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Join us for the newest episode of the Classical Mind on Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel Thus Spake Zarathustra and find out why this is Fr. Wesley's least favorite work. In this episode, we'll explore the key themes and ideas of Thus Spake Zarathustra, including:* The Death of God: What does Nietzsche mean by this provocative statement? How does he see this "death" create both a crisis and an opportunity for humanity?* The Übermensch: Who is it, and how do we become one? What are the qualities and virtues that define this higher state of being?* Eternal Recurrence: This profound concept suggests that our lives will repeat endlessly. How can we embrace this idea and live each moment to the fullest?* The Will to Power: Nietzsche saw this as the fundamental driving force in the universe. How does it manifest in human behavior, and how can we harness it for self-overcoming? Endnotes:Junius: The WatchmenWesley: Prometheus and Alien: CovenantThis is the scene Fr. Wesley alludes to: Get full access to The Classical Mind at www.theclassicalmind.com/subscribe
In this podcast we will understand how we can all become superhuman, according to the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Friedrich Nietzsche lays out the three metamorphoses that the individual must go through to become a Superhuman. He was one of the biggest precursors of existentialism. In his book “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, Nietzsche lays out the three metamorphoses that the individual must go through to become a Superhuman. Using allegorical imagery, he describes the metamorphoses as: 01 - Camel metamorphosis 02 - Lion metamorphosis 03 - Child metamorphosis I hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope these lessons from Friedrich Nietzsche will add value to your life. Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, poet, essayist, and cultural critic. He is considered to be one of the most daring and greatest thinkers of all time. His writings on truth, morality, language, aesthetics, cultural theory, history, nihilism, power, consciousness, and the meaning of existence have exerted an enormous influence on Western philosophy and intellectual history. He was one of the biggest precursors of existentialism, which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent, determining their own development through acts of will. By his famous words “God is dead!”, Nietzsche moved the focus of philosophy from metaphysics to the material world and to the individual as a responsible person for his own life. Friedrich Nietzsche wrote several books like The Birth of a Tragedy, Human, All Too Human, The Dawn, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, Twilight of the Idols, The Will to Power, The Antichrist, and many more. His teachings have shaped the lives of many people; from psychologists to poets, dancers to social revolutionaries.
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The Sunday "Earthchxrch" services remain so fulfilling, the soaring voices with their justice lyrics delivered with the 200 mph wind of recent storms. The choir sings I Go The Mountain and I'm Filled with the Fabulous Unknown from our new album. And we celebrate in this Earth Riot some of our greatest "necessary interruptions": Sister Rosetta Tharp, Elvis Presley and Big Mama Thornton, James Brown and Richard Strauss's Thus Spake Zarathustra. The Earth will rock our world until we don't recognize what we are doing, and then the survivors can begin again.
The danger continues. The big boys are up there messing with mother nature while I'm brushing my teeth in the suburb with no name. And entire towns are disappearing in the downpours and fires... But one person's Nessun Dorma is another person's Screaming Mountain Gopher. One person's Thus Spake Zarathustra is another person's Go Away Bird. The shadow of the final storm sweeps across the land of oppositions...
