Nietzsche / Yet another "Another"

[Sean Mannion]

The thought's probably occurred already, but i was thinking of 
Wittgenstein's shift from the 'Tractatus' to the 'Investigations' is 
probably more significant of this kind of shift, in terms of severity, than 
Nietzsche. I say this in terms of the status of Wittgenstein as 'pure' 
philosopher, whereas Nietzsche's legacy sometimes appears to me to be more 
in the domain of psychology; indeed, can't remember off hand any references, 
but i'm sure i've read (or heard) of an interpretation of Nietzsche 
proclaiming psychology as signalling the modern death knell for theology. 
The shift in Nietzsche could be something to do with the resignation of his 
professional position in the Antiquities (although I can't remember where 
this event comes in the chronology of his life and works).

Again, this could be completely irrelevant, but thought i'd offer it up 
anyways,

Sean

>From: Eric Yost <eyost1132 at earthlink.net>
>To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Yet another "another"
>Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:11:35 -0400
>
>Paul: Brown was primarily a literary personage--like Pynchon--not a 
>philosopher or scientist.   Once Brown realized this, he dropped the 
>footnotes (to connect with another post).
>
>Eric: Yet some philosophers too--Nietzsche is a good example--go from 
>writing in a conventional style to a more condensed and aphoristic style. 
>My hunch is that the change of emphasis from careful exposition to aphorism 
>shows a growing respect for paradox. The architecture of "horizontal" 
>rhetoric becomes less important than the "vertical" range of a particular 
>insight.
>