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Just because he writes optimistically doesn't mean he felt optimistic. He might have been trying to make himself into an optimist with his fantasy of the Superman, which he was not himself.
he's was an escapist - worse than most he criticises for the same. like an ascetic, he threw himself into his writing to escape the world. his personal life was pathetic, but he tries to boost his ego by transforming himself into an intellectual legend and shitting on others. he was full of resentment! he fails to see his aesthetic imaginations and emotions generally as escape behaviour (interestingly, Sartre doesn't make the same mistake). his enthusiasm is not convincing at all. he was a loser. but being a loser, he also knew what losers were like, so his critique is insightful.
@@johnmiller7453 aside from philosophy, why all the hate? There is nothing wrong with escapism and asceticism. Every individual when he feels a bit down or underwhelmed will depend on art to feel better. Therefore it is nothing shameful. Being a person so profound and deep like Nietzsche will inevitably struggle socially and mentally, for which highly intelligent people are scarce, especially nowadays. Nietzsche had the inner will and intention to enchant and help people lead a better life, not to shit on them or be condescending or arrogant or to insult them.
Lmao he was definitely a pessimist , “the dark subjects” were in fact his “response” to the world, he didnt have a positive response to dark subjects rather he had dark responses to the world , and the reason u see optimism is because he wants u to see it or else theres no point in reading his work if there are no desirable solutions or outcomes, he knew his writings wouldnt be helpful without him figuring out a way to deal w the dark shit and just like ths vid explains nietzsche gets us and himself to overcome nihilism with the ‘ideal humans’ and ubermench he talks about which is basically the same result as being optimistic
How can one person be so far from the point of Nietzsche and so well-liked. History says that Nietzsche went mad after seeing a horse being beaten, but I think that it was just the final straw. The innumerable straws prior were caused by well-meaning idiots like yourself, no offense.
I watched this series almost a year ago and it has been an eye opener. It opened my mind to many ideas I had never before heard of, and set me on the path to becoming who I am meant to be. I believe my mental state is now much better than it otherwise would have been in part due to this series on Nietzsche. Thank you for making this series, as well as your other videos.
This was an excellent and edifying introduction to Nietzche’s philosophy. I have recently become a student of Nietzche. The more I read and reread his works the more utterly profound I find his incites to be. His affirmation of life is a truly rapturous point of view. Before I started my study of Nietzche, of which I am yet a novice, I could not have predicted how penetrating and profoundly applicable his philosophy would be. Overcoming depression, or Nihilism as Nietzche would call it, has been a persistent obstacle in my own life and reflection on Nietzche’s solution to the problem of suffering has been my greatest antidepressant.
I absolutely adore this channel! I’ve been reading the works of Nietzsche for the last 2 years. No other writer has effected me like him. He has taught me to plumb the the depths of my psyche fearlessly and to have the boldness to transcend all conventional values. Nietzsche books couldn’t be more applicable than they are now. He admonishes us to strive for individuality at all costs. To organize the chaos within us. To sublimate the “evil” and challenge the “good.” To pursue individuation as Jung would say.
I think many people mistake morality with empathy, morality is a set way of thinking and living which Is determined by an individual's surroundings and the views and judgement of the people in their society. Empathy is an innate emotion present in most humans which allows them to understand others suffering. That is the key problem with Nietzsche he never seperates the failings of the herd morality from ones individual sense of empathy and drive to help others. This can sometimes lead to Nietzsche's work being used and interpreted by those who lack empathy as a justification for their own perspective and mistreatment of others. For example it is well known that Hitler and many other Nazi officials read Nietzsche's work though I have very little doubt that Nietzsche would not have approved of his work being a influencing such a callous ideology especially given his hatred of conformity and herd morality which we're prominent in nazi Germany
One of his main goals was to figure out how men could develop societal morality without the Bible/God. Some believe this contributed to his insanity at the end of his life (along with the syphilis that is).
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Hence the warning at the very beginning of the video.
Empathy is seminal, vital, and elemental to morality. While it is an apodictic truth that the concept of empathy and morality can be distinguished, they are interconnected and thus I cannot concede with what appears to be an objection to Nietzsche's perspectivism.
Claiming Nietzsche to be a nazi is one of the most ludicrous things you can do, especially seeing as he had an immense hatred of antisemites, and wrote a lot of nonsense about his quest to vanquish antisemitism in the letters that revealed his insanity
@@grarglejobber7941 Hitler was a simpleton - he couldn't distinguish between his own impotence and quest for "power". There are many clowns like him throughout history. He achieved nothing. Absolutely zero.
I believe they say, "life does not happen to you; life happens for you." I know that is hardly solace but if we can learn to extricate ourselves from our experiences, then half the battle is won.
Thank you for making these. The end was WOW! So many connections within myself. I will vow to fight all my fears! I am so glad I never pulled the trigger!
@Riddickk No yeah, I agree. It's a shame that other races for some reason can't enjoy ideas. It's also crazy that just mentioning the term "white people" automatically seems like you're attacking whites. Crazy topsy turvy world of ours
@@grarglejobber7941 Some people are just either not interested, want to destroy something, or they don't care. It is what it is. Just control what you can do and how you feel about it.
