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@Baba.Chamkega 7 жыл бұрын
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@whatdupdoh 4 жыл бұрын
SW: And the opposite of the lastman is the.. me: The firstma.. Sw: you guessed it, the overman
@chrisangelwalker2830 3 жыл бұрын
Man, you make this stuff so easy to understand! Love it!
@arch7143 5 жыл бұрын
Your random funny bits here and there are just pure..est gold!
@vladimirsolovyov666 4 жыл бұрын
Nietzsche called himself a dragon in one of his books, so I guess he was saying we should slay him too.
@ketherga 4 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@vladkapustiin1390 4 жыл бұрын
what ? is he an idea we need to overcome as well ? if so what kind of idea is he ? does he represents the face of nihilism / the slayer of the gods or is he something else ? i am curious
@markoslavicek 3 жыл бұрын
@@vladkapustiin1390 I'm not familiar with this dragon quote, but I do know two things, both of which can serve as a possible explaination. First one is obvious: he uses the metaphor of a dragon for himself in a completely different context and has nothing to do with the notion of dragon in Zarathustra. For example he also called himself a dynamite, so maybe it meant something in this direction, as if he spits fire on metaphsyics or whatever. Second explaination is a quote of his that a student does a lame service to his teacher if he remains only a student. Meaning we should outgrow our idols, whoever they may be, and become our own leaders, the overmen. But again, I don't know if that's what he was refering to.
@joseguerreroneri18 5 жыл бұрын
Your podcast is beautifully and intellectually insightful.
@Hustlermetalftw 7 жыл бұрын
What a great podcast. Really great for making sense out of the book! Subbed! Thank you!
@francescagteah5299 4 жыл бұрын
glad that I found this wow
@lexcabilte3059 3 жыл бұрын
You’re doing so much good here with your podcasts. Good job! The episodes are definitely the highlight of any of my days
@chrisfeldman92 5 жыл бұрын
I follow you on Spotify... this is my favorite podcast 👌🏻
@DrJ-hx7wv Жыл бұрын
Trying to make nietzsche accessible to everyone is the total negation of his philosophy. He's pounding on his casket lid listening to this.
@garyhome7101 Ай бұрын
And so goes the arguments over free will versus determinism.
@platoniczombie 4 жыл бұрын
Also, the movie Yes Man, with Jim Carrey. It's a pretty good example of a person trying to become the child.
@rodrigodiazcasas384 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe, but it is a "childsh" way of trying to achiving so. There is no way that Nietzsche meant that you cannot say no. In fact, you actually HAVE to say no to institutions to be able to become a child (and continue to say no to them afterwards). For example: in the movie, if anyone invited Jim Carrey to iniciate himself in a cult, he would have had to say YES.
@platoniczombie 3 жыл бұрын
@@rodrigodiazcasas384 well that was the point of the movie. He thought he had to say yes to everything, but, in the end, he realized he didn't but because he did, he was much more open to experiencing many different things he was not open to before. He was learning to say Yes to life, and after taking it to the extreme, became more moderate at the end.
@rodrigodiazcasas384 3 жыл бұрын
@@platoniczombie Didnt remember the end of the movie, actually haha just remembered him saying yes to everything
@platoniczombie 4 жыл бұрын
"Inside of you, you have a seed." All of a sudden he's become Aristotle.
@justinegalano5252 5 жыл бұрын
Veery nice video! Can I get all the quotes that was mentioned in this video with their respective books and sections/chapters? thanks!
@arch7143 5 жыл бұрын
Oh btw that very end.. "He who attains his ideal by that very fact transcends it."
@melissasmind2846 Ай бұрын
Nazis and Nietzche. Stephens. Author loved it. You are witty and so very humble yet brilliant interpretation. Thank you
@smritisahu3945 2 жыл бұрын
Love your podcasts
@mehmetkurhan9876 5 ай бұрын
I just found you and you are amazing 👏
@kali11123 5 жыл бұрын
More Nietzsche videos please!
@slartibartfast2977 2 жыл бұрын
I finally understand the baby at the end of 2001.