What will American politics look like after Trump? Sean Illing is joined by Sohrab Ahmari to discuss his new book, Tyranny, Inc. Ahmari is one of the conservative intellectuals trying to map out a post-Trump future for the Republican Party, and his book is an attempt to justify a form of democratic socialism from the right. The two discuss whether his vision could ever be the basis for a broader coalition. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari), author, Tyranny, Inc. References: Tyranny, Inc. by Sohrab Ahmari (Penguin Random House, 2023) American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power by John Galbraith (Routledge, 1993) Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche “Social Democracy and Social Conservatism Aren't Compatible” by Matt McManus (Jacobin, August 2023) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by: Engineer: Patrick Boyd Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: A.M. Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What will American politics look like after Trump? Sean Illing is joined by Sohrab Ahmari to discuss his new book, Tyranny, Inc. Ahmari is one of the conservative intellectuals trying to map out a post-Trump future for the Republican Party, and his book is an attempt to justify a form of democratic socialism from the right. The two discuss whether his vision could ever be the basis for a broader coalition. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari), author, Tyranny, Inc. References: Tyranny, Inc. by Sohrab Ahmari (Penguin Random House, 2023) American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power by John Galbraith (Routledge, 1993) Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche “Social Democracy and Social Conservatism Aren't Compatible” by Matt McManus (Jacobin, August 2023) Enjoyed this episode? Rate The Gray Area ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of The Gray Area by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support The Gray Area by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by: Engineer: Erica Huang Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: A.M. Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Life of NietzscheBorn, 1844 in Röcken, Prussia.Father and both grandfathers clergymen.Father dies, after suffering mental illness, 1848.Leaves theology school, 1865.Physical and mental collapse, 1879.Writes The Antichrist (vitriolic anti-Christian polemic), 1888.Enters state of vegetative insanity, 1889.Dies, probably of syphilis, 1900.Nietzsche's better-known writings:The Birth of Tragedy (1872) Meditations (1873-76)Thus Spake Zarathustra (1878) Beyond Good and Evil (1886) The Antichrist (1888, pub. 1895) The Will to Power (1901, posthumously)"God is Dead"Nietzsche was brought up with/around a certain degree of faith -- which he rejected.No God, no morality.[Note 1: Classical Buddhism correctly understands that moral distinctions are false: there is no God, and category distinctions are empty.][Note 2: Without God, there can be no ultimate meaning, since nothing transcends this life, this world.] Beyond Good and Evil (excerpts, unless otherwise noted)Morality:IV.108. "There is no such thing as a moral phenomenon, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.”291. "The whole of morality is a long, audacious falsification."Insight:146. "He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.”156. "Insanity in individuals is something rare—but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule."175. "One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.”Selfishness: IX.259. "Exploitation is not immoral; it's the will to power, which is life."273. "A man who strives after great things, looks upon every one whom he encounters on his way either as a means of advance, or a delay and hindrance—or as a temporary resting-place. His peculiar lofty BOUNTY to his fellow-men is only possible when he attains his elevation and dominates..."242. “... the democratising of Europe is at the same time an involuntary arrangement for the rearing of TYRANTS..."287. "The noble soul has reverence for itself."265. "At the risk of displeasing innocent ears, I submit that egoism belongs to the essence of a noble soul, I mean the unalterable belief that to a being such as "we," other beings must naturally be in subjection, and have to sacrifice themselves. The noble soul accepts the fact of his egoism without question..."Christ and his teaching:269. "It is possible that under the holy fable and travesty of the life of Jesus there is hidden one of the most painful cases of the love of martyrdom: the martyrdom of the most innocent and most craving heart, that never had enough of any human love, that DEMANDED love, that demanded inexorably and frantically to be loved and nothing else, with terrible outbursts against those who refused him their love; a poor soul... who had to invent hell to send it there those who WOULD NOT love him--and that at last had to invent a God who was entirely love... He who has such sentiments... SEEKS FOR death!...""It is inhuman to bless when one is being cursed.” (See Matt 5:44 and Rom 12:17-21).“Jesus died too soon. He would have repudiated his doctrine if he had lived to my age" (Thus Spake Zarathustra, 1885).“I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, and the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are venomous enough, or secret, or subterranean and small enough—I call it the one immortal blemish on the human race.” (The Antichrist, 1888)Nietzsche on women:“Man shall be trained for war, and woman for the recreation of man: all else is folly.”“The happiness of man is I will. The happiness of woman is He will.”“Thou goest to women? Do not forget thy whip!”“Woman is by nature a snake…”Advocated active sexual lifestyle, though seems to have lived a more or less chaste life.Nietzsche's predictions about the coming century: It will be the bloodiest century yet.A pall of insanity will fall over the human race.His own life seems to embody this second prediction.See Matt 7:20 -- by their fruit we will know them.When considering any philosophy, religion, or viewpoint, ask whether its proponents live by -- or are even able to live by -- its basic tenets.Some tyrants inspired by Nietzsche:Adolf Hitler (Germany): “Nobody can doubt that this world will one day be the scene of dreadful struggles for existence on the part of mankind. In the end the instinct of self-preservation alone will triumph. Before its consuming fire this so-called humanitarianism, which connotes only a mixture of fatuous timidity and self-conceit, will melt away as under the March sunshine. Man has become great through perpetual struggle. In perpetual peace his greatness must decline.” -- Mein KampfHitler sought a philosopher to back up his programPreferably a GermanNietzsche's "will to power" was a perfect fit with the National Socialist programBenito Mussolini (Italy)The fascist despot longed for a return to power and the glory of ancient RomeHitler presented Mussolini with a personal copy of one of Nietzsche's booksHo Chi Minh (Viet Nam)Fidel Castro (Cuba)Idi Amin (Uganda)ConclusionClarity of thought: No morality if there's no God. Nietzsche may be the most consistent atheist.Christians, fight for the truth! The atheist system doesn't work.Authenticity: “Promise me that when I die only my friends shall stand about my coffin, and no inquisitive crowd. See that no priest or anyone else utter falsehoods at my graveside, when I can no longer protect myself; and let me descend into my tomb as an honest pagan.” (1879).Unfortunately, few pagans have the courage to follow their convictions to their logical conclusions. If they did, Christianity would be even more the obvious and only choice for our world.
