84: Eckermann’s Conversations with Goethe
Nietzsche said of this work that it was “the best German book”. For the last nine years of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s life, Johann Peter Eckermann journaled about their conversations together. Goeth...
6 Feb 20241h 40min
83: Baruch Spinoza’s Geometric Faith
In the tradition of the great theistic philosophers, Baruch Spinoza presents us with a metaphysical vision of the cosmos, as ordered by God. But in sharp contrast with thinkers such as Pascal, Spinoza...
30 Jan 20241h 46min
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26 Jan 202423min
82: Blaise Pascal’s Faithful Calculations
Pascal and Nietzsche are two names of monumental importance in the Western philosophical tradition, but rarely are their names mentioned together. At a glance, there is a wide gulf that separates the ...
23 Jan 20241h 42min
81: Michel de Montaigne - “What Do I Know?”
Nietzsche listed Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) among the best French writers of the Renaissance, and called him a link to classical antiquity. The personal seal of Montaigne read, “What do I know?” ...
16 Jan 20241h 18min
Untimely Reflections #27: Devin Goure & the Nietzschean Left
Devin Goure is a scholar with a background in philosophy, an interest in psychology, mental health & neurodivergence. He holds a PhD in political theory. He's known as Left Nietzschean on X/Twitter: h...
9 Jan 20241h 37min
80: Gilles Deleuze, pt. 2: Becoming-Active
In this second part of our exploration of Deleuze, we go straight into the Deleuzian understanding of ressentiment, and the significance of Nietzsche's distinction between ressentiment and the bad con...
2 Jan 20241h 35min
The Dionysmas Special
Multiple discourses on birth, death & resurrection. Featuring Andrei Georgescu, Vivienne Magdalen, Mynaa Miesnowan. Includes a segment of where my wife and I read Youtube comments. Here's to another y...
23 Des 20232h 12min
