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1 day ago · Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ( / ˈniːtʃə, ˈniːtʃi / NEE-chə, NEE-chee, [10] German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] ⓘ or [ˈniːtsʃə]; [11] [12] 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person to hold the ...
2 days ago · Nietzsche’s critique of traditional morality, particularly Christian ethics, continues to provoke discussion about the nature of moral values and their origins. In a pluralistic society, his questioning of absolute moral truths encourages critical reflection on the foundations of ethical systems and the complexities of moral decision-making.
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3 days ago · In this episode of 20 Minute Books, we explore "The Story of Philosophy" by Will Durant. This classic work, first published in 1926, offers a compelling glimpse into the lives and ideas of several seminal Western philosophers, including Plato, Spinoza, Kant, and Nietzsche. Durant intricately weaves the historical contexts, personal histories ...
1 day ago · “The same contrast between ill-health and worship of the healthy body is apparent in D.H. Lawrence, Nietzsche’s major English disciple. All Lawrence’s central concepts are derived from Nietzsche. ‘My great religion,’ he wrote in a famous letter of January 1913, ‘is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect.
5 days ago · Friedrich Nietzsche (1844—1900) and his view at the history : Philosopher protests against the illusion of historicism and idolatry to the facts. There are three histories: Monumental history attempts to find the models in the past to their own satisfaction. Antique history, for example, attempts to reconstruct the past of his native city as ...
5 days ago · Brand writes: “If you can be free from pride, self-pity, self-centeredness, selfishness, jealousy, envy, intolerance, impatience, greed, gluttony, lust, sloth, arrogance, and dishonesty, then there is a state of serenity and connectedness within.”. This Vanity Fair article on Brand and the book is a useful read.
1 day ago · In this chapter I touch upon aesthetic ways of knowing. Aesthetic experience, art, music, poetry, literature, mysticism and religion serve to enhance our understanding of how human beings think and act. Moral, hermeneutic, critical, Indigenous and creative discourses also inform our epistemic base.
