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Anyone know if Whitehead ever read Nietzsche? Ive never seen him mention him but to me Whitehead's project is a continuation and going further from when Nietzsche went mad. A system like this cannot be constructed other than from a sort of madness but from what I know of him Whitehead was a calm and composed person.

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>>13763915
Stop getting retroactively btfo by Parmenides.

>> No.13764327

>>13763917
this is literally me

>> No.13764397

>>13763915
I think this guy is on twitter, just go ask him there. Pretty sure I saw his face on there just the other say.

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>>13763978
Stop refuting yourself

>> No.13764438

>>13763915
In terms of primary literature alone, he mentioned Nietzsche only once. In the Adventure of Ideas, Nietzsche refers as an example of anti-intellectualism, with Bergson.
This does not confirm whether he has read Nietzsche, but historical evidence is leaning towards that he read Nietzsche. When he was a Harvard professor, one thesis of his disciple was dealing with Nietzsche, and he had to examine it himself. But that was his closest one, and this does not confirm whether he read Nietzsche or not.

>> No.13764485

>>13763915
>>13764438
IMO, I don't think it's a good idea. After the 1960s, Nietzsche was revalued to the extreme, and the image of "deconstruction", dismantling on theory became very prominent. I don't know the other side of Nietzsche(e.g. becoming), but in this side, this is the exact opposite of Whitehead. Whitehead stressed that theories should always be made, and that speculation will always be necessary.

>> No.13764493

>>13764438
>Nietzsche refers as an example of anti-intellectualism, with Bergson.
Cringe. I had high hopes for Whitehead. I thought, from all the posting, that maybe he could turn out to be a decent Anglo. Nope, no such thing. Never trust an Anglo.

>> No.13764527

>>13764493
Don't do it mate
I'll recommend someone like Bradley then

>> No.13764565

>>13764527
This guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._H._Bradley

>> No.13764569

>>13764485
Deconstruction has its roots in Heidegger not in Nietzsche
>>13764493
I have never seen this for myself but I would take it with a grain of salt as Whitehead didnt have an advanced training in philosophy and it is questionable how read he was in Nietzsche and the term anti-intellectual is questionable as well as it can mean several things and is not necessarily wrong to call Nietzsche that as he did not like academics. Their thought does have a lot of similarity though like Whitehead's system prioritizes aesthetics rather than moralcuckery.

>> No.13764583

>>13764493
>wha- HE DUN LIKE BERGSUN??! NOOO
Calm down you degenerate halfyuro, he likes Bergson

>> No.13764590

obviously he had fucking read Nietzsche idiot, Nietzsche was incredibly popular after he lost his nut even outside of philosophy, Whitehead was an academic but somehow he just never quite came across the obscure philosopher with the strange moustache????

>> No.13764610

>>13764590
Nietzsche wasnt that popular in his day and a bit after he died as well. Schopenhauer was popular at that time.