I enjoyed what I read of him (Twilight of the Idols, the Gay Science and maybe Human, All Too Human, if I recall correctly, maybe the Genealogy of Morals too), and consider him still worth reading. He’s not much into heavily formal thinking or even solid scholarship, but then, since a lot of philosophy that tries to be formal still ends up being totally wrong (like Pascal or Rousseau), I don’t hold that against him.
I value him mostly for his way of thinking and attitude—“philosophy of life” if you want, he seemed good enough at thinking outside the box and changing his mind, even if he wasn’t interested in “scientific” topics. When reading his stuff I would frequently take notes on clever ideas.
I’d say he’s a good complement for a philosophy diet, he brings some good stuff you may not find in the main courses, though I wouldn’t take him as a main course. Pascal and Rousseau, on the other hand, I would probably just ignore (unless you’re interested in understanding the history of ideas of their period, in which case Rousseau is pretty darn important).
I enjoyed what I read of him (Twilight of the Idols, the Gay Science and maybe Human, All Too Human, if I recall correctly, maybe the Genealogy of Morals too), and consider him still worth reading. He’s not much into heavily formal thinking or even solid scholarship, but then, since a lot of philosophy that tries to be formal still ends up being totally wrong (like Pascal or Rousseau), I don’t hold that against him.
I value him mostly for his way of thinking and attitude—“philosophy of life” if you want, he seemed good enough at thinking outside the box and changing his mind, even if he wasn’t interested in “scientific” topics. When reading his stuff I would frequently take notes on clever ideas.
I’d say he’s a good complement for a philosophy diet, he brings some good stuff you may not find in the main courses, though I wouldn’t take him as a main course. Pascal and Rousseau, on the other hand, I would probably just ignore (unless you’re interested in understanding the history of ideas of their period, in which case Rousseau is pretty darn important).