@Someone-id3qx 7 жыл бұрын
Oh by the almighty grizzly beard of Zeus!!!! I have finally found truth, and it is PHILOSOPHIZE THIS!👍
@BurnigLegionsBlade Жыл бұрын
After reading this book, it seems so unlikely to me that Nietzsche wasn't influenced by Stirner
@earlyburg Жыл бұрын
A macro lens on a micro tome, still it has some entertainment value. I am mindful of some other philosophical wisdom I read one time which went something like this; "Master, the evil one is devious and false, how therefore is it possible to discern good from evil?" The master replied, "Words are like seeds, they can seem full of potential, but not all seeds grow into good things. You can know evil by it's fruits". The analogy is meant to redirect awareness from the causal to the intentional but I sense that this thread is way too intellectual for that. Thanks for posting. My only hope is that someday when all this information is amalgamated into the MCP that the word "nietzsche" will become synonymous with the universal concept of mental masturbation.
@jeanettetuhi7973 3 жыл бұрын
I 🧡 philosophy
@OKManNoOne 4 жыл бұрын
Can you post whole list as audiobook ?
@n8g496 5 жыл бұрын
Man that was good!
@samudrakonwar3163 2 жыл бұрын
U r the best,sir ❤️🙏
@Akkklog 6 жыл бұрын
excellent comentary sir! well done
@SammyCee23 5 жыл бұрын
Was perhaps Nietzsche the most interesting of all philosophers? And how good actually was his book "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"?
@ketherga 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe, and it's fantastic.
@doitlive1279 4 жыл бұрын
SeouL perhaps good sir
@John-sj6ui 3 жыл бұрын
What trite questions. Especially the second
@arturw5556 6 жыл бұрын
Hey can somebody tell me where i can find the first shows? Thx
@markoslavicek 3 жыл бұрын
Just scroll on channel's video list, Nietzsche series is from the episode 90 onwards.
@Anarcath 5 жыл бұрын
Bravo!!
@majestycrush Жыл бұрын
Starts at 0:39
@givemeyourberries Жыл бұрын
I wish I heard this before I started college in fall of 2018 ;-;
@rejuve50plus59 5 жыл бұрын
How could anyone thumb down this podcast? Got me stuffed!
@FreedomSpirit108 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@razeenislam2174 4 жыл бұрын
You're amazing
@mohameddamba1206 4 жыл бұрын
While trying to be the lion should I refuse to do what Nietzsche is telling me?
@timothymacdonnell9079 Жыл бұрын
This is really good! Thanks
@benrudolph3289 4 жыл бұрын
From my understanding of the Superman, people do not start out as Camels by default, they must choose this. Some people don't carry much, and badly. Just my view. It is generous to say everyone starts as a camel.
@josephsonoftheuniverseahur6976 5 жыл бұрын
Good thoughts. Good words. Good deeds... .....is that not helpful..
@christinemartin63 Жыл бұрын
To paraphrase, "had we but world enough and time, this exploration, Nietzsche, would be sublime." But ... the majority are working class people who must survive in exceedingly oppressive economic times. Trust fund babies can live their lives by trial and error because there is a lovely safety net to catch them if they fail. Mama and sister (then the sanatorium) were Nietzsche's. These utopian ideas sound great on paper.
@gattac900 5 жыл бұрын
Great! Love the podcast topic. But I would love to know why you think the “Superman” ideal-man/person needs to be Gender-Fluid? In comparison to having Supermen- primarily masculine with a health balance of femininity, and Superwoman majority feminine with a balance of masculinity. The union of the two creates the “Ideal Superman” .
@danielmckerracher2435 2 ай бұрын
Gender as understood through philosophy is prescribed and mindlessly accepting the restrictions of ones self performance is a quality of the Camel. The Lion has the idea of being his own man not the "man" prescribed by your given culture.
@Dino_Medici 3 жыл бұрын
“Better to be a dissatisfied Socrates than a satisfied pig in shit”- JS Mill
@ganirintiniano 3 жыл бұрын
5:38 I wouldn't say too much but a matter of Honey's quantities
@ganirintiniano 2 жыл бұрын
@Ray Sedgwick from my interpretation it was TOO MUCH HONEY; He is ripening, and there is HONEY in his veins that thickens his blood and quiets his soul. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Honey Offering Distrust all those who talk much of their justice! Verily, in their souls not only HONEY is lacking. And when they call themselves " Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like a bee that has gathered too much HONEY; I need hands outstretched to take it. He who hath always much-indulged himself, sickeneth at last by his much-indulgence. Praises on what maketh hardy! I do not praise the land where butter and HONEY-flow! Psalm 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth The reason Nietzsche used too
@aikiart3 3 жыл бұрын
Just listened to this podcast for the 3rd time, can anyone explain the difference between the child and the overman?
