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  • Friday · 1 hr 7 min

    NIETZSCHE Explained: The Genealogy of Morals (ALL PARTS)

    Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 7:54 First Essay 18:27 Second Essay 32:03 Third Essay On the Genealogy of Morals is considered by many to be Nietzsche's masterpiece. It certainly is one of the more accessible works, as it (largely) lacks the poetry and allegory of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and is not as aphoristic as Beyond Good and Evil. On the Genealogy of Morals consists of three essays which will be tackled each in their own, separate video. The introductory part of the video aims to provide a solid understanding by first asking the question: "What exactly is Nietzsche's genealogical method?" and situating the relevance of the Genealogy in the bigger Nietzschean corpus (namely: the transvaluation of all values and setting humanity up for a philosophy and morality of the future.) The second part tackles the first essay of Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals. Much of it will sound familiar to those who have read Beyond Good and Evil or Daybreak. Nietzsche makes a historical-genealogical (even linguistic) case for the good/bad and good/evil dichotomy. In the third part, we see Nietzsche dive deep into prehistory towards the creation of a morality of custom which leads to man's instinct for cruelty being repressed, and finally, turn inwards. The bad conscience, in this analysis of Nietzsche, is not "the voice of God" as Kant and Christianity claim. Rather, the bad conscience is the paradoxical self-torture and self-pleasure that results from a drive for cruelty which cannot be directed externally and therefore must wreck havoc internally. This is a notoriously difficult essay and it has been somewhat overlooked as a result. With this video, we hope to do it justice. In the fourth and final part, we arrive at the grand conclusion. Nietzsche explores the question: "What do ascetic ideals mean?" Throughout history and throughout different types of men: the artist (Wagner), the philosopher (Schopenhauer), the aesthete (Kant) but most importantly, the priest (Christianity) and the scholar (scientists like Darwin and Copernicus). Nietzsche will argue that a Will to Nothingness underpins the ascetic ideal: it gives meaning to our suffering. Because, as Nietzsche said it at the start: Man would sooner will nothingness, than not will at all. Thank you so much for watching. If you found this video helpful, please consider liking and subscribing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 17 min

    Why Pope Francis Quoted Nietzsche | Faith vs Truth

    Support us on Patreon, get access to exclusive videos: ▶ https://www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT OUR ANALYSES: ▶ Beyond Good and Evil: https://youtu.be/WIHXZUltfqk ▶ The Antichrist: https://youtu.be/qej1Z8Qzq_c ▶ Genealogy of Morals: https://youtu.be/6PUx4cOfFcI ▶ Twilight of the Idols: https://youtu.be/YpVr_NEvWYA ▶ The Will to Power: https://youtu.be/He6ZC7ZFBt8 ▶ Daybreak: https://youtu.be/cOL2z7nuXdA ▶ The Joyful Science: https://youtu.be/U0fTBOJ-C_I In 2013, Pope Francis quoted Friedrich Nietzsche in his first encyclical, Lumen Fidei, a text he completed from a draft by Pope Benedict XVI. This encyclical, part of a trilogy exploring the theological virtues of charity, hope, and faith, cites a letter Nietzsche wrote to his sister Elisabeth, where he contrasts the comfort and peace offered by faith with the bold, uncertain pursuit of truth through philosophy and exploration. By including this quote, the encyclical positions Nietzsche as a representative of modern rationalism, embodying the contemporary challenge to Christianity’s relevance in an era that prioritizes science, reason, and individual inquiry over traditional religious frameworks. The inclusion of Nietzsche underscores a profound tension between two opposing worldviews. The Catholic Church, as articulated in Lumen Fidei, pursues a universal mission to promote the “common good,” seeking to provide moral and spiritual guidance for all. Nietzsche, however, is an elitist thinker who writes for a select few, emphasizing the individual—particularly the Übermensch, or "overman"—who forges new values and transcends conventional morality. In works like Beyond Good and Evil and The Antichrist, Nietzsche explicitly rejects the idea of a shared “common good,” arguing that what is common lacks value and that true greatness lies in the exceptional individual’s ability to create meaning and bend the world to their will. This stark contrast highlights not just a philosophical disagreement but a fundamental difference in purpose: the Church’s inclusive, collective vision versus Nietzsche’s focus on solitary, transformative genius. Lumen Fidei further explores this divide by addressing the nature of truth. The Church advocates for an objective truth rooted in Christian teachings, which it believes can guide humanity universally. Nietzsche, by contrast, questions the very concept of objective truth, viewing it as suspect when applied universally. For him, truth is subjective, tied to the individual’s deepest convictions and creative power, as exemplified by the Übermensch. This perspective is reflected in his admiration for figures like Pontius Pilate, whose skeptical question, “What is truth?” in The Antichrist captures Nietzsche’s disdain for universal claims to truth and his celebration of individual authenticity. Despite his atheism and critique of Christianity, Nietzsche acknowledges the societal role of religion in shaping values and culture, as discussed in texts like On the Genealogy of Morality and Beyond Good and Evil. His famous declaration, “God is dead,” reflects not a personal triumph but a cultural observation about the decline of religious authority in the modern world. Lumen Fidei uses Nietzsche’s ideas to frame the challenges facing Christianity in a rational, post-Enlightenment era, where appeals to biblical authority or traditional teachings no longer hold the unchallenged sway they once did. The encyclical grapples with how Christian faith can still serve the common good in a world increasingly skeptical of absolute truths. Ultimately, the dialogue between Pope Francis and Nietzsche in Lumen Fidei reveals a deeper question about human existence: “How should we live?” For the Catholic Church, this is a universal question, answered through shared faith and objective truth. For Nietzsche, it is an individual pursuit, answered through personal authenticity and t Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 38 min

