Are you familiar with the Dionysian myth of Zagreus? The god Zagreus, apparently, was the first incarnation of Dionysos. While this story further affirms the similarity of Dionysus to Jesus, the myth of Zagreus implies a fundamental divine nature to mankind, as well as a path of reincarnation that finally leads to full expression of that divine form after shedding the mortal form. Also, Zagreus was a shape-shifter, possibly the origin of the epithet "many-forms" . . .
I love the way myths of different people at different times have so many common threads. Actually, he does not seem that similar to Jesus, except maybe that he changed everything. Dionysus seems darker. This reminds me more of Eastern religions that more fully embrace death and destruction as a part of the cycle.
coreycox2345 don't worry; I'm not a Christian, just making an observation, and clearly the myths of Zagreus and Dionysus preceded the myths of Jesus or the Catholic religion . . . .
coreycox2345 the history of Christianity represents to me that paradox here on one hand is salvation and on the other hand suffer accordingly this inability to attain to expectations beyond the abilities that evolution has equiped one with. One need only view history to see the shadows of Christianity yet within all that I find self overcoming and the beatitudes speaks of a personal resolve rather than a resolve one has no choice but to accept as in Christianity. That twice born is within us all though definitions apply to differentiate, to me to die and be reborn in lesser deaths gaining those wonderful self -destructive energies into a rebirth and of refuelling to replace or recharge the energies necessary in artistic creation that amor fati painful as it might be does have that a recompense.....
I was thinking of writing the comment from a long time. To Whoever is the creator of this content- Nietzsche would be proud of you for the kind of work you are doing through these videos. Not only him, but a lot of great thinkers would be proud of you. You have helped me, and I'm sure you have helped a thousand others. I'm from India- a country which itself has a great ancient tradition of intellectual thought as it is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and the home of Sufi Islam. However, we went into a rot a couple of hundred years ago- a total and absolute rot! we have not produced anything original or significant since at least 500 years. Indian society needs a big shock or destruction in order to start afresh without being weighed down by its own ancient traditions.This video just reminded me of it. Societies need shocks and suffering to truly flourish. Anyways, I will surely support you through Patreon. If you ever visit India, just let me know - you have a host.
India is perhaps one of the only few countries in the modern world that accepts the Dionysian and also instinctively practices it unapologetically. The amount of suffering and pain that is seen around and yet the affirmation of the will to live and survive. A western man may not be able to survive India even for a year, if he chose to relive his life based upon the inhumane conditions. However, what India needs is a reevaluation of her ancient myths to a modern context. To bring dignity to the human life through her mythology, to heal former errors through a revaluation of values. Every nation of historic value goes through a time of sunkenness, but eventually as history affirms, due to a rich folklore that is life affirming, she rises like a Phoenix from it's ashes. The time has reached it's full fruition; the next two generations will reshapen the psycho-spiritual malady that has plagued the nation due to the Varna system as well as the christianization from past Anglo-Saxon roots. On a different note, Nietzsche would go into the annals of history as the man who saved humanity from the machines through acceptance of the Dionysian will.
@@danielraju4458 The idea struck me, as most of our temples have sexual portrayal , symbolizing maybe the pain which proceeds later, similar to how the greek worshiped procreation
I am at one of the toughest times in my life right now and have had several vivid dreams involving Dionysus and his companion Pan, as well as strange synchronicity events of them randomly popping up in my life in completely unrelated contexts, so I decided to look into it more, since I knew nothing about the two. Thank you for this video. Its messages are very important to me. I will take it to heart.
The words of Joseph Campbell came back to me while listening to this. You must say, "yes" to all of life, the good and the evil. It was in the context of questioning a Buddhist teacher touching upon the essence of enlightenment. It sounded familiar and true at the time I first encountered it, but I had never before associated this with the ancient Greek myth of Dionysus. This has definitely given me a new perspective on both Nietzsche and Dionysus. What a mind stimulating and terrific lecture! Thank you.