@@shawnmarcum8078 I think along the same lines at times, but then the thought of "this is weakness that will only serve to hasten the decline of The West" always follows it. So I put my shopping carts into the bin and wait for the call for all good men to sound. It's the best I can figure out ftm
I like Nietzsche because my subconscious does. But he is also poetic. I really enjoy reading him. Best therapy in the world when alone.... A (one) or a few hobbies!!!!! --Hope this benefits someone, all the best!
Innavata90 the problem is you see, as the german philosopher Karl Jaspers said his words can be too poetic as in his meaning and his point is lost during transition to our brain simply because brain pays too much attention to his aestethics and not much to his meaning behind his words.While I do agree that he really does write beautifully,sadly it is an atribute belonging more to poet Nietzche rathen then philosopher Nietzche.It is this contradiction causing so much harm by creating so many misinterpretions of him.And we know what happens when people misinterprete Nietzche and decides to roll with it.
I really appreciate your putting these pieces out there for the potential geniuses on YT. Have listened to Human all too Human and part of beyond good and evil so far. Intermixing you and others breaking down concepts. Thank you
Nietzsche is a beast among beasts 😄 I am addicted to his insightful observations, his eyes were opened and he accepted what he saw rather than wrestle with the reality even when he saw its dark depths
I'm writing an essay on Amor Fati and how it explains the freedom Zarathustra speaks about in "On The Way Of The Creator." Your explanation has been hugely helpful, and interestingly enough, this video was posted on my birthday, 3 years ago! Thank you.
I never studied or listened to Nietzche's philosophy until now. I didn't know it, but I am one of his students. I explain to my family and people that if I had to live this life or universe again, then I would: eternal recurrence. I love the fate I was given: amor fati. With or without God, it doesn't matter to me. I'm free to live this life again and again. I love you all and I love myself at the same time. I don't pray but I do really hope this life plays an infinite number of times.
Literally don’t know how I even first came across this channel, but it started with me watching these videos every awakening while doing my Rubik’s cube in the early hours, to now owning The Will to Power and reading it in its entirety and learning this is what Eye have been trying to tell myself all along.
With limited space these answers will be short. 1. There are no absolute Truths, but only truths limited to one's personal perspective. When one holds a conviction they have falsely believed they have arrived at the Truth. 2. Although he speaks disparagingly against governments and socialism, he was largely apolitical. He thought his philosophical task was above the 'petty' concerns of politics. 3. We can't arrive at the Truth, so no. It is a way of judging whether one is affirming life.
I'd like to point out that the eternal recurrence doctrine is probably the most objective part of Nietzsche's teachings and not merely an artful excercise to attain some liberty of intellect toward becoming a "higher man." Nietzsche logically concluded that if the universe has an "end" it would have resolved itself by now. Since time/change continue he concluded that the universe goes through every possible permutation...repeatedly. And so yes, this life repeats exactly as is, but not until this finite universe on an infinite timeline is again in the exact same arrangement as is necessary for that to occur. Nietzsche likely privately realized the possibility that we might live inumerable variant lives as well in between goes. Also, he did mean literally to accept even this run as it is, for in its repetition, regardless of the iterations between those repetitions, it does, to Nietzsche have an eternal quality. Which is also why Nietzsche despised more fictitious points of view, like as relates to heaven, hell, angels, demons and the like. To Nietzsche, we have a slice of eternity before us in our life, for all the good and bad in it, it is a real experience and should be honored as such. But people instead defame, deflate, and decry their best scientific instruments (their own senses, bodies and minds) and live in timid idealistic dreams of how things should be. Rather than striving for better life experiences here and now as a team (as would be ethically responsible) instead we defer this task to God, science, partisan party politics or some other ideal that is infinitely less tangible than the experiences we are living right now, forever.
I really think alot of his ideas and I struggled to understand it. In fact I miss understand him al the time but great thing about me is that I'm open minded to every explanation to every thing. Im so happy to understand him well this time by your explanation. Thank you so much 🌹
mind-opening indeed! i find this video so enlightening, which is nothing short of brilliant! the parable about the snake and the shepherd was so moving!
Amazing. So many of my University Professors kept spewing: "Nietzsche was a Nihilist". He was nothing of the sort. He overcame it and was so life affirming that even coined the term Amor Fati: Love of Fate
Great video, man! I've been looking for a video that doesn't annoying philosophical jargon and British accents, and is comprehensive. Thanks again!! :))
"and British accents" "I've been looking for a video that doesn't annoying philosophical jargon and British accents, and is comprehensive. Thanks again!! :))" Speak properly you silly fuck.
You may not agree with everything he says, but you can't deny that his approach to philosophy is absolutely insightful. It takes a lot of courage and thought to write as he did.
You speak super-fast! I'm making notes nevertheless. Your series on Nietzsche taught me two new things: 1. how to spell his surname correctly ;) 2. a completely new approach to life! Thanks ;)
I read Him everday for about a year. All his most important concepts from Birth, Geneology, Gay Science, Case for Wagner. All i remember unfortunately are some reflections on Dionysus, Master/ Slave morality, critique of German Nationalism (his repudiation of Wagner), and the Ubermensch.
