[stylist] Help! I'm being tormented by my essay!
LoriStay at aol.com
LoriStay at aol.com
Sun May 10 23:47:30 UTC 2009
Except for some extra hyphens and the lack of an apostrophe, what's wrong
with them?
Lori
In a message dated 5/9/09 2:03:49 PM, fowlers at syix.com writes:
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>
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> A far better response to the death of God, according to
> Nietzsche,
> is for those of us who can to seize the moment and become gods ourselves.
> "I
> assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it
> endures
> and knows how to turn to its advantage;" (382) Here-in lies the will to
> power, going not with culture for cultures sake, but having the strength
> to
> go against it. It is following our own instincts, chasing our own dreams,
> even though society might deem them unpermissible. Blind people living in
> a
> sighted world are constantly flying in the face of cultural expectations
> when we attempt to do every-day things which are thought to require
> vision.
> Nietzsche would laud us.
>
> Going against the cultural grain is anything but easy, but
> Nietzsche contends that the tougher it is, the more we grow as a result.
> "Actually, every major growth is accompanied by a tremendous crumbling and
> passing away:" (112) As we take on new challenges and become new versions
> of
> ourselves, we will lose some aspects of our old lives. The losses will be
> painful; these things were a part of us and we will miss them and grieve
> for
> them in a way. This pain and grieving, according to Nietzsche, is
> liberating. In the end we will be freed from the shackles of old beliefs,
> old scruples, and old habits which had held us back for years. The
> personal
> growth we will experience will make the pain and loss well worth it.
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Angela Fowler
>
> fowlers at syix.com
>
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