NIETZSCHE Explained: Beyond Good and Evil (ALL PARTS)
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Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is one of the most important works in Western philosophy. Written in 1886, it represented Nietzsche's attempt to elucidate ideas first written about in Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra). Unfortunately, the book is also very difficult and widely misunderstood. This video attempts to set the stage for a deeper understanding of this seminal work of German philosophy.
In this first part, we explore the significance of the title, Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future, and we introduce the concept of the "philosophical prejudice" which is the main theme of the work. Nietzsche believed "other philosophers" (all those who came before him; notably Descartes, Kant, Plato, Schopenhauer and the Stoics) suffered, unbeknownst to them, from hidden presuppositions. Nietzsche, the philosopher with the hammer, seeks to destroy these presuppositions and lead the charge in the creation of a new philosophy of the future.
In this first part we mainly discuss Nietzsche's treatment of Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum", "I think, therefore I am" argument.
The Will to Power is one of the most famous concepts in Nietzsche's philosophy. In the second part we will explore the concept as it appears in the work, Beyond Good and Evil.
Nietzsche's problem with the old philosophers of the past, such as Kant, Descartes, Spinoza, and Schopenhauer, continue. He accuses these philosophers not of having a will to Truth, but of having a will to Power. He then asks us the question: can this will to power explain the state of affairs in the world? Do we even need Christianity, or some complex “otherworldy” philosophy, like those of Schopenhauer, Spinoza, or Kant? What if the world is Will to Power - and nothing besides? What does that look like? This part explores Nietzsche’s tentative answer.
In the third part on Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, we explore the concept of slave morality. Particularly as it pertains to Christianity and Schopenhauer's philosophy. A lot of what is said in this video, is elaborated on in Nietzsche's subsequent work, On the Genealogy of Morals. If this video does well, we will release a full video on this seminal philosophical work.
Nietzsche's main critique on Christianity is that the Christian is weak; anti-life; unnatural. Why? Because the Christian (as does Schopenhauer) regards this world as not that important: it's a preparation for the afterlife. Christians think this because they are a powerless class, as opposed to the ancient Romans who were their historical enemies. The slave revolt in morals is a famous Nietzschean concept and appears together with "ressentiment" in Beyond Good and Evil.
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So Mr Nietzche, What is will & what is power? hmmmm
@@NuanceOverDogma In the context of Neitzsche, the "will to power" is the vehicle to insanity. Nietzsche was destined for clinical insanity, but his perspective was always irrational because its foundation stone is irrational. (He did NOT find the Philosopher's Stone.) However, because he was so intelligent, his insanity was given the world stage - as if it is legitimate philosophy. Adolph Hitler bought his insanity, Ayn Rand and other "conservatives" bought his insanity, the Republican Party, Libertarians and other "conservative" organizations bought his insanity, Donald Trump RAN with that insanity, and now you will see that insanity result in the destruction of the United States, Israel, and democracy around the globe. But democracy will later rise as a Phoenix from the ashes - in China and Russia, where TRUE Christianity will be re-discovered, which is quite unlike the false Pauline Christianity of the West. For, FATE IS A FACT. ("Will to power," yea, right!) Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies.
Descartes: "I..."
Nietzsche : "Lemme stop you right there"
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Holy shit that perspectivism part blew my mind a little bit... no objective truth just a billion individual perspectives, and the accepted truth of the masses isn't necessarily because its objective, its because the person proclaiming his worldview had the most "Will To Power"
Is perspectivivism objectively true?
Yes,
das whole world is nothing
but Will Zur Macht.
Each and every one of those billion invidual perspectives still have an objective component, because all perspectives agree on certain things. Everybody thinks that what they want, is good. This is objectively true, since there cannot be a perspective in which it is not true. If someone says that they want something bad, they simultaneously admitt that it is good from their perspective by wanting it. It is also objectively true that you cannot miss out on something you don't want, because claiming you missed out is the same as admitting you wanted the thing.
Sorry for rambling im just using you to collect my thoughts.
@@cerwile1 that is actually how Plato saw it.. There is no evil, because everything is desired only because it is considered a good. The problem (according to Plato), is ignorance, not evil. Simply Ignorance of the nature of Being., which is beyond the opposites and complete unto itself. In other words, beyond all concepts.