In this episode Richard and John discuss the first part of Friedrich Nietzsche's most poetic book, Thus Spake Zarathustra and as usual, we ask, what does it say to us today? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-gibbs1/message
In this episode Richard and John discuss the first part of Friedrich Nietzsche's most poetic book, Thus Spake Zarathustra and as usual, we ask, what does it say to us today? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-gibbs1/message
Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None by Friedrich Nietzsche audiobook. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a nineteenth-century German philosopher. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive German language style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. Thus Spake Zarathustra (Also sprach Zarathustra), is a work composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the 'eternal recurrence of the same', the parable on the 'death of God', and the 'prophecy' of the Overman, which were first introduced in The Gay Science. Described by Nietzsche himself as 'the deepest ever written', the book is a dense and esoteric treatise on philosophy and morality, featuring as protagonist a fictionalized Zarathustra. A central irony of the text is that the style of the Bible is used by Nietzsche to present ideas of his which fundamentally oppose Judaeo-Christian morality and tradition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche's opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page. ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra' is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche's books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici's intention, these annotations (where available) are included immediately after the reading. Translated by Thomas Common (1850 - 1919).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche's opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page. ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra' is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche's books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici's intention, these annotations (where available) are included immediately after the reading. Translated by Thomas Common (1850 - 1919).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche's opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page. ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra' is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche's books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici's intention, these annotations (where available) are included immediately after the reading. Translated by Thomas Common (1850 - 1919).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche's opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page. ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra' is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche's books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici's intention, these annotations (where available) are included immediately after the reading. Translated by Thomas Common (1850 - 1919).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche's opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page. ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra' is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche's books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici's intention, these annotations (where available) are included immediately after the reading. Translated by Thomas Common (1850 - 1919).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche's opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page. ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra' is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche's books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici's intention, these annotations (where available) are included immediately after the reading. Translated by Thomas Common (1850 - 1919).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche's opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page. ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra' is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche's books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici's intention, these annotations (where available) are included immediately after the reading. Translated by Thomas Common (1850 - 1919).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche's opus magnum.” However, he warns the reader that since “the book with the most mysterious, startling, or suggestive title, will always stand the best chance of being purchased by those who have no other criteria to guide them in their choice than the aspect of a title-page. ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra' is almost always the first and often the only one of Nietzsche's books that falls into the hands of the uninitiated.” He therefore recommends reading this text alongside some scholarly annotations, which Ludovici gratefully supplies in the volume read here. To keep Ludovici's intention, these annotations (where available) are included immediately after the reading. Translated by Thomas Common (1850 - 1919).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus with Claire Chandler--- Welcome and Introduction On the Logic of Suicide The Greek Myth of Sisyphus Defining Absurdity Upward The Absurdity of Don Juan The Literary Life of Albert Camus Self-Leadership, Alignment, and Orientation for Leaders Atheistic Morality and Its Discontents Fatalism and The Struggle for Hope in a Post-Modern World Cult of Personality and Leadership Impacts Thinking Ourselves Out of Existence Creates Vaccums We Fill With Monsters Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven "My First Thought Was, He Lied in Every Word." The Meaning Crisis in Leadership, In The West, and In The United States The Power of Lucid Indifference Meaning and Evil in the West Poorly Defended by a Small Philosophy Artificial Intelligence to LSD: A Continuum Robert Hartmann and the Nazi Machine The Absurd Man and The Clearing At the End of the Path of Absurdity Trolls, The Dark Triad, and Battling Malignant Narcissists Staying on the Path Close --- The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven The Raven - Tiny Toon Adventures - https://vimeo.com/389628985 Albert Camus Biography – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus Sisyphus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus Episode #61 – The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis – https://share.transistor.fm/s/3f464273 Episode # 31 – Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche - https://share.transistor.fm/s/087311b8 Episode #16 – The Gulag Archipelago/One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn - https://share.transistor.fm/s/f25b509f ---Connect with Claire Chandler at the links below: Claire Chandler Website: https://www.clairechandler.net/ Claire Chandler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairechandlersphr/ --- Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! --- Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/. Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/ Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/ Contact HSCT for more information at 1-833-216-8296 to schedule a full DEMO of LeadingKeys with one of our team members. --- Leadership ToolBox website: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/. Leadership ToolBox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldrshptlbx/. Leadership ToolBox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJvVbIU_bSEflwYpd9lWXuA/. Leadership ToolBox Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldrshptlbx. Leadership ToolBox IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadershiptoolboxus/. Leadership ToolBox FB: https://www.facebook.com/LdrshpTlbx.