    NIETZSCHE Explained: DAYBREAK - Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

    OUR RECOMMENDED TRANSLATION: https://amzn.to/3BsOUJT Friedrich Nietzsche’s Daybreak is probably the most underrated canonical work of the famous German philosopher. Overshadowed by Beyond Good and Evil and Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Daybreak offers an overview of Nietzsche’s main ideas in a way you might not have heard about them before. The first part covers the title of the book, Nietzsche’s overarching project, and his love for the empirical presocratic philosophers (Democritus, Heraclitus, Anaximenes, Thales of Miletus) and his distaste for the idealistic philosophy of Plato and his World of Forms. In part two we dive deep into Nietzsche’s so-called assault on morality. Drawing heavily upon German materialism and “morality’s greatest prejudice”, Nietzsche will seek to destroy the moralities of old, moralities informed by false belief in a Hinterwelt. Plato, Kant, Schopenhauer, Christianity: all moral systems will have to meet their end. Nietzsche then challenges us to create a new morality. A morality not built on custom and tradition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 11 min

    Nietzsche's Mistake: Dionysian Art and German Romanticism (Schopenhauer and Wagner)

    In The Joyful Science, we can read how Nietzsche admits to having a made a mistake in his interpretation of the German Romantic movement. We learn that he mischaracterized the source from which this movement sprung: both Arthur Schopenhauer and Richard Wagner, seen as exemplars of Romanticism, were misinterpreted by Nietzsche. What was his mistake exactly? It has something to do with Dionysian art, suffering, and the character of philosophical pessimism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 11 min

    Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Religion - The Pessimism of Christianity (pt. 2)

    This video is part 2 in our series on Schopenhauer’s philosophy of religion. Part one was about his broader philosophy of religion, which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9EVlUJyrQg. In this part, we will zoom in on Schopenhauer’s criticism and evaluation of Christianity and the theological problem of reconciling the Old with the New Testament. The main religious text in Christianity, the Bible, is composed of the Old and the New Testament. The problem is that Schopenhauer sees an optimistic worldview in the Old and a pessimistic worldview in the New Testament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 13 min

    Dostoevsky's Guide to Escaping Hell

    Head to https://squarespace.com/weltgeist to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code WELTGEIST Support us on Patreon, get access to exclusive videos: ▶ https://www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT OUR ANALYSES: ▶ Beyond Good and Evil: https://youtu.be/WIHXZUltfqk ▶ The Antichrist: https://youtu.be/qej1Z8Qzq_c ▶ Genealogy of Morals: https://youtu.be/6PUx4cOfFcI ▶ Twilight of the Idols: https://youtu.be/YpVr_NEvWYA ▶ The Will to Power: https://youtu.be/He6ZC7ZFBt8 ▶ Daybreak: https://youtu.be/cOL2z7nuXdA ▶ The Joyful Science: https://youtu.be/U0fTBOJ-C_I Music used: "Evening Fall - Harp", "Frozen Star", "Gnarling Situation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 40 min

    NIETZSCHE: Will to Power Explained (all parts)