@merjemkartal5474 9 ай бұрын
A child is metaphorically meant living,growing and exploring what life offers taking risks and not sitting around every day on your couch and convincing yourself you're happy. Only happiness can happen if you are climbing the mountain (exploring) and reaching the end of the moment (view) = happiness. Overmen is hypothetically meant with people that will after 500-1000 years later look like. At the present moment we see chimpanzee monkeys as not intelligent enough (still our ancestors so to say) but later after 1000 years we will be chimpanzee/monkeys to the new generation of "humans" that will perceive us that way too. I hope you understand.
@efegokselkisioglu8218 2 ай бұрын
@@merjemkartal5474so it's transhumanism that has nothing to do with ou generation?
@mohammedhamdan6661 4 жыл бұрын
Including the movies...
@atlanticocean711 3 жыл бұрын
13:50
@benquinneyiii7941 6 ай бұрын
Target acquired
@enzofranco4634 Жыл бұрын
4:10 No existe el bien o el mal 8:20 Ideas adelantadas a su tiempo. 14:00 Hacer lo que los demás esperan de nosotros en lugar de hacer lo que deseamos.
@browntennisball8055 3 жыл бұрын
Is it weird that a lot of my everyday thoughts were this but I couldn't relate much to literally any other philosophy so found them interesting but this is boring cause I think like this everyday lol
@LeventeCzelnai 4 жыл бұрын
The child = PC babies from South Park
@franksu9735 Жыл бұрын
Don't just be a man, be a God .
@craftycri 2 жыл бұрын
A couple of things, 1) Solomon addressed the camel, lion and child in Ecclesiastes mol, and concluded the camel was as good as it gets; work really hard, food tastes better and sleep comes quickly. 2) Essentially Nietzsche is a nihilist, accepting there is no real meaning, adopting subjective or pretended meaning as a means of NOT putting the gun in your mouth which is 3) Occupation, something to do to while away the time till something comes along that does not make you stronger, and kills you. This is 4) the ultimate leveling of all “true world theories”; the void, and it doesn’t matter which one you chose; aka Nihilism
@Dino_Medici 3 жыл бұрын
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@eamonnmorris5331 3 жыл бұрын
If this is truly what Nietzsche is saying, how does he expect to promote a viable society? society needs camels ... and plenty of them! Is this what Zarathustra is arguing against .. don't get me wrong .. I'm all for self-determination/ "don't be a sheep" etc. ... but "no camels"? .. how does that work in real life?
@francogutierrez1793 3 жыл бұрын
Nietzsche didn't say that they shouldn't be camels or something like that, you should just read the book, in that manner you avoid the biases of other people and only have to work through your own there
@amitrofanov82 4 жыл бұрын
I'd call it nice adaptation of Nitzshe to something useful and reasonable. Real Nitzshe was somekind irrational, non-logical. And his ideal of overman was too much egocentric, eager to dominate, and also irrational. And real Nitzshe's ideal is someone who rules over milions of last men. It's cool for many to imagine self in such a role, that's why he was very popular. But philosophically speaking he's rather psychofiction wrtier than philosopher.
@platoniczombie 4 жыл бұрын
Well, I mean Nietzsche actually said he considered Goethe an overman. So, it's not like that. Look at the things Goethe did, and you'll have a good idea.
@amitrofanov82 4 жыл бұрын
@@platoniczombie And also Christ (as a person, not religion) was accepted as overman sometimes. Nitzshe was nor cosequentional enough here. But he claimed that overmen like Christ, Goethe, they had ambitions and egocentric motives. It was theirs way of domination and self-ascention above others.
@laurabaracuhy4842 5 жыл бұрын
This nietzsche guy is a joke
@vladkapustiin1390 4 жыл бұрын
That's an original point of view with loads of hard unbiased criticism with solid references, Took me some time but now i see the light, I'm persuaded and will be fitting my opinion based on what you think starting from today. Long live Laura
@francogutierrez1793 3 жыл бұрын
@@vladkapustiin1390 lmao
@paramsingh6830 5 жыл бұрын
Exceptional book... Pathetic commentary...
@hehnothinpersonalkid5323 5 жыл бұрын
Stuck in camel mode
@smacklover69 4 жыл бұрын
Is this the one where West presents the higher man and overman as interchangeable terms? Is. . . Is that right? I thought the idea was that the higher man sort of paves the way. He apparently doesn't reply and you seem spry and aware .