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was standing on its head, he should begin reading me in this book. That which is called ‘Idols' on the title-page is simply the old truth that has been believed in hitherto. In plain English, The Twilight of the Idols means that the old truth is on its last legs.”Certain it is that, for a rapid survey of the whole of Nietzsche's doctrine, no book, save perhaps the section entitled “Of Old and New Tables” in Thus Spake Zarathustra, could be of more real value than The Twilight of the Idols. Here Nietzsche is quite at his best. He is ripe for the marvellous feat of the transvaluation of all values. Nowhere is his language – that marvellous weapon which in his hand became at once so supple and so murderous – more forcible and more condensed. Nowhere are his thoughts more profound. But all this does not by any means imply that this book is the easiest of Nietzsche's works. On the contrary, I very much fear that unless the reader is well prepared, not only in Nietzscheism, but also in the habit of grappling with uncommon and elusive problems, a good deal of the contents of this work will tend rather to confuse than to enlighten him in regard to what Nietzsche actually wishes to make clear in these pages. (Excerpt from A. Ludovici's Preface.)Translated by Anthony Mario Ludovici.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was standing on its head, he should begin reading me in this book. That which is called ‘Idols' on the title-page is simply the old truth that has been believed in hitherto. In plain English, The Twilight of the Idols means that the old truth is on its last legs.”Certain it is that, for a rapid survey of the whole of Nietzsche's doctrine, no book, save perhaps the section entitled “Of Old and New Tables” in Thus Spake Zarathustra, could be of more real value than The Twilight of the Idols. Here Nietzsche is quite at his best. He is ripe for the marvellous feat of the transvaluation of all values. Nowhere is his language – that marvellous weapon which in his hand became at once so supple and so murderous – more forcible and more condensed. Nowhere are his thoughts more profound. But all this does not by any means imply that this book is the easiest of Nietzsche's works. On the contrary, I very much fear that unless the reader is well prepared, not only in Nietzscheism, but also in the habit of grappling with uncommon and elusive problems, a good deal of the contents of this work will tend rather to confuse than to enlighten him in regard to what Nietzsche actually wishes to make clear in these pages. (Excerpt from A. Ludovici's Preface.)Translated by Anthony Mario Ludovici.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was standing on its head, he should begin reading me in this book. That which is called ‘Idols' on the title-page is simply the old truth that has been believed in hitherto. In plain English, The Twilight of the Idols means that the old truth is on its last legs.”Certain it is that, for a rapid survey of the whole of Nietzsche's doctrine, no book, save perhaps the section entitled “Of Old and New Tables” in Thus Spake Zarathustra, could be of more real value than The Twilight of the Idols. Here Nietzsche is quite at his best. He is ripe for the marvellous feat of the transvaluation of all values. Nowhere is his language – that marvellous weapon which in his hand became at once so supple and so murderous – more forcible and more condensed. Nowhere are his thoughts more profound. But all this does not by any means imply that this book is the easiest of Nietzsche's works. On the contrary, I very much fear that unless the reader is well prepared, not only in Nietzscheism, but also in the habit of grappling with uncommon and elusive problems, a good deal of the contents of this work will tend rather to confuse than to enlighten him in regard to what Nietzsche actually wishes to make clear in these pages. (Excerpt from A. Ludovici's Preface.)Translated by Anthony Mario Ludovici.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was standing on its head, he should begin reading me in this book. That which is called ‘Idols' on the title-page is simply the old truth that has been believed in hitherto. In plain English, The Twilight of the Idols means that the old truth is on its last legs.”Certain it is that, for a rapid survey of the whole of Nietzsche's doctrine, no book, save perhaps the section entitled “Of Old and New Tables” in Thus Spake Zarathustra, could be of more real value than The Twilight of the Idols. Here Nietzsche is quite at his best. He is ripe for the marvellous feat of the transvaluation of all values. Nowhere is his language – that marvellous weapon which in his hand became at once so supple and so murderous – more forcible and more condensed. Nowhere are his thoughts more profound. But all this does not by any means imply that this book is the easiest of Nietzsche's works. On the contrary, I very much fear that unless the reader is well prepared, not only in Nietzscheism, but also in the habit of grappling with uncommon and elusive problems, a good deal of the contents of this work will tend rather to confuse than to enlighten him in regard to what Nietzsche actually wishes to make clear in these pages. (Excerpt from A. Ludovici's Preface.)Translated by Anthony Mario Ludovici.