    This video is a deep-dive explanation of one of the most notorious concepts in Western philosophy: Nietzsche's Will to Power. What is the philosophical background, how did it evolve throughout Nietzsche's intellectual career, and how can we look at the concept today? The first part serves as an introduction of sorts. We’ll go over Nietzsche’s intellectual background, most importantly the influence of Schopenhauer and Darwinism. We will also look at the question of interpretation: is the Will to Power a metaphysical principle or simply a human drive or emotion? In the second part we go over Nietzsche's entire body of published work and trace how the concept of the Will to Power evolved throughout Nietzsche's intellectual career and philosophy. We see how Nietzsche first thinks about power in The Joyful Science but how the term was first coined in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and how it gradually becomes an all-encompassing force by the time we get to works such as Beyond Good and Evil, Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ. We will see how the main question in this series, "is the Will to Power a metaphysical force or a materialist or psychological drive?" is not so simple to answer. WATCH our in-depth video on the Will to Power in Beyond Good and Evil here: https://youtu.be/2Ap9lkhHizU In the third and final part of our series on Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of the Will to Power, we look at a modern interpretation (Bernard Reginster's The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism from 2006) to finally settle the question of whether or not the Will to power is a metaphysical concept or not -- turns out we have to take a middle road and figure out what exactly Nietzsche means by "power"... Timestamps: 00:00 Part 1 07:10 Part 2 20:14 Part 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 11 min

    NIETZSCHE: What Is Dionysian Art? (Nietzsche's Mistake pt. 2)

    WATCH part 1: https://youtu.be/l_eMcosHDAc Nietzsche assumed Richard Wagner's music and Arthur Schopenhauer's philosophy were the products of an overflowing vitality, or a surplus of life. However, in the Joyful Science, he changes his mind. It was a mistake to think Wagner and Schopenhauer are a product of exuberance, rather, Wagner and Schopenhauer are a product of a lack of vitality. Most notably in his work The Case of Wagner we find a long polemic that seeks to critique Wagner’s music, and with it, Schopenhauer’s philosophy. If there’s enough interest, we’ll do a separate video on Nietzsche versus Wagner. Comment below if you’re interested. This video is not about criticism. In this follow-up video, we want to look at what kind of art this late Nietzsche considers good. If bad art procedes from a lack of vitality, what kind of art procedes from a surplus of vitality? In the paragraph of the Joyful Science in question, Nietzsche drops four names: “[Art may] proceed from gratitude and love:—art of this origin will always be an art of apotheosis, perhaps dithyrambic, as with Rubens, mocking divinely, as with Hafiz, or clear and kind-hearted as with Goethe, and spreading a Homeric brightness and glory over everything.” --- Music in the video (CC) Canon in D Major by Kevin MacLeod is is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0-licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100301 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 31 min

    Why Death Is Not The End | Schopenhauer

    Support us on Patreon, get access to exclusive videos: ▶ https://www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT OUR ANALYSES: ▶ Beyond Good and Evil: https://youtu.be/WIHXZUltfqk ▶ The Antichrist: https://youtu.be/qej1Z8Qzq_c ▶ Genealogy of Morals: https://youtu.be/6PUx4cOfFcI ▶ Twilight of the Idols: https://youtu.be/YpVr_NEvWYA ▶ The Will to Power: https://youtu.be/He6ZC7ZFBt8 ▶ Daybreak: https://youtu.be/cOL2z7nuXdA ▶ The Joyful Science: https://youtu.be/U0fTBOJ-C_I Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 16 min

    NIETZSCHE: Will to Power and Overcoming Nihilism (part 3)

    WATCH: Part 1: https://youtu.be/0TbxTGwge-4 Part 2: https://youtu.be/S2keARUVGJM In this third and final part of our series on Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of the Will to Power, we look at a modern interpretation (Bernard Reginster's The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism from 2006) to finally settle the question of whether or not the Will to power is a metaphysical concept or not -- turns out we have to take a middle road and figure out what exactly Nietzsche means by "power"... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 19 min

    Why Religion is Fake | Freud

    Head to https://squarespace.com/weltgeist to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code WELTGEIST Support us on Patreon, get access to exclusive videos: ▶ https://www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT OUR ANALYSES: ▶ Beyond Good and Evil: https://youtu.be/WIHXZUltfqk ▶ The Antichrist: https://youtu.be/qej1Z8Qzq_c ▶ Genealogy of Morals: https://youtu.be/6PUx4cOfFcI ▶ Twilight of the Idols: https://youtu.be/YpVr_NEvWYA ▶ The Will to Power: https://youtu.be/He6ZC7ZFBt8 ▶ Daybreak: https://youtu.be/cOL2z7nuXdA ▶ The Joyful Science: https://youtu.be/U0fTBOJ-C_I Sigmund Freud, in works such as The Future of an Illusion and Civilization and Its Discontents, was extremely critical of religion. Calling religions illusions, he maintained that they arise out of a child's need for comfort as it grows up in an increasingly hostile world as it leaves the parental bubble. The desire for the safety of the father ultimately leads to what we would call religions today, often with god(s) as a father figure on central stage. Moving on from the individual to the societal level, religions are illusions that help maintain civilization by encouraging adherents to repress their most violent, primal instincts. Freud believed however, that religions would come to be discarded as their function is fulfilled by other mechanisms, by the advent of science and the further development of reason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 20 min