Right away, it's amazing to see how much the speaker's vocal skills have improved since the making of this video as of '22...lower, stronger. Not to say he's bad in this video.
I have seen several videos on Nietzsche on youtube, and this is by far the best. No other eloquently displays all of the major ideas so well together and so clearly. I do have one critique, and it is a sort of pet peeve...it seems everyone who uses it always takes the "I have laughed at the weaklings" quote from TSZ out of context. That particular one has to do with why it is good to have weakness in one self so you can overcome it.
Right before it, he says "I believe you capable of all evil, therefore I desire the good from you," implying that is not about using your claws, but having claws and having the restraint not to use it; by having the capability of making the wrong choice, but still making the right one.
But what if you just live your life contentedly believing that objective meaning doesn't exist, while managing to find subjective meaning in your own life (not really creating meaning - more like appreciating what life has to offer)? I don't agree that nihilism is something that must be overcome, though I think Nietzsche has some good points
Could you ,please sir , make some videos the misunderstood sophists (specifically protagoras )?They had some great philosophical ideas that should be mentioned. The videos of yours are very coherent and clear.COntinue the great work!
Only through pain can you achieve your greatness! The impure are the untouched, the unburned, the unslain. Those who have not been torn have no value in themselves and no place in this world! They are asleep!!!
The purpose of philosophy is to know joy that isn't fleeting. The herd instinct is a defense mechanism but can be overcome if one comes to understand that conformity is not the path to safety, nor to joy. Solitude may allow a man the freedom to be a higher man but the desire for connection cannot be escaped. Man suffers for lack of connection. Life's meaning is to bring joy to ourselves and those we care for. If we can do those things, we can overcome the suffering that has been incessant.
I started to get interested in Nietzsche's philosophy after watching your great lectures. Thank you! I I just I have a few questions..if I may: 1. You said Nietzsche believed that there is no such thing as absolute truth, so what did he mean when he said :"Enemies of truth.-- Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.(from Nietzsche's Human, all too Human) 2. What were Nietzsche's political views? 3. Did he believe in the literal sense of eternal recurrence? You are the best!
what strange spiritual depths this German mystic had explored, and yet he came out of them with a resounding optimism. These dark experiences would have crushed ordinary mortals
I know I am not the person you want to answer, but 1. I don't think he said there was "no truth" exactly, just no objective truth, only subjective truth. 3. From what I can tell, he was using eternal recurrence as a self-test that people can administer to look at things from another point of view. No idea if he believed it was an actual thing. I remember reading some early philosophers believed the universe was composed of finite pieces called quanta that might rearrange themselves one day.
I don't want to be a psycologist. No way. But I am driven to figure it out. Myself, People, and the World. And I'm sure somehow figuring out all this. Means not figuring it out. Master Everything but also Nothing. Backwards Sense. Thank You for the video. ♡
There are times in which I feel some sort of odd feeling. It seems to be some kind of emptiness, like the feeling which some might feel when having an existential crisis, but without dread or anything else, just emptiness. These feelings tend to last quite a while, but after some sort of "great realization," it seems that I no longer feel this way. It is as though I had fallen into a dark pit and leapt out onto a mountain. No longer in the hole, nor where I had originally been before falling into this hole. I had become a better version of myself. Although this new version of myself was much better than before, it was not the best version. It seems that after leaping atop the mountain, then walking around for a while ("just living and existing"), I fell into another dark hole. From there, I stayed in that hole of despair or whatever it may be for a while, until, again I had some sort of "great realization" and leapt out of it onto another mountain, even higher than the last. I do not believe myself to be this overman or whatever it is, I'm just saying this because it feels relevant and quite similar to the overman and the snake's head. I am not in my darkest moments in this situation and the change which takes place isn't really a massive change. These moments shape my character and seem to help me somehow. In these moments of greatness I became something I feel has been suppressed by my own doing. Perhaps in order to maintain my image around others. I suppose these are my insecurities. I must still work out what exactly this "idea" is. I'm not sure what exactly to call this idea. It is an Idea that I need to know, I do not know what kind of idea it is or what it is for, but something in my mind tells me that this "idea" is imporant. I feel that whatever this idea is, must be related to the feeling of superiorty over others, a feeling I tend not to express *publicly.* It seems that this feeling of superiority is unlike pride, in which someone simply feels superior, but rather, it is a feeling that I ought to prove I am superior to others through actions, that *mostly* appear to be virtuous.
-Just in case, as an extra note I'll add some other things in my life that might be related to this. some time around now, which was a while after I stopped being a communist, I seemed to become more of a centrist. However, I have recently begun develope some sort of new ideological belief, unlike those I had had before. This new belief is one of nationalism, but of a more 'patriotic' sense. This nationalistic feeling has partly been influenced by my own interpretations of the ideals of my own country, the USA. America, I feel, is like a melting pot of cultures that coexist together. I believe that some of the rights given be my country are inalienable and completely final. There might be some contradictory or confusing aspects of this idea of mine, but I may change them later. to me, it seems that many American nationalists are very unamerican, supporting ideologies of out enemies. Not only did the Confederacy lose, but even after it lost, some of its members fought along side their former enemies in the wars that came. Not as confederates, but as Americans. -this is somewhat related to a criticism I have with people who believe the confederacy should be wiped from the history books for being "racist" or whatever, and the people who still believe in this weird confederate state thing. Nazism, in my opinion, regardless of whether it's old or new (neo-), is unamerican. We were not the nazi's allies in World War Two. Nazism already goes against many American ideals. -At this moment, I have lost some motivation to continue typing, so that's where I will end that part of it. Why I don't just delete it... well, I suspect that it might be useful in the future, I may come back and change it later on (I probably will). I suppose I should also say that while I dislike many ideologies, I do not believe they ought to be censored or suppressed. All knowledge, in my opinion, can be of use, no matter or stupid or absurd it may seem. Not only that, but I believe humans have the right to have their own opinions. Be what you want to be so long as you aren't a terrorist. I will most likely add on to this in the future.
