SHEDDING

“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.  As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person ever to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University fo Basel in 1869 at the age of 24. Nietzsche resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life; he completed much of his core writing in the following decade. In 1889, at age 44, he suffered a collapse and afterward a complete loss of his mental faculties. He lived his remaining years in the care of his mother until her death in 1897 and then with his sister Elizabeth Forster-Nietzsche.  Nietzsche died in 1900. Source: Wikipedia

REFLECTION:

  • How much capacity do you have to change your ideas/opinion?
  • Do you have a skin that you have outgrown?
  • What needs to be shed?
  • Are you willing to test ideas, explore your imagination, observe how different perspectives may help you see things differently?
  • Can you shed a wedded personal position?