tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post6722864206484299182..comments2023-11-30T06:32:59.453-06:00Comments on Brian Leiter's Nietzsche Blog: Was Nietzsche Left-Handed?Brian Leiterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08749548844483929392noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-36004442756425827432008-02-22T09:09:00.000-06:002008-02-22T09:09:00.000-06:00His handwriting, I guess, is clearly that of a rig...His handwriting, I guess, is clearly that of a righty.Charlie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15735868132738977520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-17756433880365820272008-02-21T22:51:00.000-06:002008-02-21T22:51:00.000-06:00I forgot to say that left-handed people are left-b...I forgot to say that left-handed people are left-brain dominant, contrary to the popular belief. I came to this conclusion by my own life observations and logic. You could do some personal research on this fascinating subject. Now to try answering the question, look at Nietzsche's eyes in the vid where he sits still in a chair and you will see his "mind" lays more in his right eye, just like the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-17588105220579237942008-02-21T22:04:00.000-06:002008-02-21T22:04:00.000-06:00^^How can they prove it ? Did they say ? But anywa...^^<BR/>How can they prove it ? Did they say ? But anyway, in those days people (not sure for Germans though) were rarely permitting children to write left-handed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-50977294637791766222008-02-21T08:21:00.000-06:002008-02-21T08:21:00.000-06:00I have finally received an authoritative answer fr...I have finally received an authoritative answer from the Nietzsche Archive in Weimar: Nietzsche was certainly right-handed. The next question is how it came to be so widely believed that he was left-handed.Charlie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15735868132738977520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-51686297428763162902008-01-25T05:57:00.000-06:002008-01-25T05:57:00.000-06:00A little googling of the phrase 'Linkshänder Nietz...A little googling of the phrase 'Linkshänder Nietzsche" yields lots of hits, including the following two articles from German newspapers, both of which claim Nietzsche was left-handed:<BR/><BR/>"Rechts vor Links", 13.08.03<BR/>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<BR/><BR/>"Alles mit links", 04.08.07<BR/>Welt Online<BR/><BR/>If the claim's false, it appears to be a widely held falsehood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-11586593844443973772008-01-23T21:37:00.000-06:002008-01-23T21:37:00.000-06:00An intriguing topic. I don't know the answer, but...An intriguing topic. I don't know the answer, but I'm almost certain the curator at either the Nietzsche Archiv in Weimar or the Nietzsche Haus in Sils Maria (www.nietzschehaus.ch) would know the answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com