http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/friedrich-nietzsche-rechristening-evil en-us 60 <p>I confess this quote goes right by me. I just don&#8217;t get it. I spent time researching the statement from sources on the Internet but mostly found statements that seemed to tell me how wise it was without giving me a hint as to what it really meant. Then I came across a nine page tirade on the wrongs of our society that seemed to center on this statement and still I wasn&#8217;t able to get its meaning. By the way that paper New Game Rules by Michael Sharpe seems to have a lot of truth even though it is somewhat scarey challenging so much of our way of life today.</p> <p>I&#8217;m hoping, especially since this is billed as a forum that someone will clarify for me what Nietzsche meant by this statement in his book Beyond Good and Evil, which I have had on my shelf for years without reading or should I say without really understanding.</p> <p>A little help here please. Thanks.<br />Walt</p> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:56:52 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:197:697 waltww http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/197 <p align="center"><em>&quot;The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">~ Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher</p><p align="center">from <em>Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future</em></p><p>How's that for a challenge?</p><p>What evil do you need to rechristen?</p><p>Here's to the next great epoch of our lives.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:13 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:197:197 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/197