Comments on: Fo Shizzle’ My Nietsizzle On Morality http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:46:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Neil the Ethical Werewolf http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229836 Neil the Ethical Werewolf Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:43:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229836 I wonder if Brian gets to add both to his CV as extra publications... I wonder if Brian gets to add both to his CV as extra publications…

]]> By: paul http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229605 paul Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:48:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229605 I thought there was no greater waste of an intelligent person's time than rehashing the ideas of a dead philospher. I stand corrected. I thought there was no greater waste of an intelligent person’s time than rehashing the ideas of a dead philospher. I stand corrected.

]]> By: Paul Gowder http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229582 Paul Gowder Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:49:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229582 The copyeditor to come will spell his name right. The copyeditor to come will spell his name right.

]]> By: FearItself http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229559 FearItself Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:44:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229559 <a href="http://arago4.tnw.utwente.nl/stonedead/movies/meaning-of-life/10-middle-age.html" rel="nofollow">MRS. HENDY:</a> Does 'Nietzsche' begin with an 'S'? MR. HENDY: Uh, there's an 's' in 'Nietzsche'. MRS. HENDY: Oh, wow. Yes, there is. Do all philosophers have an 's' in them? MR. HENDY: Uh, yeah! I think most of 'em do. MRS. HENDY: Oh. Does that mean Selina Jones is a philosopher? <a href="http://arago4.tnw.utwente.nl/stonedead/movies/meaning-of-life/10-middle-age.html" rel="nofollow"></a> MRS. HENDY:
Does ‘Nietzsche’ begin with an ‘S’?
MR. HENDY:
Uh, there’s an ’s’ in ‘Nietzsche’.
MRS. HENDY:
Oh, wow. Yes, there is. Do all philosophers have an ’s’ in them?
MR. HENDY:
Uh, yeah! I think most of ‘em do.
MRS. HENDY:
Oh. Does that mean Selina Jones is a philosopher?

]]> By: Gene O'Grady http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229535 Gene O'Grady Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:28:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229535 Reminds me of how I dread having to use my mother's maiden name for an identity verification -- it was Fritzsch (I'm not sure about the final e) and I can never remember how many letters were dropped on emigration. Back in the sub-beatnik era ca. 1960, when it was briefly considered good PR to affect a certain intellectual/cool style, the Casa Munras motel in Monterey, at that time the first thing one saw coming into town from the North, used to have a sign board with clever sayings, one I remember being "Nietzsche is peachy." Reminds me of how I dread having to use my mother’s maiden name for an identity verification—it was Fritzsch (I’m not sure about the final e) and I can never remember how many letters were dropped on emigration.

Back in the sub-beatnik era ca. 1960, when it was briefly considered good PR to affect a certain intellectual/cool style, the Casa Munras motel in Monterey, at that time the first thing one saw coming into town from the North, used to have a sign board with clever sayings, one I remember being “Nietzsche is peachy.”

]]> By: Spelling Neitsche, er, Nietszche, er… « Huenemanniac http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229530 Spelling Neitsche, er, Nietszche, er… « Huenemanniac Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:41:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229530 [...] Spelling Neitsche, er, Nietszche, er… Mildly amusing link. [...] [...] Spelling Neitsche, er, Nietszche, er… Mildly amusing link. [...]

]]> By: DB http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229523 DB Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:35:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229523 when you start dropping "s"'s you end up with bland Europop bands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermench re: the first comment, my first name is Brian, and many years ago I got a magazine subscription offer in the mail, on which my name was misspelled "Brain." I think the magazine was Scientific American so it was doubly amusing, and I subscribed. Since then I receive on a regular basis magazine offers and similar bits of mail addressed to "Brain..." -- an example of the misspelling turning up again and again in commercially proffered mailing lists. when you start dropping “s”’s you end up with bland Europop bands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermench

re: the first comment, my first name is Brian, and many years ago I got a magazine subscription offer in the mail, on which my name was misspelled “Brain.” I think the magazine was Scientific American so it was doubly amusing, and I subscribed. Since then I receive on a regular basis magazine offers and similar bits of mail addressed to “Brain…”—an example of the misspelling turning up again and again in commercially proffered mailing lists.