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was standing on its head, he should begin reading me in this book. That which is called ‘Idols' on the title-page is simply the old truth that has been believed in hitherto. In plain English, The Twilight of the Idols means that the old truth is on its last legs.”Certain it is that, for a rapid survey of the whole of Nietzsche's doctrine, no book, save perhaps the section entitled “Of Old and New Tables” in Thus Spake Zarathustra, could be of more real value than The Twilight of the Idols. Here Nietzsche is quite at his best. He is ripe for the marvellous feat of the transvaluation of all values. Nowhere is his language – that marvellous weapon which in his hand became at once so supple and so murderous – more forcible and more condensed. Nowhere are his thoughts more profound. But all this does not by any means imply that this book is the easiest of Nietzsche's works. On the contrary, I very much fear that unless the reader is well prepared, not only in Nietzscheism, but also in the habit of grappling with uncommon and elusive problems, a good deal of the contents of this work will tend rather to confuse than to enlighten him in regard to what Nietzsche actually wishes to make clear in these pages. (Excerpt from A. Ludovici's Preface.)Translated by Anthony Mario Ludovici.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Translated by Thomas Common (1850 - 1919) Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a nineteenth-century German philosopher. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive German language style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism.Thus Spake Zarathustra (Also sprach Zarathustra), is a work composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Overman, which were first introduced in The Gay Science. Described by Nietzsche himself as "the deepest ever written", the book is a dense and esoteric treatise on philosophy and morality, featuring as protagonist a fictionalized Zarathustra. A central irony of the text is that the style of the Bible is used by Nietzsche to present ideas of his which fundamentally oppose Judaeo-Christian morality and tradition. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/librivox1/support
Higher education appears to be a lost cause. It's shirked its responsibility to teach the classics or even hard skills like, you know, “writing.” Explore the sentence structure of a Berkeley grad, any Berkeley grad, and tell me if you disagree. Twitter anon Athenian Stranger builds projects and hosts spaces to help educate followers on the classic books. In doing so, he provides both EXIT and RETVRN for young people interested in learning about the real history—not the woke revisionist one—of their culture, the Western tradition. In this episode, we dissect four chapters from Thus Spake Zarathustra. If you want to read along with us, here are the chapters in question:* “Of the Friend”* “The Thousand and One Goals”* “Of Old and Young Women”* “Of Great Events”We don't just chat about Nietzsche broadly. We dive deep into each of these chapters, into their nuances, references, and annotations, to discover what Nietzsche truly means. Athenian impressively unpacks each in all its glory.The Carousel is a reader-supported publication.Athenian on TwitterAthenian's Underground University on Telegram Get full access to The Carousel at thecarousel.substack.com/subscribe
Professor Kozlowski wrestles with his own potentially-perverted artistic sensibilities by confronting Tolstoy's overall thesis on the function and definition of good art, as well as trying to assess, deconstruct, and make sense of Tolstoy's sometimes seemingly-contradictory and erratic artistic judgments by redefining them according to contemporary wisdom and categories of understanding. Suggested supplementary readings include: Tolstoy's own short stories, especially "God Sees the Truth, But Waits" and "The Prisoner of the Caucasus" Beethoven's 9th Symphony (and Piano Sonata Op. 101) Wagner's Ring Cycle John Charles Dollman's "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra, The Case of Wagner and Beyond Good and Evil To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.