    Nietzsche's FORGOTTEN Book (part 1)

    WATCH: Schopenhauer Explained: The World as Will and Representation https://youtu.be/f-djIdl8WO4 Friedrich Nietzsche's Daybreak is probably the most underrated canonical work of the famous German philosopher. Overshadowed by Beyond Good and Evil and Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Daybreak offers an overview of Nietzsche's main ideas in a way you might not have heard about them before. This first part covers the title of the book, Nietzsche's overarching project, and his love for the empirical presocratic philosophers (Democritus, Heraclitus, Anaximenes, Thales of Miletus) and his distaste for the idealistic philosophy of Plato and his World of Forms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 7 min

    Reading SCHOPENHAUER: Where to Start?

    Download the cheatsheet: http://weltgeist.tv/schopenhauer WATCH our videos on Schopenhauer's World as Will and Representation here: Part 1: https://youtu.be/i87hX_uznEQ Part 2: https://youtu.be/jAeKylqj-Xg Part 3: https://youtu.be/JamIJ2IQHe8 All parts in one video: https://youtu.be/f-djIdl8WO4 "Where do I start with Schopenhauer?" is a question that comes up a lot. Do you need to read Plato, or Kant? Or even Eastern philosophy? In this video we make a few recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 10 min

    SCHOPENHAUER: Why Having Children is Wrong (Antinatalism)

    Antinatalism is the philosophical belief that assigns a negative value to birth. Antinatalists believe that having children is morally wrong and that one shouldn’t do it. There are a variety of possible ethical arguments to make, but the general tone of the antinatalist position is that existence itself has a negative value. In other words, that it’s better to not exist at all. If non-existence is preferable to existence, then it follows that it’s morally wrong to create new life and doom another being to a life of suffering. This video is not about antinatalism in general. Rather, we’re taking a look at Schopenhauer’s position on this question. There seems to be a great misconception regarding Schopenhauer’s views on procreation. There is this idea that Schopenhauer was not a complete antinatalist. One philosophy magazine, for example, called Schopenhauer a “proto-antinatalist.” While it’s definitely true that Schopenhauer directly influenced those philosophers who are most famously associated with antinatalism today, like Emil Cioran, in this video we want to argue that there is nothing half-baked about Schopenhauer’s antinatalism. In other words, we want to argue that Schopenhauer was a full-fledged antinatalist, even if the term did not exist at the time. The two arguments presented in this video take us to the origin of suffering an Schopenhauer's ethical recommendations. We take some ideas from Arthur Schopenhauer's main work, The World as Will and Rpepresentation, and read between the lines a bit to find out Schopenhauer's reasons for his anti-natalist views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 8 min

    NIETZSCHE: On Madness and Genius

    A short video discussing an interesting section of Nietzsche's early work Daybreak. If you want more Nietzsche philosophy videos, we have entire series dedicated to Beyond Good and Evil, Daybreak, and the Genealogy of Morals. What is the role of the insane and the genius in society? Nietzsche provides an interesting answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 21 min

    Why Did This Painting Offend Christians?

    There's a 10 minute bonus video on this subject on Patreon, available right now. Support us: ▶ https://www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT OUR ANALYSES: ▶ Beyond Good and Evil: https://youtu.be/WIHXZUltfqk ▶ The Antichrist: https://youtu.be/qej1Z8Qzq_c ▶ Genealogy of Morals: https://youtu.be/6PUx4cOfFcI ▶ Twilight of the Idols: https://youtu.be/YpVr_NEvWYA ▶ The Will to Power: https://youtu.be/He6ZC7ZFBt8 ▶ Daybreak: https://youtu.be/cOL2z7nuXdA ▶ The Joyful Science: https://youtu.be/U0fTBOJ-C_I Caspar David Friedrich's Cross in the Mountains might seem like an innocent painting. It is what is says: a cross in the mountains. But it sparked a huge debate culture war in Germany. The painting became the battleground for the so-called Ramdohrstreit, the Ramdohr Battle. The painting was an altarpiece, yet it depicted a landscape. A huge faux pas: landscape painting was considered one of the lowest genres of painting. Totally unfitting for an altarpiece, which should show a historical scene (the crucifixion of Jesus) or an allegory for God (such as the Lamb of God). The painting became a dividing line in a battle for the meaning of art. Neoclassicism versus Romanticism. Should art conform to timeless, objective ideals, or can art also be transformative if it has a strong subjective effect? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 11 min