Accidentally stumbling on this jewel of a channel, I can say that this is what's missing in my UA-cam diet. Unlike the more popularising philosophy channels (which I also find useful), this is much more focused and nuanced, if not a little tedious at times. A worthwhile sacrifice, to be a little Dionysian :) Great work AoI. Cheers! Also, I find having a little foreknowledge greatly helpful to my understanding of the topic, thus I recommend Taleb's 'Antifragile', a more modern take on Dionysus.
People do not understand, Nietzsche was Pensioned out of University for Ill Health, it was Syphilis a terror in those days. Text Books lie, he had paresis cerebral atrophy in late-stage syphilis.which the wrongly label Mental Breakdown . The miracle was he lived and wrote as a man with Syphillis and wrote his greatest works, then late stage Syphillic Paresis took his life. Not insanity, Syphillis. It was kept secret by stupid people who like to say" His hatred of God drive him Insane." Rather stunning how mean liars and jealous morons hate upon Nietzsche because he was righteous in all his words and deeds, while Christianity was committing Genocidal Mass Murder on Red, Yellow and Coloured People world-wide?
@@edwardlouisbernays2469 Hey man. I'm no expert, but I've read a few articles stating that the diagnosis of syphilis was in fact ungrounded and the widespread diagnosis that he contracted syphilis from a prostitute was also used as a smear campaign. The most compelling argument I've read states that Nietzsche had CADASIL. It best explains his symptoms and psychopathological behaviour. "Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) accounts for all the signs and symptoms of Nietzsche's illness."
@@edwardlouisbernays2469 Based on what i've read in some of his works he never really shat heavily on religion or believers for their reasons either, which makes it even more tragic. Just demonized for presenting an alternative school of life.
The world needs this information more than ever right now. We struggled for thousands of years acting, mimicking, iconically representing, and finally articulating these important human truths. These ideas need to be made common knowledge again if not in the articulated way at least acted out and discovered.
This certainly put today's crazy-ness in perspective. I suddenly feel free to embrace all of life, without resentment. This is definitely a message for our time.
This is saving me. I started meditating today after a couple weeks of not doing so. As I was meditating on the root chakra, the name Dionysus just came in my head and it sounded so familiar. I woke up this morning feeling empty, I was certain it was due to me not focusing on the moment and starting to let thoughts take over. I had negative thought patterns all day till I meditated and researched who Dionysus was when the name sounded in my head. I’m a huge fan of Donnie Darko and everything that has the “as above so below” complex. Destruction is a form of creation
I don't know how old you are. Do you remember The doors and Jim Morrison?. That dude personified Diosysos the way he experienced his life. He read Nietzsche and others of that mind when he was like 12 years old. Sad because I doubt he had enough emotional intelligence to handle it. He died just to experience it at such a young age.
love is dionisian, we experience insane duality of suffering and joy, but all what we would recall is the brief moments of joy we felt, i love Dionysus so much
For better or for worse, it seems one must first thirst in order to appreciate the quencher. In other words, it may be that the Taoist assertion that positivity and negativity are necessary to each other, is true. You may be an eternal being engaged in the negative phase of a never ending cycle, a form of eternal recurrence if you will, of oscillating polarity which enables you to cope with that which you neither determine nor control. Like breathing, first you find yourself in a state of unbearable deprivation, which is wonderfully satisfying to fulfill. Once fulfilled, if one attempts to hold on to that feeling, it loses its potency and becomes unbearably burdensome, leaving one desirous of relief. That relief is oh so sweet but comes at a price; returning one to a state of deprivation and so, the cycle continues.
dragonfishing What are you, a moron? Layman terms: Ya gotta be really tired to enjoy a good nights rest. If you were always sleeping at 11 p.m. and waking up at 7a.m., would you REALLY enjoy the sleep? Sounds pretty bland to me.
Good observation. It's interesting to note that Yin/Yang is a Chinese/Eastern philosophy, yet Dionysus awoke from a Western philosophy. But yet, they come to the same conclusion. It shows that there really is no "east" or "west," but that all human experience is fundamentally the same.
In Nietzsche’s book, “Beyond Good and Evil,” he proposed that we “expel the anti-Semitic squallers out of the country.” He wrote, and “I will have all antisemites shot.”
