Some thoughts on Nietzsche and Looking Forward to Freud

I know we are pretty much done with the Nietzsche, but I just wanted to share some final thoughts on it.

Nietzsche says "every concept originates through our equating what is unequal." For me, the small differences between each and every single "leaf" are present, but unimportant as it pertains to how we use them. Eskimos have however many different words for snow because these differences are essential to how the Eskimos use the snow. The differences among these "leaves" or any other objects which we have forgotten the individual differences of are not integral to the functioning of our society. We categorize these individual experiences into more general concepts (language) which allow us to identify and convey to others our needs. We do not need to distinguish among all these individual differences because our generalizations allow us to function in our society.

Maybe not thoughts. Just a thought.=)

One thing that immediately jumped out to me in the Freud reading occurs on page 30 in the last paragraph. "There is no need for me to quote any instances." I was taken aback when I read this and it prompted me to ask why Freud had done this. Was the previous statement so obvious that examples were unnecessary? Did the premises of his argument lead to this conclusion? Or had Freud simply become overly confident in his idea?

Until tommorow.