    Arthur Schopenhauer on Noise (Misophonia)

    DOWNLOAD "ON NOISE" (free): https://weltgeist.tv/noise WATCH: Schopenhauer Explained: The World as Will and Representation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-djIdl8WO4 This is an appreciation video for Schopenhauer's underrated essay "On Noise", part of the Parerga and Paralipomena. We explore and appreciate this grumpy old man's disgust and irritation at all the noise and disturbances of living in the big city. Whips, crying children, barking dogs. Schopenhauer hated it all. But through his irritation and philosophical influence, he did become one of the first modern, Western philosophers to champion animal rights. How? Find out by watching this video, or reading the essay: https://weltgeist.tv/noise . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 17 min

    NIETZSCHE: Will to Power - From Thus Spoke Zarathustra to Beyond Good and Evil (part 2)

    WATCH our in-depth video on the Will to Power in Beyond Good and Evil here: https://youtu.be/2Ap9lkhHizU PART 1: https://youtu.be/0TbxTGwge-4 In this second part we go over Nietzsche's entire body of published work and trace how the concept of the Will to Power evolved throughout Nietzsche's intellectual career and philosophy. We see how Nietzsche first thinks about power in The Joyful Science but how the term was first coined in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and how it gradually becomes an all-encompassing force by the time we get to works such as Beyond Good and Evil, Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ. We will see how the main question in this series, "is the Will to Power a metaphysical force or a materialist or psychological drive?" is not so simple to answer. In the third and final part we will conclude our series by looking at some contemporary interpretations of this notoriously difficult concept. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:35 The Joyful Science 03:22 Thus Spoke Zarathustra 05:38 Beyond Good and Evil 06:57 Twilight of the Idols 08:23 The Anti-Christ 10:15 Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 36 min

    CESARE BORGIA: Nietzsche’s Idol, Machiavelli’s Hero

    Support us & get access to exclusive videos: ▶ https://www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT Videos mentioned: Why Nietzsche Loved the Renaissance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oi4NIYPzmQ OUR ANALYSES: ▶ Beyond Good and Evil: https://youtu.be/WIHXZUltfqk ▶ The Antichrist: https://youtu.be/qej1Z8Qzq_c ▶ Genealogy of Morals: https://youtu.be/6PUx4cOfFcI ▶ Twilight of the Idols: https://youtu.be/YpVr_NEvWYA ▶ The Will to Power: https://youtu.be/He6ZC7ZFBt8 ▶ Daybreak: https://youtu.be/cOL2z7nuXdA ▶ The Joyful Science: https://youtu.be/U0fTBOJ-C_I In The Antichrist, Nietzsche speaks in raving terms about Cesare Borgia, the infamous Italian Renaissance warlord, ruthless conqueror, and, according to Machiavelli, brilliant strategist. Nietzsche admired Cesare for his uncompromising morals, his will to power that saw him carve out his own path in life with no regard for conventional morality. Ruthless, ambitious, and living for the here and now, Cesare is mentioned both in The Antichrist as well as Beyond Good and Evil, with rare Nietzschean praise. He dreams of seeing someone like Cesare Borgia in the papal seat, and in Nietzsche's alternative daydream version of history, that would've spelled the end of Christianity as we know it. A full frontal assault right in the center of the enemy: the most un-Christian man in the most Christian chair. Instead, the Renaissance was destroyed, and Christianity was saved, by none other than Martin Luther. As Nietzsche quipped, he saved Christianity, and destroyed Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Friday · 16 min

    Why Nietzsche Didn't HATE the Stoics (It's Complicated)

    WATCH: Nietzsche Explained: Beyond Good and Evil (all parts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHXZUltfqk Stoicism is becoming increasingly popular as a philosophy of life in the 21st century. Yet, another popular philosopher, Nietzsche, seems to take a big stand against Stoicism most notably in a famous passage in Beyond Good and Evil. The Stoic is accused of hypocrisy, of arguing in circles, and of denying life itself. Yet this is not the whole picture. Aside from the famous passage in Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche is more nuanced in other works, most notably The Gay Science (The Joyous Science) and his little-known work Daybreak. In this video we take a look at Nietzsche's writings on Stoicism. We take a deeper look at a disturbing passage in Epictetus's Enchiridion, and we try to clear the fog a little bit: did Nietzsche hate the Stoics, or not? It will be seen that Nietzsche's view is more nuanced although he does have big problems with the Stoic philosophy. Would Nietzsche prefer Caesar over Marcus Aurelius? Probably. Did he HATE Marcus Aurelius? Probably not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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