@@michaelmcclure3383 And that brings us to virtue ethics. Whether something is good or bad isnt really arguable, because those value judgements are based on will and not reason. Virtues, on the other hand are arguable. I have the right to destroy my own property, so blowing up my house isnt really a matter of right and wrong, but if we use the language of virtues instead, it isnt really arguable that my act was "reckless" and "wasteful". And whether an act is "wasteful" or "reckless" are a matter of ignorance and wisdom as you said. The are arguable. Good vs bad is not.
What's really odd to me, is that a lot of people like to say that Nietzsche was arrogant, but I think he was actually one of the most humble philosophers in a way, perhaps the most humble. Instead of claiming to "find the truth" like every other philosopher, he tackles the very notion of that being possible. He thinks we need a new value system clearly, but he never ventures to fully prescribe it himself. Something that other philosophers tried to do, which seems a bit more arrogant to me than anything Nietzsche said.
If you point out that you can say more in one sentence than other writers can in an entire book people will say you're arrogant. When they read your words and realise that it's true, people must acknowledge your genius. This was essentially what happened to Nietsche. It's like Ussain Bolt, LeBron or Messi saying they're the greatest athletes on earth. It sounds arrogant until you watch them compete.
I mean, he definitely was arrogant. Lol. Sure he was sensitive and intelligent, but certainly arrogant.
Not odd at all, most ppl are threatened by truth, no one is more hated that the one who speaks the truth - plato. Tho i can understand perspective you mean it from, i have too deep symphaties, sometimes ppls' behavior stop making sense in any framework you know, it is indeed will-to-power and nothing besides. Who would come to known full truth of reality would perish. I saw full extent of human suffering and reality for what it is! And by some miracle i am still here, tho i don't believe on death... There is no escape except to man up and fix it... we need indeed art and make like game sport fun for everyone, otherwise pure dyonesian force is too excessive and not good art and too wild, unrestrained, most ppl would go crazy from it... And to raw/sadistic! YOu should elevate other ppl with you instead of pushing them down! Which is what corporations do today, which creates inimaginable suffering. Torture victims in prisoners say it is not worst the torture (in philippines to add), but uncertainty and stress they don't know how is their family and can't care about them!
"He thinks we need a new value system clearly, but he never ventures to fully prescribe it himself. Something that other philosophers tried to do, which seems a bit more arrogant to me than anything Nietzsche said."
I don't agree. He's thinking about what a new value system would even look like in the first place. In fact, I think he questions whether or not a new value system is even possible.
If you read Neitzche and come away with an answer, then you've completely missed the point. He's not saying there's not an answer, he's not saying that he's got the answer.
Honestly, I think Neitzche is mostly just having fun. I think he's just doing what he does, and I'm just doing what I do by reading him.
@richardhorvatichfitdev6407 Friedrich Jacobi has a similar idea. “Even the greatest mind, if it wants to explain all things absolutely, to make them rhyme with each other… [will] run into absurdities”.
Making this deeply complex topic as simplifies as you did is gonna change the world man, thank you, the world desperately seems to need more of this
Thank you for the great compliment
I have to say, this is one of the best and most easy to undertand videos ( no so fast and comprehensible) I have wached. Theres some vidoes out there that the narrative is going so fast that makes it hard to follow. Please keep it at the same pace and thank you so much.
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Thank you. There's definitely more on Nietzsche planned.
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@James Henry Smith I think you are missing Nietzsche's point
That analogy of the university only being a collection of buildings as the 'self' being only a collection of thoughts or the 'will' being only a collection of drives is brilliant! Decartes too had, as Nietsche put it in the prelude of BG&E, a "faith in grammar". This is revelational stuff!
Your voice etc = great narrator, don't stop. We'd love to hear you speak on any subject any time. Well done!
that analogy blew my mind wide-open!!!
what do you mean by faith in grammar? sorry for the random question
@@honkahonkanoise Much obliged!
"cogito ergo sum"
"I think, therefore I am"
Decartes believed this to be the rational bedrock on which he could build his entire philosophy.
But let's examine this phrase; namely the first part:
"I think"
What is this "I" *really* ?
Well, it's the subject of the sentence, right? It's the cause of the predicate, i.e. the cause of the action of "thinking" itself.
