ll highlight using the  tag.

Need to display completely unformatted text, such as a large block of code? Use the 
 tag, which lets you display:
#container {
	float: left;
	margin: 0 -240px 0 0;
	width: 100%;
}
Want to quote the WordPress tagline Code is Poetry? Use the  tag to add quotes around it. This is strong text (otherwise known as bold), using the  tag.

Need to write H₂O or E = MC²? You may find great use for _subscripting text using the  tag, or for ^{superscripting} text using the  tag. Need to call out a variable? Use the  tag.
Div and Span Tests

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This is a div with “myclass” class, inside of another div, using the  tag.
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