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Timothy Morrison asked this question about The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs:
what exactly does "God is dead" mean, and what exactly is the role of the mad man in this book?
John Muckelbauer To put it more succinctly than others, this phrase and the madman parable are a critique NOT of religion but of atheism. The basic claim here is that …moreTo put it more succinctly than others, this phrase and the madman parable are a critique NOT of religion but of atheism. The basic claim here is that secularized knowledge still contains all manner of Jude-Christian morality and that even the so-called atheists haven’t even begun to realize the far deeper implications of their own atheism.(less)
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The Gay Science
by Friedrich Nietzsche
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