The affirmation of negation within dionysian becoming or nihilism is justified through affirmation of transvaluation as a gateway to cultural or spiritual renewal. This sounds very Hegelian and may have been why Nietzsche was critical of his early work. The conjunction of opposites within the dialectic of self overcoming was perhaps never shaken off by him. From the perspective of our current culture wars I see more dionysian elements in the woke inspired Left than the Right. In any case, the affirmation of the destructive spirit for some utopian future is more dionysus than most of us want.
Without life there is no death. Without death there is no life. Life is the source of death. Death is the source of life. Therefore, when I meet death, I want to say to him: `I am ready for you, my friend.'
Before I knew of Nietzsche I was loving the pain with the joy, but it was because I was so poor and neglected as a child that my only possession was an encyclopedia; I read it, in fact, I learned to read by reading it and once I had exhausted every article, my mind made an insane leap forwarders and I literally evolved into a higher man that could see and love the duality of pain and joy. Though I was poor and neglected, I was blessed.
I think you can find them by print screening and searching for the painting with google image search, at least you can get some site where it is linked and probably named. :) Although i wouldn't mind seeing the names in the video either.
I would like to add to this, in that the story of Dionysus did not begin with his birth; In many myths, he was previously born to Zeus in the form of a serpent, and Persephone - Rulers of the heavens and the underworld, respectively. The titans captured him, torn him limb from limb, boiled his flesh and devoured him, save for his heart, which Athena managed to rescue and return to Zeus. Zeus ground the heart into a potion to give to Semele, and from there, Dionysus was reborn once more, not only of the divinity of the light on high and the dark below, but also of the mortal in-between. Thus he is shown in many cases to have two distinct forms - This older Dionysus, known as Zagreus, with a beard and masculine features - And a younger, effeminate form. I read of the myth of Zagreus and saw within him the duality and contrast of my own soul over a year ago, and that is why I have decided to bear his name.
Yes. Embrace both. I did only "good" side through beliefs of christianity and repressed my "evil" side. I'm glad it reminded me of itself through suffering and breakdown. Depression and other mental illnesses can be a blessing.
I love the spirit in this channel's comment section. Mostly people who are curious about life, it's so refreshing to read the comments. The internet is like Dionysus in its contradictions, there are people getting mental illness from it's overuse and then there are people over Academy of Ideas getting mental wholeness.
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This was such a great video! I was always drawn to Dionysis myself and especially at this point in my life have found myself surrounded by the most questionable of characters, having fun with their eccentricities. People tell me I need to find peers of "better quality" lol but they don't understand me.
“If you have hitherto believed that life was one of the highest value and now see yourselves disappointed, do you at once have to reduce it to the lowest possible price?”
I know this might be something somewhat offtopic, but I now better understand something about *SKYRIM* thanks to this video Yes, I know, Skyrim. Hear me out. Up to this point I always thought that Dyonisus was just a god of parties of drinking wines, of orgies, etc. What I didn't realize is how complex and close to nature of an entity of chaos he actually is in reality. This is where *Sheogorath* comes in. He was a complete copy of Dyonisus all along. Hailed as the dadric prince of madness, Sheogorath is capable of the greatest gifts and terrifying horrors, he is insane and his disposition will dictate his actions. He is also the god of the arts, and created the 3 musical instruments when he stumbled upon a maiden singing. Delighted by her sound he promptly caused her to "explode" in a burst of gore, taking her tendons and fashioning the lute, her hollowed bones to create the flute, and the hide of her skin to make the drum. Additionally, when a king decided that his city's economy was not as well as it could, thanks to excessive partying and artistic endeavour, he decided to forbid such excesses. Sheogorath was not amused by such a decision and thus cursed the city's women by making them bear crazy demented children who would to the most horrifying actions, eventually the king's wife was afflicted by this same fate, and at a tender young age, the king's son murdered his own father. Thus the city reflourished in art. Sheogorath was so pleased that he blessed 2 generations of children with madness as well.
KRIMZONMEKANISM beautifully put! sheogorath is definitely one of my favored daedric princes, I believe a lot of the lore behind elder scrolls is based off of real religions and concepts. For example, in elder scrolls 3 Morrowind, there is a daedric shrine on the north side of Vvardenfell by Ald Daedroth called Ashurbanipal which is an actual name of a city in ancient Sumerian times. Didn't figure that one out till I read up on some Sumerian myths. Pretty awesome stuff!
