Chapter V: Nietzsche

I. From Spinoza to Nietzsche 117

II. Biographical 120

III. Exposition 126

1. Morality as impotence 126
2. Democracy 128
3. Feminism 131
4. Socialism and anarchism 133
5. Degeneration 138
6. Nihilism 141
7. The will to power 143
8. The superman 150
9. How to make supermen 155
10. On the necessity of exploitation 159
11. Aristocracy 162
12. Signs of ascent 165

IV. Criticism 172

V. Nietzsche replies 177

VI. Conclusion 178

PART II

SUGGESTIONS

CHAPTER I

SOLUTIONS AND DISSOLUTIONS

I. The problem 185

II. “Solutions” 190

1. Feminism 190
2. Socialism 194
3. Eugenics 198
4. Anarchism 200
5. Individualism 202
6. Individualism again 202

III. Dissolutions 205

CHAPTER II

THE RECONSTRUCTIVE FUNCTION OF PHILOSOPHY

I. Epistemologs 214

II. Philosophy as control 218

III. Philosophy as mediator between science and statesmanship 222

CHAPTER III

ORGANIZED INTELLIGENCE

I. The need 227

II. The organization of intelligence 230

III. Information as panacea 234

IV. Sex, art, and play in social reconstruction 240

V. Education 246

CHAPTER IV

THE READER SPEAKS

I. The democratization of aristocracy 251

II. The professor as Buridan’s ass 255

III. Is information wanted? 257

IV. Finding Mæcenas 261

V. The chance of philosophy 264

CONCLUSION 268