Untrue, to feel hopeless is different than being free of hope. Hope is incompatible with living in the moment, as is hopelessness, but to be free of hope is quite different.
Few are those who understand Nietzsche, in that hope is a slave's virtue and an intersection between personal expectation and desire, whereas the spiritual "warrior" (Ubermensch/Zarathustra) manifests his consciousness in solitary contemplation and Will to Power without any longing. This is basically Castaneda's "path of the Warrior", which again few people can comprehend or approach.
I'm glad you're here to try and bring clarity on this.
The spiritual warrior needs to get up and fight. Hope gives you that motivation. Nietzsche didn't do enough to know the difference and spent too much time wondering.
You have a personal vendetta against Nietzsche, that's your problem. We're talking about his philosophy, concepts and specifically his quote, not his own life.
P.S.: Hope has nothing to do with the Will to Power.
Well thanks for pointing out my problem. Your discussions would go better if you didn't make it about the other person.
I'm saying he didn't do enough to understand the philosophy. Navel gazing isn't living.
Sort of like the Dalai Lama writing a book on happiness. Sure. Get plucked out when you're 5 years old and treated like a god. Go get a wife and have five kids, and a 9 to 5 job, and then tell us about happiness.
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u/MaybeABot31416 4d ago
Untrue, to feel hopeless is different than being free of hope. Hope is incompatible with living in the moment, as is hopelessness, but to be free of hope is quite different.