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Beef with a philosophy course


On the section of an online class with Nietzsche, they seemed heavily biased against him. One of the questions we were asked was how the Will to Power could be used to justify the actions of a bully, but not anything about how it could be used positively. They also said he was arrogant and cited chapters from a book he wrote (can't remember which one) titled Why I am So Wise and Why I Write Such Good Books. A quick Google search said that this was intended to be taken ironically, which would make a lot more sense.

Basically, did Nietzsche intend these chapters ironically or was he actually that's arrogant? Thanks.
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It's more than likely a bit of both. Nietzsche has always been known for his self-celebration, but it's likely that these titles were meant to be ironically self-aware deprecations as well. *Ecce Homo* is a weird work in general, though. We aren't sure whether or not Nietzsche's insanity was already taking hold at that time, and since it was published posthumously, changes made by Gast or Elisabeth probably influenced the manuscript.