Nietzche

I know this is not news, but some people have some amazingly screwed up ideas about what Nietzsche was trying to say.  When I began reading The Birth of Tragedy and talked about it excitedly one day at work, a friend actually told me that it was important to "remember my values" and seemed genuinely worried that I might be converted or something.  Converted to what, I don't know.  Knowing this friend as I did, I can only assume that she was afraid reading Nietzsche would single-handedly alter my belief in a higher power.  I don't think I'm wrong in also assuming that she never read any of Nietzsche's books.

I am now nearing the end of the books I have and will have to search out the others.  After making it through The Birth of Tragedy, the Aphorisms, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, and The Case of Wagner, I can say that the first was my least favorite.  Maybe because it seems the least accessible and definitely requires a second (third, fourth?) examination.  After slowly devouring over 700 pages of Nietzsche, I can honestly say I'm excited to start all over again.  It's really not about what he thinks; it's about the things he gets me to think about.  The ultimate test to become any favorite of mine.