But just as a 'university' is only a collection of buildings, and the 'self' is only a collection of thoughts, could this 'I' not also be a reduction of far more complex processes
Why do we assume "I" exists? And even assume that it is in fact the cause of "thinking"? How do we *really* know that? Couldn't it be just as easily said that thoughts are merely "coming to us"? Who's to say that they aren't being somehow "implanted" into our awarness by something outside of it? For example, perhaps when I'm thinking about food, it's not because I thought it willingly, but that my hunger drive brought the thought of food to my attention, and I only thought I thought the thought of food completely after the fact?
The assumption of "I" being the cause of "thought" may in fact be merely a stone-aged metaphisic preserved in our language.
In this light, "I" can be understood in a very similar fashion to how we understand other metaphysical concepts like the "soul", that is to say, merely a supersition.
An unreasonable, unwarented reduction of the phenomena of experiencing "thinking".
A more resonable, honest statement would be:
"There are thoughts" OR "experiences of thinking are occuring"
But then there wouldn't be a justification for the existence of an "I" anymore, now would there?
It could be said then, that Decartes had a faith in "I", a faith in grammar itself, just like Christians had a faith in a "soul".
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Nature looks upon mankind as stray dogs.
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Who gives a shit about what nature recognize?
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I would love to see a Will to Power video separate from Beyond Good and Evil. I have seven of Nietzsche’s books and these videos help me understand him more thoroughly.
We made one, check the channel! Thx for your interest
Understand Nietzsche thoroughly and you will either decide that you have wasted your time, or he will reinforce your lowest base instincts such that you become as mad as he. Nietzsche was destined for insanity. His perspective was always irrational. But because he was so intelligent, his insanity was given the world stage, as if it is legitimate philosophy. Adolph Hitler bought his insanity, Ayn Rand and other "conservatives" bought his insanity, the Republican Party, Libertarians and other "conservative" organizations bought his insanity, Donald Trump RAN with that insanity, and now you will see that insanity result in the destruction of the United States, Israel, and democracy around the globe. But democracy will later rise as a Phoenix from the ashes- in China and Russia, where TRUE Christianity will be re-discovered, which is quite unlike the false Pauline Christianity of the West. Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies.
thank you for attaching them together in one video!
we can remain more focoused all through the 3👌🙏
You're welcome.
What is happiness ?
Absorption
What is das source of unhappiness ?
Ignoring das source of happiness.
What is das source of happiness ?
Das source of happiness is from within.
“The morality of free society can have no application to slave society. . . .Make a man a slave, and you rob him of of moral responsibility. Freedom of choice is the essence of all accountability.”
― Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom
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I just read the first chapter of Beyond Good and Evil and figured I'd watch some vids explaining wtf I just read ... I'm happy I wasn't too far off.. thank you for the explanation, I look forward to viewing your previous and future vids - Cheers from Alabama (usa)
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See also:
NIETZSCHE: Will to Power Explained (all parts) ua-cam.com/video/He6ZC7ZFBt8/v-deo.html
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Hello, You didn't indicate about Nietzesche's "quid quid luce fuit, tenebris agit
please do genealogy of morals
you're one of the first people i can actually understand philosophy from .. please keep doing these
A great performance! You are among the “happy few” who understands Nietzsche, that’s to say to experience him; this may simultaneously place you in the rank of unlucky souls, as Nietzsche has only deep pity for those who might have understood him. With his own inimitable empathy, Nietzsche holds whoever understanding him as his fellow sufferer. The Erdgeist greets here the Weltgeist!
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It's not true that "Nietzsche had great pity for those who understood him"! Quite the opposite, as is abundantly apparent. You might consider trying to read him.
@@jamesbarlow6423 he certainly would agree that those of greater intelligence suffer more, so the comment isn't totally out of line in that context, Nietzsche's views on pity notwithstanding
@@tightbhole420 . Reaching, but ok
This man was single-handedly responsible for inspiring so many Literary Masterpiece that can make even Shakespeare's works look like Disney story in comparison
Nietzsche was no ordinary man, honestly!!
That's going way too far . Nobody makes Shakespeare look like Disney .
I say yes to The Will to Power. So important is this, that it deserves a full video. Thank you Sir.