'Herd Morality' = Codependence; based on the fear of rejection or abandonment... a spiritual disease as one may find it difficult to allow for their own spiritual connection & expression if they're governed by such an unresolved fear.
I bet Joe Pera could do this voice-over in, oh, I don’t know, 14 or 15 hours. Something to discuss, eh, with the crowd at the Fire Station Breakfast Cook-up next month... 😱😱😱
People who are indoctrinated to believe that Nietzsche’s philosophy is totally negative, nihilistic and un-affirming of life, will probably not be able to see how positive Nietzsche was in his interpretation of life. Positive, but also honest, that life inevitably does have its suffering. It even holds a great resemblance to Christianity/Catholicism in its embrace of suffering as an essential thing in life that will eventually lead to happiness. In Nietzsche’s scenario suffering and happiness take turns in an eternal tug-of-war. (Maybe I could explain what I mean better but this is the best I can do for now.)
Thank you so much for the effort put into this video! Which of Nietzsche's books would be your first suggestion for someone who wants to get into his ideas and philosophy?
If you're planning on reading all his works, I would start with Human, all too Human and The Dawn, then move onto his later works (The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil etc.). That will give you a better understanding of the development of his ideas. I'm also a fan of reading a book which gives an overview of his ideas and then diving into the original works after. The best book on Nietzsche I've read (I've read a lot) is Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of the Soul: A Study of Heroic Individualism. I provided an affiliate link in the top comment if you're interested :)
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Nietzsche was a true optimist. His writings discuss dark subjects, but his response to them is often highly positive.
Just because he writes optimistically doesn't mean he felt optimistic. He might have been trying to make himself into an optimist with his fantasy of the Superman, which he was not himself.
he's was an escapist - worse than most he criticises for the same. like an ascetic, he threw himself into his writing to escape the world.
his personal life was pathetic, but he tries to boost his ego by transforming himself into an intellectual legend and shitting on others. he was full of resentment!
he fails to see his aesthetic imaginations and emotions generally as escape behaviour (interestingly, Sartre doesn't make the same mistake).
his enthusiasm is not convincing at all.
he was a loser.
but being a loser, he also knew what losers were like, so his critique is insightful.
@@AupolNews he threw himself to writing because he was ill most of his life and couldn't live lavishly
@@johnmiller7453 aside from philosophy, why all the hate? There is nothing wrong with escapism and asceticism. Every individual when he feels a bit down or underwhelmed will depend on art to feel better. Therefore it is nothing shameful.
Being a person so profound and deep like Nietzsche will inevitably struggle socially and mentally, for which highly intelligent people are scarce, especially nowadays.
Nietzsche had the inner will and intention to enchant and help people lead a better life, not to shit on them or be condescending or arrogant or to insult them.
Lmao he was definitely a pessimist , “the dark subjects” were in fact his “response” to the world, he didnt have a positive response to dark subjects rather he had dark responses to the world , and the reason u see optimism is because he wants u to see it or else theres no point in reading his work if there are no desirable solutions or outcomes, he knew his writings wouldnt be helpful without him figuring out a way to deal w the dark shit and just like ths vid explains nietzsche gets us and himself to overcome nihilism with the ‘ideal humans’ and ubermench he talks about which is basically the same result as being optimistic
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
One cave leads to another
How can one person be so far from the point of Nietzsche and so well-liked. History says that Nietzsche went mad after seeing a horse being beaten, but I think that it was just the final straw. The innumerable straws prior were caused by well-meaning idiots like yourself, no offense.
@Phi6er ok cool cool
Sooo good to find a place of intellect again...
Fears keep you going into the unknown. Fear is limitations that stop full potential. There are no mistakes only lessons
I watched this series almost a year ago and it has been an eye opener. It opened my mind to many ideas I had never before heard of, and set me on the path to becoming who I am meant to be. I believe my mental state is now much better than it otherwise would have been in part due to this series on Nietzsche.
Thank you for making this series, as well as your other videos.
This was an excellent and edifying introduction to Nietzche’s philosophy. I have recently become a student of Nietzche. The more I read and reread his works the more utterly profound I find his incites to be. His affirmation of life is a truly rapturous point of view. Before I started my study of Nietzche, of which I am yet a novice, I could not have predicted how penetrating and profoundly applicable his philosophy would be. Overcoming depression, or Nihilism as Nietzche would call it, has been a persistent obstacle in my own life and reflection on Nietzche’s solution to the problem of suffering has been my greatest antidepressant.
