Comments on: Justice Scalia: American Nietzsche

By: Bill Stouffer

June 29, 2012, 9:00 am

I still don’t see any concrete connection between Scalia and Nietzsche, either in your comment or in Corey Robin’s original piece. Is there evidence that Scalia was influenced by Nietzsche? If it is...

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By: jonnybutter

June 29, 2012, 10:37 am

I still don’t see any concrete connection between Scalia and Nietzsche, either in your comment or in Corey Robin’s original piece. Not sure what a ‘concrete connection’ is here. Since they lived in...

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By: Bill Stouffer

June 29, 2012, 11:03 am

By concrete influence, I mean did Scalia read Nietzsche or better yet quote him approvingly. I don’t know, but I have seen no evidence here. They may well both be “reactionaries” but the claim in this...

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By: jonnybutter

June 29, 2012, 11:34 am

Why does it matter if Scalia did or didn’t read FN? ‘Family resemblance’ is vague. The only claim in the post, in fact, is the one you concede to – that they are both reactionaries in the particular,...

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By: Nino! Now Playing at the Schubert Theater « Corey Robin

June 29, 2012, 12:39 pm

[…] Act Two: American Nietzsche […]

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By: doloyeung

June 29, 2012, 3:16 pm

The source of Scalia’s mirth is not in the least mystifying to me. In PGA v Martin you have a court that first demonstrates a spectacular inability to understand what a professional golfer is then...

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By: Cay Borduin

June 30, 2012, 6:27 pm

I had similar thoughts about Scalia’s intellectual depth while reading this. (Okay, everything I have read about Scalia makes me suspicious of his intellectual depth.) He seems to be responding to his...

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By: jonnybutter

July 1, 2012, 6:13 am

He lies, he’s dishonest, and he misrepresents — and that’s in his opinions. And this makes him stupid? It’s but one of the things which makes him an asshole for sure, but stupid? This formulation...

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