Thank you so much. I've been having trouble trying to understand that book, and it sometimes keeps me awake at night. Now I have a greater insight on it
You’re welcome
The "will to power" for Nietzsche was the driving force behind all universal events, whether at a cellular or macroscopic level, from the simplest to the most complex phenomena. He describes this will as a creative and dominating force, essential for overcoming obstacles. Although Nietzsche didn't intend to attribute a purely mechanistic character to this concept, it's difficult to imagine how creativity would be associated with simple forms, such as unicellular beings. Therefore, I decided to approach this concept from a more universal perspective, in order to be consistent with its comprehensive explanation of everything in the universe.
In summary, according to the concept developed by Nietzsche, the "will to power" would be the pursuit of dominating or shaping the world in our image and likeness. For instance, in Ancient Rome, the relentless quest for territorial conquest reflected this will, the idea of making the world more aligned with the Romans' vision. A writer, by publishing a book, seeks to influence those who read it to become more similar to himself; a singer, upon hearing their music being sung, experiences a sort of gain in the will to power by noticing that those who sing their music become more like them; a parent reproducing abusive behaviors for their child also pursues this will, molding them in their image and likeness; a prisoner, when confined in isolation, cannot exercise this will, as the world around them is not becoming more similar to their own image and likeness.
Similarly, seemingly simple actions in nature, such as photosynthesis performed by a plant or the production of fruits by a tree, represent a way of exercising this will, shaping the surrounding world to resemble more their own nature. Likewise, the process of reproduction in living beings, cells multiplying, or even the sun burning an individual's skin are examples that reflect this pursuit of the manifestation of the "will to power," where the world around is shaped in resemblance to the influencing being.
In a way, we can perceive creativity and destruction as the convergence of two "wills to power": the sun, by manifesting its will to power over the skin, creates something new; the burnt skin is now more aligned with the image and likeness of the sun. Parents exert their will to power in reproduction, generating something new, their child, reflecting the image and likeness of the parents. When Rome invaded other regions, it exercised its will to power, while the resisting army of the invaded region also exerted its will to power. Rome sought to shape the invaded region in its image and likeness, while the resisting army attempted to preserve the region according to its own image and likeness.
Thus, creation, destruction, and overcoming are in tune with what is described as the will to power.
Lots of assumptions here , a writer or singer doesnt do what they love so that they can enforce their will , rather it is an be for several other things
I would watch every single video about philosophy you post. So far on your channel we see high quality understanding and expo of philosophical works and philosophers.
Thank you for the great compliment
Only Nietzche can understand Nietzche
so much .. that he went insane when he realized he can finally understand his own thoughts. He was a genius!!
Everyone speaks his own language of good and evil.
He invents this language for himself in custom and tradition.
A free man is a warrior
Because a warrior is not a slave.
He must require strength
Because otherwise he will never attain power.
What is good ?
An increase in power-
Power itself:
Will Zur Macht
This was surprisingly well educational on Nietzsches Jenseits von Gut und Böse. Very professional Video, more views deserved!
Thank you!
please do a full video on the will to power!! ❤️❤️
i’ve always wanted to embark on a philosophical journey and really dive deeper into the subject, but i never knew how to begin. so after watching a Jordan Peterson lesson, i noticed his admiration for Nietzche - so the very first book i got to start learning more about philosophy was Beyond Good and Evil. After 10 days of reading, rereading, breaking it down, writing down thoughts and how it applied to the world, i FINALLY got past Part 1. i watched a little bit of your other video regarding Nietzche’s philosophy on perspectivism and i 100% nailed that down. also, hearing the intro to this video - “this book is a very difficult read- it gave me a confidence boost that i can carry on and try to interpret this book on my own, because it’s not just me who is having a mental exercise with this particular book. i’m excited to read more, and will be back here when i’m done, to compare and see what how well i was able to capture his message!
How is it going so far ?
updates?
What a wonderful video. I feel a certain pull to be a part of the process of formulating the philosophy of the future in my own way, no matter how small or big.
This is a great summary of this book. Please keep up this work on such a profound and important writer and philosopher
Thank you for the kind words
Thank you for tackling these philosophical thoughts of Nietzsche. Much appreciated... so more please!
