Tuesday 11 January 2011

Nietzsche's The Antichrist

This is the first book I have read on my kindle. And it was free! So this is the first work of Nietzsche's that I have ever read and I find him to be an interesting though self-loathing cat. His dislike of Christianity seems to spring from a need to self-deprecate. Every chance he gets he takes a swipe at the Germans and of course Christianity, and most of his reason seem rather emotional to me instead of well-reasoned. He praises every other major world religion in comparison with Christianity. He also says some interesting things from my perspective. Nietzsche seems interested in the priority of experience as a defining characteristic. He seems however to dislike Christianity so much, that he can't believe that Christians can have religious experience as well. 

Sunday 2 January 2011

A Christmas Tale

A Christmas Tale feels like a Truffaut film, but with a lighter view of the tragedies involved in relationships. Its been about a wekk since I watched this so the film is not fresh in my mind. It seems quite at home with the awkwardness of families getting together when their members have antagonistic feelings towards one another.