The Truth is Terrible - Nietzsche's Idea of an Aesthetic Justification for Existence

The Truth is Terrible - Nietzsche's Idea of an Aesthetic Justification for Existence

Brian Leiter discusses the thought of Nietzsche at Davidson College a few years back. The truth is terrible, Nietzsche tells us. There is no God, the universe lacks any ultimate meaning or purpose, and is filled with gratuitous pointless suffering. Our only relief comes with nonexistence upon death. Even the existence of the self, free will, objective value, and absolute truth and knowledge are wholly illusory. All forms & qualities are but mere human conventions, subjective expressions of our competing drives. The unquenchable desire for objectivity is the drive to transcend our finite bodily existence and grab hold of something universal, absolute, unchanging, and God-like. But there simply is none. So it is all too easy to become disillusioned and fall into an abyss of anguish and despair, turning away from existence and the drives, as suggested by the pessimistic philosophy of Schopenhauer. But Nietzsche urges against this turning away from life. For Nietzsche, existence is justified, but only as an aesthetic phenomenon. But what does this mean exactly? Brian Leiter explains. (My Summary)More Nietzsche: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_ySvPE8kzFUkA5aO_cdKmb#philosophy #nietzsche #ethics #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Romantic Revolution in Politics and Morals - Isaiah Berlin (1969)

The Romantic Revolution in Politics and Morals - Isaiah Berlin (1969)

Audio recording of a 1969 lecture by Isaiah Berlin on the romantic revolution in politics and morals at Washington University in St Louis as part of the Assembly lecture series. #philosophy #romantici...

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John Locke's Political Philosophy

John Locke's Political Philosophy

After briefly discussing Thomas Hobbes, Professor Charles Anderson discusses the thought of John Locke. This comes from a course on Political, Economic, & Social Thought given at the University of Wis...

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Hume on the Argument from Design

Hume on the Argument from Design

Michael Levine discusses David Hume on the teleological argument or the argument from design with Alan Saunders in this clip from an episode of the Philosopher's Zone from back in 2011. Michael Levine...

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7 The "Self" and Synthetic Unity of Apperception - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)

7 The "Self" and Synthetic Unity of Apperception - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)

Dan Robinson gives the 7th lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Kant argues that: "The synthetic unity of consciousness is... an objective condition of all knowledge. I...

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Simone de Beauvoir on Existentialism and God (1959)

Simone de Beauvoir on Existentialism and God (1959)

A version of a video from the old channel. This comes from a 1959 interview with Wilfrid Lemoyne from Radio-Canada. The translation is my mine. More Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...

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Examining the Ethics of the Unthinkable: The Holocaust and Bioethics - Arthur Caplan (1989)

Examining the Ethics of the Unthinkable: The Holocaust and Bioethics - Arthur Caplan (1989)

Audio recording of a keynote speech by Professor Arthur L. Caplan at a 1989 conference on the meaning of the Holocaust for bioethics at the University of Minnesota. 00:00 Lecture 52:17 Q&A #philosophy...

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Wittgenstein's Contribution to Philosophy

Wittgenstein's Contribution to Philosophy

Wittgenstein scholar Peter Hacker discusses the life and philosophical thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein in a lecture from a few years back at the Chαbad Society at the University of Oxford. #philosophy ...

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Words and Philosophy - Hugh Mellor (1978)

Words and Philosophy - Hugh Mellor (1978)

Audio recording of a series of six short ratio talks by Hugh Mellor back in 1978 on the use of words in philosophy. Among other things, he dispells the myth that important issues can be settled merely...

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