I absolutely adore this channel! I’ve been reading the works of Nietzsche for the last 2 years. No other writer has effected me like him. He has taught me to plumb the the depths of my psyche fearlessly and to have the boldness to transcend all conventional values. Nietzsche books couldn’t be more applicable than they are now. He admonishes us to strive for individuality at all costs. To organize the chaos within us. To sublimate the “evil” and challenge the “good.” To pursue individuation as Jung would say.
I have been a Nietzschean all along and never knew it. A kindred spirit he is.
I think many people mistake morality with empathy, morality is a set way of thinking and living which Is determined by an individual's surroundings and the views and judgement of the people in their society. Empathy is an innate emotion present in most humans which allows them to understand others suffering. That is the key problem with Nietzsche he never seperates the failings of the herd morality from ones individual sense of empathy and drive to help others. This can sometimes lead to Nietzsche's work being used and interpreted by those who lack empathy as a justification for their own perspective and mistreatment of others. For example it is well known that Hitler and many other Nazi officials read Nietzsche's work though I have very little doubt that Nietzsche would not have approved of his work being a influencing such a callous ideology especially given his hatred of conformity and herd morality which we're prominent in nazi Germany
"Compassion/Empathy is the basis of Morality " - Arthur Schopenhauer
One of his main goals was to figure out how men could develop societal morality without the Bible/God. Some believe this contributed to his insanity at the end of his life (along with the syphilis that is).
Hence the warning at the very beginning of the video.
Empathy is seminal, vital, and elemental to morality. While it is an apodictic truth that the concept of empathy and morality can be distinguished, they are interconnected and thus I cannot concede with what appears to be an objection to Nietzsche's perspectivism.
Claiming Nietzsche to be a nazi is one of the most ludicrous things you can do, especially seeing as he had an immense hatred of antisemites, and wrote a lot of nonsense about his quest to vanquish antisemitism in the letters that revealed his insanity
The greatest man to have ever graced this world.
Nah, Hitler takes that title, but I understand if you disagree. He's at the bottom of many rabbit holes.
@Rad Chad you know nothing.
@@grarglejobber7941 Hitler was a simpleton - he couldn't distinguish between his own impotence and quest for "power". There are many clowns like him throughout history. He achieved nothing. Absolutely zero.
You must be a very wise man to be able to succinctly summerise these concepts so well
One of best introductory videos about Nietzsche. Very well put out.
wow just what i needed to hear right now, gives me a mission to find purpose and beauty out of the crap im going through
Kat tREE how are you doing today?! ( five years later)
I believe they say, "life does not happen to you; life happens for you." I know that is hardly solace but if we can learn to extricate ourselves from our experiences, then half the battle is won.
Did you find it?
Thank you for making these. The end was WOW! So many connections within myself. I will vow to fight all my fears! I am so glad I never pulled the trigger!
Nietzsche blows my mind...
I'll take "phrases which only white people utter" for $1000, Alex."
@Riddickk No yeah, I agree. It's a shame that other races for some reason can't enjoy ideas. It's also crazy that just mentioning the term "white people" automatically seems like you're attacking whites. Crazy topsy turvy world of ours
@@grarglejobber7941 Some people are just either not interested, want to destroy something, or they don't care. It is what it is. Just control what you can do and how you feel about it.
@@shawnmarcum8078 I think along the same lines at times, but then the thought of "this is weakness that will only serve to hasten the decline of The West" always follows it. So I put my shopping carts into the bin and wait for the call for all good men to sound. It's the best I can figure out ftm
I like Nietzsche because my subconscious does. But he is also poetic. I really enjoy reading him. Best therapy in the world when alone.... A (one) or a few hobbies!!!!! --Hope this benefits someone, all the best!
Thank you for this!!! I've never been able to articulate so simply and accurately why I love Nietzsche but you did it!
Innavata90 the problem is you see, as the german philosopher Karl Jaspers said his words can be too poetic as in his meaning and his point is lost during transition to our brain simply because brain pays too much attention to his aestethics and not much to his meaning behind his words.While I do agree that he really does write beautifully,sadly it is an atribute belonging more to poet Nietzche rathen then philosopher Nietzche.It is this contradiction causing so much harm by creating so many misinterpretions of him.And we know what happens when people misinterprete Nietzche and decides to roll with it.
Read the new testament.
Why? It's contradictory gibberish.
yes! best therapy indeed for a life affirming experience!
Ahh... my brain feels goooooooood
im gay
The hell
I really appreciate your putting these pieces out there for the potential geniuses on YT. Have listened to Human all too Human and part of beyond good and evil so far. Intermixing you and others breaking down concepts. Thank you
That is perhaps the most
challenging above most
challenges in life--
to become enlightened--
to overcome oneself.
With joy,without hate.
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I am that which must always overcome itself.
Nietzsche is a beast among beasts 😄 I am addicted to his insightful observations, his eyes were opened and he accepted what he saw rather than wrestle with the reality even when he saw its dark depths
I'm writing an essay on Amor Fati and how it explains the freedom Zarathustra speaks about in "On The Way Of The Creator." Your explanation has been hugely helpful, and interestingly enough, this video was posted on my birthday, 3 years ago!