Our series on the Genealogy of Morals is coming out. Thanks for watching
These videos are incredible! Please continue your work, much appriciated :)
Thanks!
trying to read BGAE and your video just popped in my feed, I really like your slow tone and the fact that you repeat more than once all the concept, thank you man, keep going
In Nietzsche's own supposition of philosophy, all he says must also be distrusted since by his own admission, his own quest for "truth" is also tainted by his own WILL TO POWER. I take this to mean that Nietzsche accepts that he is also wielding the hammer upon himself and that his own writings should also be put under the same scrutiny with which he seeks tear asunder all other logical argument save for his own. What is safest then? Perhaps not to take all reasoning from any one person with an axe to grind, but in whole with the understanding that all humanity is fundamentally flawed, including Nietzsche.
The main idea of Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" is that traditional concepts of good and evil are limiting and that people should strive to move beyond them. Nietzsche argues that morality is not fixed and that our concepts of good and evil have had opposite meanings at different times. He believes that the underlying force driving all change is will, and all drives boil down to a will to power, a drive for freedom and domination over other things. Nietzsche's ideal "philosophy of the future" is one that is free enough to shift perspectives and overturn the "truths" and other dogmas of rigid thinking. Nietzsche's ideal philosophers would also turn their will to power inward, struggling constantly against themselves to overcome their own prejudices and assumptions. Nietzsche argues that if we could break free from traditional conceptions of good and evil, people could advance to achieve their greatest potential. The truly great man could define a new morality beyond good and evil.
Nietzsche and Jung were both Gnostics. In fact Jung wrote a lot about Gnosticism. One of the goals taught by Gnostic occultist Aleister Crowley was to be beyond good and evil, or to be amoral. Is one has no morals then nothing can hold him back from finding his true will or destiny, wether it be good or evil. It goes back to the garden of Eden with the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the book of Genesis. This is what these "philosophers" are teaching. Nietzsche didn't invent this.
I read the book nearly twenty years ago and it seemed to me, at the very least, ambiguous in its philosophical claims: not the slippery word-salad of Derrida, but of little use to an analytical philosopher. But you've given me reason to take another look.
If I know why something is true
Then I know it is das truth.
Das truth will set me free.
We seek the truth for the sake of self-control, not power over others.
Perhaps a “power over oneself”, so to speak? 🧐
So won't you sacrifice yourself for such a proposition? Should a man laugh to your face on asserting such hollow statement, won't it stiffen you up in your conviction?
Very correct
Thank you for making this video! I picked up “beyond good and evil” a year ago and after various attempts of reading and re-reading, there were so many thoughts swirling in my head 😅 but this helped me so much with my comprehension
You’re welcome!
The opposition to and popularity of Friedrich Nietzsche can both be explained in part because of his fundamental opposition to ideas and values of the ruling classes in the centuries before him and in his time. On his own, he challenged everything at once. That is genius.
I often feel that Nietzsche isn't hard to read. The most important meaning is often very accessible. What makes him hard is the amount of subtext. He can express so many different ideas in a small paragraph, which makes it hard to not miss something
There's a lot that this video doesn't touch on from the book. For starters, you spend a lot of time dissecting Nietzsche's critique of Christianity, but that's not the real criticism Nietzsche has in Beyond Good and Evil. His real critique is of dogma, and especially dogma to Platonism, which he asserts Christianity is the foremost example of. So his real challenge is pointed at Plato, who has dominated the realm of philosophy for millennia. He sees that Plato went beyond the ideas of Socrates and crafted a philosophy and system of values in a way that matches what you call "perspectivism." Nietzsche thinks Plato shifted philosophy away from the pre-Socratics on purpose to create his own values, and as such, Nietzsche seeks a return to the pre-Socratic philosophy which will lead to the actual truth of things.
Another important thing is that Nietzsche points out that culture, and values in particular, are temporal. He uses the analogy of a Greek play to showcase this: the audience sees the costumes that the actors wear and laugh at it, ridiculing the culture and values of past cultures. However, they fail to realize that they also wear "costumes" themselves. Only when this is realized can a new set of values be created, and the philosopher of the future can join Nietzsche in his nakedness, free of values and embodying truth. This new creation of values has become possible due to cosmopolitanism, which allows the study of cultures and values more freely. All people need to do is realize their own costumes.
Speaking of values, Nietzsche points out that it was Judaism, not Christianity, that inverted values. Judaism is what established slave morality over master morality; Christianity took those values and spread them across the world. However, Nietzsche admires Judaism because is created its own values, something that he seeks to achieve himself (or at least get someone else to do). Thus, Nietzsche seeks to reinstate master morality, and values greatness and nobility over piety and chastity.
