ahmadothman 's review for:

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

3.0

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It is hard to review such books as works of literature on their own without referring to their writers ideology and thought process. And this is a prominent feature to this collection of thought here. It seems you have to review Nietzsche rather than the book itself. And it isn't easy by far. There are some deeply profound and ground shaking thoughts here. There is a major tendency to rationale, but it is countered by some inconsistencies and contradictory thoughts. So, while Nietzsche is advocating individualism and praising one's own identity, it seems he can't escape a deep sense of elitism and deep misogyny. While he praises free thinkers (counting himself as a pioneer) he criticizes freedom and equality as a silly moral. And despite his wide class of apologists, those tones are quite sharp and prominent. Another peculiar part was his critique of science as a subjective tool, disregarding the main ideals of the scientific method. I can understand that science may have reached a state of dogma at the late 1800s when he lived, and it was a part of petty discussions that induced racism, sexism and political flame wars. But again, that was pseudoscience that lacked the basic adherence to scientific method. And on such notes, I couldn't see Nietzsche rather than one of the dogmatic philosophers he often - rightfully - criticized.