Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche - A 30-Minute Summary

Since the dawn of civilization, the world has been gradually becoming a better and better place - or at least that’s what many of us would like to believe. Sure, there are still all sorts of problems, but, overall, society has progressed from the barbarism of the past. We live in one of the least violent eras in history, don’t we? We’re also far more free and equal than previous generations, are we not?
Well, Friedrich Nietzsche would beg to disagree. Writing in the late nineteenth century, the iconoclastic German philosopher thought that most people in the West were suffering from an acute case of dogmatic thinking, which was preventing them from seeing the world as it truly is - a place predicated on violence and inequality.
More than a century later, Nietzsche’s ideas remain as provocative as they were back then. In Beyond Good and Evil, one of his seminal works, he takes aim at many of the moral principles, concepts, and values that many of us still hold dear. In these blinks, we’ll take a look at how he sought to peer beneath the surface of Western thought and expose the myriad prejudices, falsities, and unsavory motivations that he believed to be lurking there.

[@noself1028]

I’m reading Beyond Good and Evil now and find this video very helpful in facilitating my understanding. Thanks for posting!

[@brrrzrrkrr3434]

this was a cool way to prepare myself before reading

[@juvetafrolovaite]

You narrate so good I don't even have to read them 😂 Joking, I might actually read some of these that I find really interesting.

[@sharkeyhaddad2476]

Well done

[@frankonthebeat]

Brilliantly put, definitely aided and helped me in some parts I was not following properly. Thank you!

[@to_3574]

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[@LittleMew133]

Can say i barely understood the original.

[@user-ny1yt6tg1v]

Fasdcinating summary from Korea.

[@davidstone5595]

I was excited to watch but the voices are annoying 😑.
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[@SkogliJotunn]

All the talk of blinks. Leads me to a certain this is ripped, Otherwise known as stolen from blinkest

[@BrennanWayneLuther]

Plagiarism from Blinkist.

[@Commercial_Investments]

Think about this roman men would sleep with children but now it’s bad? Who am to say what they did was wrong with something I do now could be wrong in some time ( I know pedo is bad)

[@mikerx69]

You would know quickly if it was your child

[@Needlestolearn]

@@mikerx69 He's essentially arguing that if good and evil are not objective truths but rather subjective experiences, then we can't judge historical figures based on our current moral values. Instead, our assessment is limited to how their actions would be perceived in today's society. If someone acted similarly today, they might be deemed wrong by prevailing societal norms, but the same actions from the past might not be considered inherently bad. This perspective suggests that good and evil are social constructs shaped by societal norms rather than objective realities.

[@juancmf9634]

@@Needlestolearn Yes, you can judge. You create your own values to judge stuff based on your experiences, despite of what others may think or not. You saying that people should not judge because values are subjective to each period of time is in itself a judgement. And who are you to tell others to not judge because values are subjective and it would be: "wrong"? Or: "bad"?. Why should we care about the values that the people of the future may take upon us?
Judge on the values you create for yourself. For that, I solely reject your opinion