Thank you.
I never studied or listened to Nietzche's philosophy until now. I didn't know it, but I am one of his students. I explain to my family and people that if I had to live this life or universe again, then I would: eternal recurrence. I love the fate I was given: amor fati. With or without God, it doesn't matter to me. I'm free to live this life again and again. I love you all and I love myself at the same time. I don't pray but I do really hope this life plays an infinite number of times.
Literally don’t know how I even first came across this channel, but it started with me watching these videos every awakening while doing my Rubik’s cube in the early hours, to now owning The Will to Power and reading it in its entirety and learning this is what Eye have been trying to tell myself all along.
With limited space these answers will be short.
1. There are no absolute Truths, but only truths limited to one's personal perspective. When one holds a conviction they have falsely believed they have arrived at the Truth.
2. Although he speaks disparagingly against governments and socialism, he was largely apolitical. He thought his philosophical task was above the 'petty' concerns of politics.
3. We can't arrive at the Truth, so no. It is a way of judging whether one is affirming life.
So.... Nietzsche was fucking savage basically?
Pretty much.
Haha yee he was dope dawg
Where is the button to give 1000 likes to this video?
I'd like to point out that the eternal recurrence doctrine is probably the most objective part of Nietzsche's teachings and not merely an artful excercise to attain some liberty of intellect toward becoming a "higher man." Nietzsche logically concluded that if the universe has an "end" it would have resolved itself by now. Since time/change continue he concluded that the universe goes through every possible permutation...repeatedly. And so yes, this life repeats exactly as is, but not until this finite universe on an infinite timeline is again in the exact same arrangement as is necessary for that to occur. Nietzsche likely privately realized the possibility that we might live inumerable variant lives as well in between goes. Also, he did mean literally to accept even this run as it is, for in its repetition, regardless of the iterations between those repetitions, it does, to Nietzsche have an eternal quality. Which is also why Nietzsche despised more fictitious points of view, like as relates to heaven, hell, angels, demons and the like. To Nietzsche, we have a slice of eternity before us in our life, for all the good and bad in it, it is a real experience and should be honored as such. But people instead defame, deflate, and decry their best scientific instruments (their own senses, bodies and minds) and live in timid idealistic dreams of how things should be. Rather than striving for better life experiences here and now as a team (as would be ethically responsible) instead we defer this task to God, science, partisan party politics or some other ideal that is infinitely less tangible than the experiences we are living right now, forever.
Excellent summation!
Nietzche as an modernist writer in the views expressed in parable of the madman??
You contradict yourself, for even the deluded must lead life exactly as they should. No more, no less.
I really think alot of his ideas and I struggled to understand it. In fact I miss understand him al the time but great thing about me is that I'm open minded to every explanation to every thing. Im so happy to understand him well this time by your explanation. Thank you so much 🌹
mind-opening indeed! i find this video so enlightening, which is nothing short of brilliant! the parable about the snake and the shepherd was so moving!
Amazing. So many of my University Professors kept spewing: "Nietzsche was a Nihilist". He was nothing of the sort. He overcame it and was so life affirming that even coined the term Amor Fati: Love of Fate
He didn't coin the term, the Greek/Roman Stoics already used it in a similar way.
I like how by saying you are writing for the "upper reader" the reader immediatly gets a sense of self importance/ narcissism.
This is a great video, it realy helped me to understand him better, thanks!
Oh yeah yeah
I think this is the best Nietzsche video!
I am affirmed and blown away. As someone who stays away from anything classical, I have been enlightened(pun intended)
Great video, man! I've been looking for a video that doesn't annoying philosophical jargon and British accents, and is comprehensive. Thanks again!! :))
Thanks, glad you liked it!
academyofideas thanks for the vid man, fantastic!
***** are you referring to alan watts haha
Carter Mermer lmao
"and British accents"
"I've been looking for a video that doesn't annoying philosophical jargon and British accents, and is comprehensive. Thanks again!! :))"
Speak properly you silly fuck.
I think most of my best friends lived many years ago.
Me too... Senna, Holbach, Carl Sagan, Christopher Hitchens... And now, Nietzsche. There are more.
There are real friends out there waiting on you, don’t give up in searching.
you could become one too
Nietzsche was a true stoic. Free of toxic positivity. Firmly based on reality.
He actively disliked the stoic greatly
he was an existentialist, not a stoic
I think this series of lectures is the most Nietzschean interpretation of Nietzsche on RUclips.
You may not agree with everything he says, but you can't deny that his approach to philosophy is absolutely insightful. It takes a lot of courage and thought to write as he did.
excellent video! really captured how ambiguous Nietzsche's writing are but also informed on what are his most recurring themes and ideas
You speak super-fast! I'm making notes nevertheless. Your series on Nietzsche taught me two new things:
1. how to spell his surname correctly ;)
2. a completely new approach to life!
Thanks ;)
Press the gear button under the video and there you can set the speed slower or faster, as you like it
This made me cry in the best way.
I read Him everday for about a year. All his most important concepts from Birth, Geneology, Gay Science, Case for Wagner. All i remember unfortunately are some reflections on Dionysus, Master/ Slave morality, critique of German Nationalism (his repudiation of Wagner), and the Ubermensch.