The last thing I will mention is that Nietzsche ridiculed nationalism. He broke off his relationship with Wagner because of German nationalism. Nietzsche saw that history had trended towards a united world, and nationalism was undermining it. To elaborate, Nietzsche saw that living conditions were continuously growing throughout history, from villages, to cities, to countries. The next step in the progression in his mind is a united Europe. So he essentially foresaw the EU and UN and other leagues. It doesn't take genius to foresee that the next step is a united world.
"Thus, Nietzsche seeks to reinstate master morality..."
I was under the impression that Nietzsche believed it was impossible to return to master morality, thus his 'transvaluation of all values'.
Am I wrong?
Not a criticism, I genuinely want to learn.
@@SJ-kc6et From my understanding, Nietzsche only provided two types of morality: master and slave. Perhaps the philosopher of the future could create a new form, maybe something of the middling sort somehow, but taken in the context of the rest of his works, that seems unlikely. He praises strength and greatness throughout Beyond Good and Evil and criticizes Judaism for making those things taboo. In Thus Spoke Zarathustra he poses the idea of the Ubermensche and the last man, who embody master and slave morality, respectively, and he pushes for the Ubermensche. With this in mind, I think the transvaluation of values means to flip them back towards the master side
@@andrewbowen2837 I appreciate the response.
Nice supplemental points enhancing the video content, however, the video never claimed to be the premier and thorough written analysis of this author or his work. Of course there will be gaps, like, y’know, criticizing Christianity rather than Paul is like saying, Heretical rather than Irenaeus of Gaul. Same thing.
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Nietzsche undoubtedly had a huge influence on french post-modernists
hegel had a considerable influence on neitzsche but I think Max Stirner had a greater influence and is the progenitor of nietzsche's philosophy though it remains to be known directly or indirectly
thanks for the great videos and helping to making philosophy accessible to greater audiences
@James Henry Smith what are you talking about ?
plus if the devil is a creation of God and inferior to him why would God engage in such a meaningless protracted duel
God's knowledge is true and limitless so he knows he is stronger and does not need a test to prove himself but thanks for caring about others and trying to save them from a perceived danger. My Regards
To see perspectivity objectively can be a slippery slope. Look at postmodern expressions: when there is no truth or fundamentals with which all humanity can agree, the society falls into chaos.
I have only recently started reading the works of Fredrick Nietzsche and it was quite hard to tango, this video helped me massively!
Thankyou
Tango? More like breakdancing lol.The Nietzsche reader has to drown himself to understand this shit,that's why he is so misunderstood!
More than any other philosopher Nietzsche has made me think about what it means to be a human being, and what are its drives.
Thank you so much, your summary and explanation has helped me tremendously to read Beyond Good and Evil. Instead of clueless, I feel more prepared and can absorb what his saying with the gist of his points in mind, thanks to this video summary. Like you suggest, "read the book", video summary is not a substitute to actual reading, but it does provide an excellent warm up. I would lose my mind if you explain Myth of Sisyphus. I really love your explanation style, pace and tone!
im reading beyond good and evil right now and im using this video as a guide to better absorve the ideas and understand more clearly. thank you, you are helping me and this video is amazing and full of details just the way i was searching !!!
We seek the truth for survival and to minimize pain, and maximize pleasure for ourselves and others.
If we learn to enjoy our self better
Then we forget how best to hurt others
And plot revenge for them.
Excellent take on Nietzsche's masterpiece. The only important information missing is that Beyond Good and Evil was an explanation or follow-up to Thus Spoke Zarathustra and that Nietzsche regarded his work complete at that time, what may be a clue to his unsuccessful effort in his ambition to revaluation of all of the values later.
Many thanks for all your Nietzche's videos. Best regards from Cancún, México!
Thank you so much for breaking this down. Beyond Good and Evil spun my head around pretty good. For potential future projects, please do a break down of how Carl Jung had continue Nietzsche's work as well 🙏
I wish I could witness Alan Watts discussing western philosophical prejudices with Nietzsche. I've spent a fair amount of time studying Watts and I know of only one place he mentioned Nietzsche. However I'm pretty sure he was influenced also by him.
