Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche cannot be described as a traditional philosopher. He consistently returns to the the theme of health, he refers to himself as a cultural physician, and he famously wrote, “my genius is in my nostrils.” He may be referring to how in everyday life we are predominantly conscious of the divide between true [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Darwinism’
Sensibility and Intelligence
When we talk about intelligence, it is primarily the ability and inheritance of the individual, race, species that is able to deny short term sensuality and aim toward achieving a goal, to sacrifice pleasure in the present to achieve a greater reward in the future. The way nature configures this is through the promise of a reward, either [...]
Linear thinking makes you a blockhead
I enjoy about half of what David Brooks writes. But sometimes, he just gets it wrong. Some people live in romantic ages. They tend to believe that genius is the product of a divine spark. They believe that there have been, throughout the ages, certain paragons of greatness — Dante, Mozart, Einstein — whose talents [...]