I found this summary very useful.
An ecellent presentation of the thoughts of Nietzsche. Thank you
Right away, it's amazing to see how much the speaker's vocal skills have improved since the making of this video as of '22...lower, stronger. Not to say he's bad in this video.
41 seconds into the video and my mind's already blown
Thank you Jordan Peterson for leading me to Nietzsche and Jung.
`Was that life ?' I want to say to death.
`Well then!
Once more man!'
Shotgun!
I have seen several videos on Nietzsche on youtube, and this is by far the best. No other eloquently displays all of the major ideas so well together and so clearly. I do have one critique, and it is a sort of pet peeve...it seems everyone who uses it always takes the "I have laughed at the weaklings" quote from TSZ out of context. That particular one has to do with why it is good to have weakness in one self so you can overcome it.
Right before it, he says "I believe you capable of all evil, therefore I desire the good from you," implying that is not about using your claws, but having claws and having the restraint not to use it; by having the capability of making the wrong choice, but still making the right one.
Don’t kid yourself we are all weak to his standards.
Rise out of your pond of mediocrity.. Rise above all what came before you.
Thank you for introducing me too Nietzsche
I like how he didn't like nihilists and believed we each have a responsibility to find meaning in our own lives. Very very um cool
But what if you just live your life contentedly believing that objective meaning doesn't exist, while managing to find subjective meaning in your own life (not really creating meaning - more like appreciating what life has to offer)? I don't agree that nihilism is something that must be overcome, though I think Nietzsche has some good points
I secretly think he wrote for me.😂😂😂
This is such a great crash course. Thank you.
I like these videos ive been watching them from time to time
Could you ,please sir , make some videos the misunderstood sophists (specifically protagoras )?They had some great philosophical ideas that should be mentioned. The videos of yours are very coherent and clear.COntinue the great work!
thanks for the transcript, its very useful!
no transcripts in some lectures. will you make it more? :D
Best thing on RUclips.
Only through pain can you achieve your greatness!
The impure are the untouched, the unburned, the unslain.
Those who have not been torn have no value in themselves and no place in this world!
They are asleep!!!
Best Nietzsche video on yt!
Bringing Nietzsche to consciousness; great nuance, speculation may breed through the spots of!
The purpose of philosophy is to know joy that isn't fleeting.
The herd instinct is a defense mechanism but can be overcome if one comes to understand that conformity is not the path to safety, nor to joy.
Solitude may allow a man the freedom to be a higher man but the desire for connection cannot be escaped. Man suffers for lack of connection.
Life's meaning is to bring joy to ourselves and those we care for. If we can do those things, we can overcome the suffering that has been incessant.
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL! Thank you for making this information so available, organized, and well-presented. Question: Any female philosophers?
Frederick Nietzsche is deep!!!👍👏👏👏🙏🌎✌
MR READER. YOU ARE GREAT> ONE OF THE BEST. A MASTER> UP THERE> Nietschze would be very proud. AMOR PARA NOS
Madoka Magica brought me here and I'm also writing a test from social science on monday so this was a very useful explanation, thank you. :)
This was very helpful. Good video. Great explanations.
I started to get interested in Nietzsche's philosophy after watching your great lectures. Thank you! I I just I have a few questions..if I may:
1. You said Nietzsche believed that there is no such thing as absolute truth, so what did he mean when he said :"Enemies of truth.-- Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.(from Nietzsche's Human, all too Human)
2. What were Nietzsche's political views?
3. Did he believe in the literal sense of eternal recurrence?
You are the best!
VERY good video!
Excellent video. Very informative. By the way, are you Canadian?
+James2758433 yes, how could you tell :)
your pronunciation of "out" gave you away
Wow, such a beautiful introduction
So hilarious. The shepherd and the snake. It’s just so funny.
what strange spiritual depths this German mystic had explored, and yet he came out of them with a resounding optimism. These dark experiences would have crushed ordinary mortals
Your channel is the best! thanks
I know I am not the person you want to answer, but
1. I don't think he said there was "no truth" exactly, just no objective truth, only subjective truth.
3. From what I can tell, he was using eternal recurrence as a self-test that people can administer to look at things from another point of view. No idea if he believed it was an actual thing.
I remember reading some early philosophers believed the universe was composed of finite pieces called quanta that might rearrange themselves one day.
I don't want to be a psycologist. No way. But I am driven to figure it out. Myself, People, and the World. And I'm sure somehow figuring out all this. Means not figuring it out. Master Everything but also Nothing. Backwards Sense. Thank You for the video. ♡
Story of my life.
Fantastic introduction, thanks!!
In trying to become the hero of our own lives we often become the antihero. Witness Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment".
This video is very well done. Thanks.
There are times in which I feel some sort of odd feeling. It seems to be some kind of emptiness, like the feeling which some might feel when having an existential crisis, but without dread or anything else, just emptiness.
These feelings tend to last quite a while, but after some sort of "great realization," it seems that I no longer feel this way. It is as though I had fallen into a dark pit and leapt out onto a mountain. No longer in the hole, nor where I had originally been before falling into this hole.