]]> By: aa http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229505 aa Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:21:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229505 #50: As you suggest, the Germans are not the ones misspelling "thorough" and "straight." Rather, they are the ones misspelling "through" and "strait." Though not the first. Ref: http://www.lute.de/generalbass.html, http://tinyurl.com/2pzpfz #50: As you suggest, the Germans are not the ones misspelling “thorough” and “straight.”
Rather, they are the ones misspelling “through” and “strait.” Though not the first.

Ref: http://www.lute.de/generalbass.html, http://tinyurl.com/2pzpfz

]]> By: Fredrik Haraldsen http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229489 Fredrik Haraldsen Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:09:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229489 Sorry. "was", not "were" in that last post (last sentence) Sorry. “was”, not “were” in that last post (last sentence)

]]> By: Fredrik Haraldsen http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229488 Fredrik Haraldsen Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:08:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229488 @37: In fact, no. Händel changed his name to Handel when he moved to London (at some point, not sure about the full story here - there are some use/mention difficulties concerning the last sentence here as well, but let's just let that pass for now), so when J.J. Heidegger worked with him (@24), his name were - correctly - Handel. @37: In fact, no. Händel changed his name to Handel when he moved to London (at some point, not sure about the full story here – there are some use/mention difficulties concerning the last sentence here as well, but let’s just let that pass for now), so when J.J. Heidegger worked with him (@24), his name were – correctly – Handel.

]]> By: Tom Hurka http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-2/#comment-229476 Tom Hurka Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:11:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229476 Written by W.H. Auden: Friedrich Nietzsche Had the habit as a teacher Of cracking his joints To emphasize his points. Written by W.H. Auden:

Friedrich Nietzsche
Had the habit as a teacher
Of cracking his joints
To emphasize his points.

]]> By: Joshua Holmes http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-1/#comment-229468 Joshua Holmes Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:33:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229468 <i>Works fine in German!</i> The people misspelling it aren't German! BTW, this applies just as much to English words like "thorough" and "straight". Works fine in German!

The people misspelling it aren’t German! BTW, this applies just as much to English words like “thorough” and “straight”.

]]> By: adam carter http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-1/#comment-229421 adam carter Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:59:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229421 Wait a minute: if Nietzsche is spelled "Nietzsche" then the Amazon happy product has it wrong as well; there it is spelled with the t and s reversed (Nietszche). Wait a minute: if Nietzsche is spelled “Nietzsche” then the Amazon happy product has it wrong as well; there it is spelled with the t and s reversed (Nietszche).

]]> By: aa http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-1/#comment-229413 aa Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:26:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229413 Why do you assume the unfamiliar is wrong? Nietszche is a cat that belongs to a woman named Ariel, see http://tinyurl.com/24ulfv. I haven't searched Amazon systematically* for books on the views of cats on morality, but there must be at least a few dozen, several put out by the New Yorker alone. I grant you the first cover appears to be a mistake, if in fact it was associated with the same ISBN number (but where's the evidence of that?). The philosopher F. Nietszche is also known for his views on molarity (e.g., http://tinyurl.com/2nrq2n). Current developments in neuropsychology suggest the two topics are not unrelated. *Nor unsystematically Why do you assume the unfamiliar is wrong? Nietszche is a cat that belongs to a woman named Ariel, see http://tinyurl.com/24ulfv. I haven’t searched Amazon systematically* for books on the views of cats on morality, but there must be at least a few dozen, several put out by the New Yorker alone.

I grant you the first cover appears to be a mistake, if in fact it was associated with the same ISBN number (but where’s the evidence of that?).

The philosopher F. Nietszche is also known for his views on molarity (e.g., http://tinyurl.com/2nrq2n). Current developments in neuropsychology suggest the two topics are not unrelated.

*Nor unsystematically

]]> By: Anderson http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/comment-page-1/#comment-229385 Anderson Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:20:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/21/fo-shizzle-my-nietsizzle-on-morality/#comment-229385 Well, CT just turned my "#" into a "1." so maybe Amazon's software turned "Nietzsche" into "Nietszche." Well, CT just turned my “#” into a “1.” so maybe Amazon’s software turned “Nietzsche” into “Nietszche.”

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