Sunday 2 July 2017

Thought 556: Disagreeing with a Thinker


Disagreeing with a thinker,
when it is more than a thoughtless, 
superficial, and presumptuous dismissal,
can help us further our own thinking,
for it has been said that

'One repays a teacher poorly if
one always remains only a student.' 

—Friedrich Nietzsche,
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
—A Book for Everyone and Nobody,
First Part, The Speeches of Zarathustra,
22. On the Bestowing Virtue, §.3

I will view SOT as
a success if, in being
disagreed with, it has
helped others in their
understanding.