Nietzsche's Anti-Christian Perspective. By Alexxx

Nietzsche's philosophical stance leads him to compare Socrates favourably with Jesus Christ. This approach is typical of the Nietzschian perspective and will be discussed in greater depth in this blog. The quotation below, however, sets the scene for this discussion:

'If all goes well, the time will come when one will take up the memorabilia of Socrates rather than the Bible as a guide to morals and reason... The pathways of the most various philosophical modes of life lead back to him... Socrates excels the founder of Christianity in being able to be serious cheerfully and in possessing that wisdom full of roguishness that constitutes the finest state of the human soul. And he also possessed the finer intellect. '

from Nietzsche's The Wanderer and his Shadow