He speaks a lot about how our language structure deceived us into believing that nature is actually structured in the same way language is. From the Greeks throughout western philosophy. But Watts had I more access to eastern philosophy and he was able to point the incredible differences, derived from language, between east and west in the way the world is viewed
About half a hour in, another piece of my future philosophy popped into my head, totally blindsided me. It might be because I am sick, popping in and out of consciousness, just surfing the waves of information in the sea of knowledge, while I wait to get back to regular life. Anywhoo, thank you!💨👍
Wow nice video very entertaining! Can you do the the twilight of idols and the four volumes of this spoke Zarathustra? They are all by Nietzsche!
I also think you can you should do a video on
Nietzsche in His Time: The Struggle Against Socratism and Socialism
With this video
I open my campaign against filosofi+ capitalism.
I appreciate your videos, mate. I do have one comment concerning Nietzsche as the “philosopher with a hammer”: I believe he wrote that this does _not_ mean that he intends to deal strong, destructive blows; but rather, like a sculptor, he intends to chisel away a bit here, a bit there where necessary.
Great work! I think Beyond Good and Evil is actually a finished work if the intention is not to give answers which take away our power to question but the focus is on giving questions to find our own meaning and power.
Thank you for this content. I've really appreciated that. Very good quality!
Indeed, hearing more about each of the concepts you mentioned would be of great interest here. Amor fati is a favorite subject for me. I'm happy to back the obvious effort you've dedicated to this project.
Thank you for the support
Interesting vid to watch as a practicing Catholic, I enjoy learning about these other ideas tho, help me to doubt my own and strengthen my beliefs through challenge.
Just because I'm Catholic doesn't mean I can't study Existentialism.
Good and evil are human concepts we use to explain or describe an intention, they only exist as part of language and in our minds and thoughts. Abstractly evil and good actually describe a process of development from once stage to another, Evil to good, ignorance to knowledge, chaos to tranquillity, destruction to creation. low frequency to higher frequency. They also suggest that you can either stagnate and refused to grow or elevate and refuse to remain the same. There is a big difference between trying to appear or sound clever and actually being clever, one is ego driven the other is intelligence driven. Which are you?
It's impossible to remain the same regardless of any delusion to do as such. Entropy will not allow it :p
Christian: *Does some humble work*
Neitzsche: "Still seeking power?"
Great video, which explains the main concepts of the book. You helped me a lot to organize my knowledge. Keep up the good work!
Great video. Thanks. I do have a question: If Nietzsche claims that philosophers pick their ideas based on their personalities, does that explain Nietzsche's focus on strength and power -- both of which he desired but physically and mentally (in spite of his genius) lacked, in the way that he claims Spinoza developed a rational mathematical system to compensate for his own frail and weak character? What would Nietzsche say his choice of personal philosophy says about his character?
Yes... Lou Salomé has written extensively on this
Thank so much for this amazing work I know it take a lot of effort to make them
He who loves what he does
Wears himself out
Doing it.
What ever is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.
I would enjoy a video on The Geneology of Morals.
Coming up
I am very grateful of your videos. I watched this one as soon as I finished the book. I plan to do the same with your videos on On the Genealogy of Morals as soon as I finish it. Thanks!
Thank you, that’s great to hear
Got 3 pages into the book and thought there has to be an easier way to digest this headache of a read haha! Thank you for presenting and breaking this down in a way I could absorb it.
I wonder if he maybe left us to fill in the blanks because our will to find truthful answers is arguably the essence of what he was getting at? Our egos are what drive us to conclusions that have us at the center of them. The world is much bigger than our self centred conclusions of what good or evil are and how these two definitions operate in our little existence. As you say its a deep book but its barely dipping the toe into each subject it touched on.
Loving this channel! Do one on Leibniz! His idea of monads, which posses mainly perspective (reflecting the entire universe), could be seen in accord with Neitszche’s perspectivism.
One might say that watching this video instead of the book actually contaminates the scalpel of the surgeon, which is exactly what Nietzsche critiques.
I think the most important thing to know about this book is that even though Nietzsche asks, "Why not untruth?" he does not claim there is no truth, because the very purpose of the book is to show the truth. Plus, isn't the will to power a claim to a universal objective truth?
No fool. It may very well be the case that there exists some sort of a truth. An Unambiguously clear set of propositions that exists outside of the perceptual structure. The point is to outline that truth is not accessible to us highly evolved apes.
@@luqmaanissah1398 so then why does Nietzsche bother explaining the will to power, eternal recurrence, etc?
