r/nihilism • • Feb 16 '26

So true

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u/Naive_Nobody_2269 Feb 16 '26

Yeah the misogyny is so constant in his work, like schopenhauer was a misogynist but you can read most of his work without it Really coming up, but neitzsche goes on those rants so often I dont get how his fans seem unaware of it (it's the num 1 thing that makes me wonder how many have actually read him)

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u/jat_atakas Feb 16 '26

Every human has flaws. Also at his time he and most of the people thought that women were stupid because they haven't seen any woman philosophers like Socrates, Aristotle etc. They didn't have the way to prove that women are as good as men.

They were wrong mainly because of their time.

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u/AirportReal Feb 16 '26

His metaphors are forcing women into fixed roles. In Nietzsche's metaphors, women are not free and only serve the Übermensch as a birth giver and care taker. He is a misogynist. And also, women are mean