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73: The Power to Forget
Season 4 Episode 1
Welcome to all free spirits, wanderers, madmen and godless anti-metaphysicians! It is high time to drink from the waters of Lethe, and forget all tha…
2 years, 4 months ago
Wandering Above A Sea of Fog #2
Season 3 Episode 53
Update on my life and the podcast, some random musings and stories. NO EPISODE NEXT WEEK. We’re taking a short break before season 4. Cheers
2 years, 4 months ago
Beyond Good and Evil #15: Conclusion - Struggle Against Platonism (IX.268 - IX.296)
Season 3 Episode 52
Nietzsche concludes the book with the suggestion that cognition itself is “common”, insofar as communicability is more effective the more common the…
2 years, 5 months ago
Beyond Good and Evil #14: The Essence of Life (IX.257 - IX.267)
Season 3 Episode 51
The first half of the final chapter, “What is Noble”. We cover the concepts of the order of rank, pathos of distance, the origins of civilization and…
2 years, 5 months ago
Beyond Good and Evil #13: Fatherlandishness (VIII.240 - VIII.256)
Season 3 Episode 50
This episode covers the entirety of Peoples and Fatherlands, chapter eight of Beyond Good and Evil. Nietzsche considers the character of the Germans,…
2 years, 5 months ago
Beyond Good and Evil #12 (Featuring Vivienne Magdalen): Women (VII.231 - VII.239)
Season 3 Episode 49
A fascinating discussion with someone with an unusual perspective for modern times. Vivienne joins me while we go over the remainder of aphorisms fro…
2 years, 6 months ago
Nietzsche at the Movies: Barbenheimer
Season 3 Episode 48
My unnecessarily long review of the cultural meaning of Barbenheimer.
2 years, 6 months ago
Beyond Good and Evil #11: Immoralist Virtue Ethics (VII.214 - VII.230)
Season 3 Episode 47
This part of the text is a re-evaluation of what morality is, or can be, for the philosopher of the future. Nietzsche is a bit sneaky here, by implyi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Beyond Good and Evil #10: We Scholars (VI.204 - VI.213)
Season 3 Episode 46
Today, we cover the entirety of part six - We Scholars. This chapter is of particular importance for understanding Nietzsche’s reconceptualization of…
2 years, 6 months ago
Beyond Good and Evil #9: Morality as Timidity (V.197 - V.203)
Season 3 Episode 45
Much of the second half of the Natural History of Morals is a meditation on the common morality as one of prudence, stupidity, and fear. In one word:…
2 years, 6 months ago