Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption


Came across this today. A lot of posts bring up the issue of "how much is enough?" or "when is audio consumption justified" etc.

Does this Nietzsche aphorism apply to audio buying? You be the judge! 

Friedrich Nietzsche“Danger in riches. — Only he who has spirit ought to have possessions: otherwise possessions are a public danger. For the possessor who does not know how to make use of the free time which his possessions could purchase him will always continue to strive after possessions: this striving will constitute his entertainment, his strategy in his war against boredom. 

Thus in the end the moderate possessions that would suffice the man of spirit are transformed into actual riches – riches which are in fact the glittering product of spiritual dependence and poverty. They only appear quite different from what their wretched origin would lead one to expect because they are able to mask themselves with art and culture: for they are, of course, able to purchase masks. By this means they arouse envy in the poorer and the uncultivated – who at bottom are envying culture and fail to recognize the masks as masks – and gradually prepare a social revolution: for gilded vulgarity and histrionic self-inflation in a supposed ‘enjoyment of culture’ instil into the latter the idea ‘it is only a matter of money’ – whereas, while it is to some extent a matter of money, it is much more a matter of spirit.” 

Nietzsche, Friedrich. 1996. Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits. Cambridge University Press. (p. 283-4, an aphorism no. 310)

I'm pretty sure @mahgister will want to read this one! (Because they speak so artfully about avoiding the diversion that consumption poses to the quest for true aesthetic and acoustic excellence.)

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Fred brilliant but no lady man no alligator shoe and probably virgin. Like guy that say all cable same.

I thoroughly enjoy philosophy & Theology. But I absolutely hate to read philosophers/theologians interpretation  of them because they so often write a full page about something which could have been written more simply & understandable in a paragraph. But I suppose long flowery descriptions and esoteric terms help to keep up the appearance of brilliance above the common man. I guess that is his mask of being an authority figure.

But on to my question about this sentence

Only he who has spirit ought to have possessions

What is his definition of spirit?

And sometimes it takes an upgrade to learn whats possible and if its worth it. It's ok to be satisfied with mediocrity, AND it's ok to make an all out assult on the best. If people are envious, it says something about them.

 

You decide how to spend your money and what sacrifices you will make to get to where you want to be. Yes, it is a hoot.