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Re:Nietzsche on Solitude by ionised on Monday August 17, 2015 @11:55AM (#10073839)
> The traditional christian teaching is that solitude is bad. Man is a social animal and can only properly develop joined to family and community and church, fulfilling duties and obligations to each.

I wouldn't ascribe too much significance or meaning to 'Christian' teaching. It has no basis in science or empiricism.

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Re:Nietzsche on Solitude by wsc981 on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:56PM (#10074379)
And actually some quite important founders of Christianity (Jesus, Joseph) spent some time alone, in the desert and I don't think it's pictured as a 'bad' thing in the bible.
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Re:Nietzsche on Solitude by a8da6b0c91d on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:28PM (#10074149)
Whereas the grandparent post and Nietzsche's thoughts are thoroughly empirical...
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Re:Nietzsche on Solitude by ionised on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @04:38AM (#10078103)
Psychology is a science, yes, and it holds that time spent alone is perfectly normal and for a large section of the population absolutely necessary for mental health.
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