Thanks for splicing all the videos together
Great video, I think your retention would increase significantly if you added some low-volume classical music behind your voice
I loved the video. Would love to see the Will to Power concept in Nietzsche's other works.
This book made me fold 3 time, every time I get lost and I just get bored and stop reading, yet this time I am welded to it, Its been a hindrance in me journey reading philosophy, hence this time I am fully invested into the thought of killing my fret and deficiency of assertion, I will not recede till I concur this malady, and I'll be back not vanquished by Nietzsche's thought and vigilance. 29/7/2024.
Im reading Beyond Good and Evil now and I get through like 3 pages every time there is so much there to digest.
But why is the will to power coming first according to Nietzsche? It appears to me more logical that the will to life/self preservation drives the person to will to power.
Please explain :)
I am 44 years old.
I have read all of the translated works of Fredrick.
He doesn't trust a systematic mind.
All I will say is that in the short time I have been, I have seen interpretation of events, most learned from a distance have changed.
Of course.
The problem is that those in the future will have a better understanding of the past than those of us who were in their time most closely adjacent.
I propose that history is dead.
All becomes mute when there are no readers left.
He didn’t realize that he was doing the same thing as he assumed about the other philosophers and his statements were as wrong as the others he contradicted. As he explained about his predecessors that their philosophies are the expression of their character, his statement that everyone wanted to achieve power is an expression of his character because by him trying to denigrate everyone’s work before himself, he looked like he wanted to achieve intellectual power.
I agree.
I enjoyed the video thoroughly. Excellent job done!
Thank you!
Me tooo
I listened nonstop and thoroughly enjoyed it
We should also point out that Nietzsche criticized English people for not being philosophical enough. "They are not a philosophical race"
As the great Persian poet (RUMI) said,it is not about right doing or wrong doing ,something beyond,and i will meet you there,thanks for great video,
Came here because I couldn’t get through the first chapter of the book
Lemme ask something about the second part. Since Nietzsche said about perspectivism and all the old philosophers "changed" their thinking so that it matches their perspective so that they think what they think is the objective truth, how do I know Nietzsche didn't do the same ? Well I can make an argument that if he seeked Will of Power why would he admit of it's existence in his books which may make people question about his work as I am doing. But I think that's not a very good argument and I'm mostly assuming things here but my point is how may I know Nietzsche is not doing the same thing of what he accuses other philosophers like schopenhauer, did.
hey, thank you so much for this. i’m reading the book and this was a useful intro vid to go about it. i hope your channel blows up, you deserve so much more views 🖤
Thank you!
That was a well constructed video. I'd love to see a video of The will to power.
Me too
Thank you for all your videos on Nietzsche!
Glad you like them!
I would like for you to do more interpretation on the Genealogy of Morals!
A video on the Geneology of Morals would be very much appreaicted
It's out. Part 2 coming up
@@WeltgeistYT yes, watched it today and thank you. looking forward to the next!
@@jeffjalili5660 Glad to hear it man!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I really enjoyed learning the concepts and would love to know more (anything) about NIETZSCHE's work!
Voice quality is impressive..
I'm anxious to know which microphone u used in this video
Blue Yeti
Mission accomplished. Bravo for the video series, and yes continue please to make content. Thank you!
Such wrong assumtion… who said that the rabbit and the carrot were different instances ?
Maybe the carrot’s goal is to be digested.
Maybe the carrot and the rabbit and the galaxy are the same
Instance.
Maybe good and evil are the same thing and power is only apparent and borrowed.
He's quick to point out that other philosophers are influenced by their prejudices. Does he acknowledge that he's no different?
Yes we even did a video on it called “Nietzsche’s Weakness”
Really awesome. This is outstanding content, a real gem.
Thank you Ruben!
Love
Patience+
Simplicity are 3 greatest treasures of mankind;
But man tends to chase after das ends
And forget about das root.
Returning to das source is returning to tranquility.
There is no happiness higher than rest.
Break das flower tipped arrows of Mara
And death will never touch me again.
Painful is birth.
Painful is death.
Painful is birth and death over and over again.
it is an existential fact that I Exist. you cannot question your existence. So what follows is precisely the chaos of this existence. Reason loses meaning but existence remains
"The carrot has lost the battle. Its will was too weak." What a sad line! :(
This is an exceptionally enlightening video.