Nietzsche at Night - ‘The Gay Science’ in Day Defiance - Part 2

Alright.

Back by popular demand, it's entry FOUR in Nietzsche @ Night.

Has it been two & a half months since Part 1? Yes. Does it matter if you were there? No. Should you have been for your own sake? Yes. Did I purposefully postpone to build anticipation so that y'all would come barking and chirping with your pilsner-packed, lager-lubricated, sour-supported offbeat opinions, frothing and feral about this-or-that thing? Guilty.

As I said in N@N No. 3: should you have read the previous texts? Nope! It is not essential and, most importantly, I don't care. I'll leave this for you to come to terms with. Are we hypophora-happy here? Guilty.

For this session, we will be reading the first half of The Gay (or, Joyous) Science. Two months ago, I tried to be interesting, dynamic, unique and read two translations as to cross-compare what Nietzsche might've really meant. This is stupid and a waste of time. Read Kaufmann's.

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We'll be reading Book Three (page 167) through Book Five + Appendix. The Appendix is poetry that no one will read so it's essentially 167 through 348. ONLY 181 PAGES. Do it, it's what we do, it's what you can do too!

That said, if you're unable to complete the book prior to our meeting, no worries - we're just happy to have you and welcome whatever insights, critiques, questions, etc., you may have based on what you were able to read. If you read nothing, then - bravo on the boldness showing up to a book club empty-handed.

We will be meeting at TALEA Beer Co.'s Taproom in Williamsburg (87 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - next to McCarren Park). I'll let everyone know where to find us on the day of the discussion.

As always, this group is open to newcomers to Nietzsche, novices of philosophy, ragamuffins, ne'er-do-wells, urchins of all sorts, etc. All insights are encouraged, just be somewhat sensible and all the way cool. Ain't no fun to be found in nodding your head along with a thinker for a hundred pages - strive to disagree with decency.

Alright - really looking forward to this one, it's been too long. Reach out to me with any questions in the meantime.

See y'all psychos then,

Hamp