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How Did Nietzsche Not Criticize Religion
Nietzsche does not discuss Religion, he does not discuss biblical precepts, but he read some apostle with a priori points of view?
It is necessary to observe in this point that Nietzsche does not criticize Religion, Christianity; he criticizes the interpretation of Religion, although he cites biblical passages, ironically always, except the analysis of St. Paul, that is extensive. Nietzsche thinks be discoursing about Religion, but he discourses about philosophy all the time, philosophy of Religion. "All is interpretation," he said, and he induces the thinking that philosophy is only a game of interpretations, principally the Religion Compared as discussed in secret societies. "The philosophical ideas are not autonomously evolving, but grow

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