In a note dating from 1870-71, Nietzsche referred to his own philosophy as “inverting Platonism [umgedrehter Platonismus] : the further away from true being, the more pure, beautiful, better it is” (KSA 7, 7 [156], 199). At an early stage in his career Nietzsche saw his philosophic mission as anti-Platonic ...

1971 – 2021 … FOR HALF-A-CENTURY I HAVE WATCHED THE WESTERN DEMOCRACIES STAND BY AND DO NOTHING … EXCEPT SPEW FORTH MEANINGLESS PIOUS PLATITUDES, OFTEN IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS … SHAME ON OUR LEADERS. SHAME ON YOU ALL. AS FOR CHURCH LEADERS? THEY’VE LOST THEIR VOICES!

MORE IMPOTANT MATTERS 'OCCUPY' OUR POLITICAL LEADERS THAN THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE BY A BRUTAL ISRAELI REGIME. WE NEED 'PEACE WITH JUSTICE' FOR ALL PEOPLES BUT THE PALESTINIANS MUST BE MADE TO SUFFER FOR SOMETHING THEY  HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH.

SHAME ON THE LEADERS OF THE SUPPOSEDLY ENLIGHTENED GLOBAL DEMOCRACIES. SHAME ON YOU ALL.