I had become a better version of myself. Although this new version of myself was much better than before, it was not the best version.
It seems that after leaping atop the mountain, then walking around for a while ("just living and existing"), I fell into another dark hole. From there, I stayed in that hole of despair or whatever it may be for a while, until, again I had some sort of "great realization" and leapt out of it onto another mountain, even higher than the last.
I do not believe myself to be this overman or whatever it is, I'm just saying this because it feels relevant and quite similar to the overman and the snake's head.
I am not in my darkest moments in this situation and the change which takes place isn't really a massive change.
These moments shape my character and seem to help me somehow.
In these moments of greatness I became something I feel has been suppressed by my own doing.
Perhaps in order to maintain my image around others. I suppose these are my insecurities.
I must still work out what exactly this "idea" is. I'm not sure what exactly to call this idea. It is an Idea that I need to know, I do not know what kind of idea it is or what it is for, but something in my mind tells me that this "idea" is imporant.
I feel that whatever this idea is, must be related to the feeling of superiorty over others, a feeling I tend not to express *publicly.* It seems that this feeling of superiority is unlike pride, in which someone simply feels superior, but rather, it is a feeling that I ought to prove I am superior to others through actions, that *mostly* appear to be virtuous.
-Just in case, as an extra note I'll add some other things in my life that might be related to this.
some time around now, which was a while after I stopped being a communist, I seemed to become more of a centrist. However, I have recently begun develope some sort of new ideological belief, unlike those I had had before. This new belief is one of nationalism, but of a more 'patriotic' sense.
This nationalistic feeling has partly been influenced by my own interpretations of the ideals of my own country, the USA.
America, I feel, is like a melting pot of cultures that coexist together. I believe that some of the rights given be my country are inalienable and completely final.
There might be some contradictory or confusing aspects of this idea of mine, but I may change them later.
to me, it seems that many American nationalists are very unamerican, supporting ideologies of out enemies. Not only did the Confederacy lose, but even after it lost, some of its members fought along side their former enemies in the wars that came. Not as confederates, but as Americans. -this is somewhat related to a criticism I have with people who believe the confederacy should be wiped from the history books for being "racist" or whatever, and the people who still believe in this weird confederate state thing.
Nazism, in my opinion, regardless of whether it's old or new (neo-), is unamerican. We were not the nazi's allies in World War Two. Nazism already goes against many American ideals.
-At this moment, I have lost some motivation to continue typing, so that's where I will end that part of it.
Why I don't just delete it... well, I suspect that it might be useful in the future, I may come back and change it later on (I probably will).
I suppose I should also say that while I dislike many ideologies, I do not believe they ought to be censored or suppressed. All knowledge, in my opinion, can be of use, no matter or stupid or absurd it may seem.
Not only that, but I believe humans have the right to have their own opinions.
Be what you want to be so long as you aren't a terrorist.
I will most likely add on to this in the future.
'Herd Morality' = Codependence; based on the fear of rejection or abandonment... a spiritual disease as one may find it difficult to allow for their own spiritual connection & expression if they're governed by such an unresolved fear.
I bet Joe Pera could do this voice-over in, oh, I don’t know, 14 or 15 hours. Something to discuss, eh, with the crowd at the Fire Station Breakfast Cook-up next month...
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Im trying to be motivated.
WOW! This was pretty good. Now I see why Jim Morrison of "The Doors" was a huge Nietzsche fan and avid reader.
Nietzsche is so penetrating - his philosophy is pretty devastating to the Herd's comfort in ignorance.
We must abandon our search for the meaning of life, and redirect our efforts toward creating the meaning of life!
Great man.... Loved it
Great presentation! Good job!
People who are indoctrinated to believe that Nietzsche’s philosophy is totally negative, nihilistic
and un-affirming of life, will probably not be able to see how positive Nietzsche was in his interpretation of life. Positive, but also honest, that life inevitably does have its suffering. It even holds a great resemblance to Christianity/Catholicism in its embrace of suffering as an essential thing in life that will eventually lead to happiness. In Nietzsche’s scenario suffering and happiness take turns in an eternal tug-of-war. (Maybe I could explain what I mean better but this is the best I can do for now.)
I am startled!
Simply marvellous!
Man’s really brought out the prezi
It's a state of mind😊
“To Live is to Suffer and vice versa!” Now there are Degrees to this and that is what confuses the individual.
Thank you so much for the effort put into this video!
Which of Nietzsche's books would be your first suggestion for someone who wants to get into his ideas and philosophy?
If you're planning on reading all his works, I would start with Human, all too Human and The Dawn, then move onto his later works (The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil etc.). That will give you a better understanding of the development of his ideas.
I'm also a fan of reading a book which gives an overview of his ideas and then diving into the original works after. The best book on Nietzsche I've read (I've read a lot) is Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of the Soul: A Study of Heroic Individualism. I provided an affiliate link in the top comment if you're interested :)
I am learning so much
Hope you do all Nietzsche's writing.
If there is such a thing as Nietzsche's soul, he must be surprised how many people today have established a cult of Nietzsche.
Maybe he wouldn't. It seems like most of his proponents tend to hold every sentiment in humanity he despised.
So he got right the man of the future, or "overman"