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Caskey is hip-hop artist whose recent album "This Isn't Even My Final Form" topped the iTunes hip-hop charts. Caskey has been a successful artist for 10 years, but recently made some positive life changes. Today, he aims to be a productive and inspiring influence on his fans, on other artists, and on the broader hip-hop community. Caskey and I connected recently through social media, and I managed to book an interview with him and then go meet him and see one of his shows (he's currently on tour). We talked about fitness, art, poetry, spirituality, and staying focus. Caskey's energy is infectious, and in a world where everyone seems to want to become a motivational speaker -- right now, the man just can't help it. By the time I was done talking to him, I wanted to go out and take over the world. To paraphrase "Thus Spake Zarathustra," Caskey went to the mountain with ashes, and now he's coming down into the valley and he's bringing fire. Caskeyhttps://bakingwithcaskey.com https://www.instagram.com/caskey/ Books Mentionedhttps://amzn.to/3nUd1MQ (Fire in the Dark by Jack Donovan) https://amzn.to/3OQRbWx (Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzsche) Odin and the Mead of Poetry -- told well originally in the Prose Edda, but told recently and well in https://amzn.to/3aw56lV (Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology) Follow Jack Donovan onTwitter https://twitter.com/ph2t3r (https://twitter.com/ph2t3r) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/starttheworld/ (https://www.instagram.com/starttheworld/) Rumble https://rumble.com/c/starttheworld (https://rumble.com/c/starttheworld) Support my work on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/starttheworld (https://www.patreon.com/starttheworld)
Welcome back for another episode of Nick's Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! In this masterpiece of philosophical literature Friedrich Nietzsche utters the famous phrase "God is dead!" This powerful book spells out Nietzsche's belief in the will to power, and serves as an introduction to his doctrine of eternal return. Written in a passionate, quasi-biblical style, Thus Spake Zarathustra is daring in form and filled with provocative, thought-provoking concepts. Today, the work is regarded as a forerunner of modern existentialist thought, a book that has provoked and stimulated students of philosophy and literature for more than 100 years. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:00 About the Author 6:05 Ch1: God is Dead 17:40 Ch2: Metamorphosis 24:15 Ch3: Faith Vs. Will 28:55 Ch4: Master Slave Morality 36:05 Ch5: Ubermensh 41:10 Ch6: The Return 46:30 Ch7: The Retreat 54:30 Ch8: Thus Spoke Siphyllis 1:02:30 Next Time & Goodbye! iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheNiche Thanks for Stopping by!
Once again, inspired by the upcoming TSO concert featuring R. Strauss and Gustav Holst, we dive into the world of myths and legends courtesy the Thus Spake Zarathustra fanfare (think "2001: A Space Odyssey"). Also, renowned astrologer Janet Amid rejoins us to chart not only Richard Strauss, but all of us in the studio! (SPECIAL EXTENDED VERSION).
We welcome famed Toledo astrologer Janet Amid into the studio for an analysis of Gustav Holst's The Planets - which were the product of Holst's fascination with astrology, not astronomy. You can hear The Planets alongside Strauss' Thus Spake Zarathustra at the Toledo Symphony's Classic Concerts during the first weekend in February.
This week we read Isaiah 45-47, wherein we learned more about God's bestest boy Cyrus, then briefly swept over the incredibly sexually graphic destruction of Babylon. Bible talk starts at 38:29
Hosted by Eric GarciaMusic in this episode:Richard Strauss: Tone PoemsBerlin PhilharmonicHerbert von Karajan, conductor℗ 1995 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, BerlinR. Strauss: Four Last Songs & Orchestral WorksBerlin PhilharmonicHerbert von Karajan, conductor℗ 1973 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, BerlinR. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Le bourgeois gentilhommeBerlin PhilharmonicSir Simon Rattle, conductor℗ 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group CompanyR. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraAndris Nelsons, conductor℗ 2016 Orfeo