146: Extinction (Nietzsche vs Buddhism, pt. 2)
For all that is admirable in Buddhism, Nietzsche fundamentally opposes the movement towards the Last Man that Buddhism not only cannot oppose, but may even help bring forth. Why does the notion of a "...
25 Elo 1h 39min
145: The Religion of Self-Redemption (Nietzsche vs Buddhism, pt. 1)
Welcome back to The Nietzsche Podcast, Season Seven! We're beginning with a two-part episode concerning Nietzsche's view of Buddhism. This episode, we will consider some of the basic teachings of Budd...
18 Elo 1h 53min
Q&A #16
Season seven begins soon! For now, enjoy a selection of fascinating questions.
11 Elo 2h 51min
The Gay Science #25 (V.372-393)
We've finally arrived at the conclusion of The Gay Science. The theme of these final sections is perspectivism - we have opened up a "new infinite", penetrating beyond narrow, limited views of the wor...
4 Elo 1h 51min
The Gay Science #24 (V.364-371)
We incomprehensible ones - how our thought branches in every direction, how willing we are to shed our bark, to grow, to change! In this episode, we discuss, among many other sections, important passa...
28 Heinä 1h 37min
The Gay Science #23 (V.356-363)
In this chapter of our readthrough, we confront "the problem of the actor". Nietzsche predicts that things shall become ever more "artistic" in Europe, as the actor's talent self-falsification becomes...
21 Heinä 2h 21min
The Gay Science #22 (V.348-355)
The grand experiment continues with a series of naturalistic explanations for the origins of ideas or modes of life. The scholar's intellectual habits are inherited "in blood and instinct"; Spinoza's ...
14 Heinä 1h 54min
The Gay Science #21 (V.343-347)
"You tremble, carcass?" After a long hiatus, we shall now fearlessly embark upon book V of The Gay Science, added to the text in 1887. In this final division of the text, we'll see Nietzsche's attempt...
7 Heinä 2h 5min
