Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Camel, Cogito, Deity

In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the Camel is an image of the process of assuming a burden in order to master it.  It is thus a counterpoint to Cartesian Doubt.  For, the latter is the method by which Descartes liberates himself from external influences.  From Nietzsche's perspective, the Camel is more powerful than the Cogito, since it can bear the whole world, which the latter can do only with the assistance of a deity.

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