Also don't forget that Sheogorath was fomerly Jyggalag the daedric prince of order before the other princes decided to tear him into pieces for how much power he had. Once the prince of order. Now reborn into madness. Pretty Dionysian to me.
The Elders Scrolls games are almost like what people of the ancient and middle ages thought the world was like; with magic, monsters in the forest, cursed people, witches, ghosts, gods that communicate with mortals, enemy races that were fundamentally different in anatomy, different realms and spirit worlds etc. The people of the middle ages may have lived in a world that they subjectively thought was more like Tamriel than our modern Earth.
Great work here. I would love an extension and perhaps comparison to Indian/Eastern influence. I still remember the remarkable impact of even just learning of Alexander's triumphs. That resulting trade hub, circulation of ideas from Greece to India as the result of so much spectacular death. The vedas and Hinduism borne of Steppes invaders which informed that aforementioned trade to Greece. The fact that cavalry, Scythians and their western influences as far as The Black Sea would circle back again as now a cousin-Sarmatian would again descend on Indus Valley. The beauty of the tragedies that repeat themselves and the tears which can transform into laughter. The forever wandering Atman, lost only to rediscover himself, Brahman It's so hard to explain complicated truth without sounding mad. How funny is that? You need not only be clever but also perversely clever. As you mentioned in quote, "capable of darkest thoughts" yet able to still reject them as needed and properly choose life. The rebirth is always the hardest part. Even having done it, doubting, how many more times?
You showed me my truth and for that i am grateful and send my love and understanding of the known and misunderstandment of the unknown. ALL ARE DIVINE and all are of Duality but to freely embrace the mad and rad. Crazy is but a period of time not a state of mind.
I might be worth mentioning that Nietzsche derived the distinction between the Apollonian and the Dionysian from Richard Wagner (the great composer and dramatist). Nietzsche and Wagner were friends but the friendship was not one of equality. Wagner was a kind of father-figure for Nietzsche and indeed Nietzsche regarded Wagner as his "greatest benefactor". His first great book "The Birth of Tragedy" was dedicated to Wagner and was derived in part from Wagner's writings and their long conversations together at Tribschen. No Wagner, no Nietzsche.
The past few years have been a lot different than the rest of my life in certain ways but I could never think of what it was but the idea of saying yes and no to life makes a lot of sense to me.
An approach to summarize this video lecture is to be aware of the Pros & Cons of every choice we make in life. The video mentioned something about Duality in which the tragic and the joyful mingle to create a true affirmation of life if we accept the fact that every decision leads to positive & negative consequences. Trying to balance the positivity and negativity of the latter shall lead us to acquire such a "dionysian character"
Thank you, i really needed this... Also, very very well done. Keep going, this is what "content" should be, yet all too rare in the jungle of the internet....
"Since I grew weary of the chase/and search, I learned to find;/and since the wind blows in my face,/I sail with every wind." Nietzsche, "The Gay Science"
When I was 18 or something, I went to some library in Cracow, Poland, to read on site only, “Dionysus Dythrambs” Nietzsche’s tome of poetry dedicated to obvious. Has been impressed. It was printed on some special kind of paper, tens of years old, only to read on site 😁🙏🏻
@@shadowforger2035 oh no.. he is the god of death as well as life. Chaos and order. He dwells on cremation ground. his offering is somam and weed (the agoris for example)
To overcome inevitable adversity is a beautiful thing, indeed. To worship the dark side of life and treat it as a god, or even equal in necessity to the light, is to lose one's rationality, if not one's complete moral compass in some cases. This is why Nietzche always falls short of high intellectualism in my opinion, and his love for Dionysus only confirms it. This isn't to say he, like the Greeks, celebrated the figure as a god. But he did celebrate it. Dionysus should be a warning. Nothing more.
I think that the Doors introduced me to Dionysian ecstasy before I ever read any of Nietzsche's work. I heard them when I was a toddler and they remain a favorite band of mine. Each of these names have impelled me to create in the vein of Dionysus.
@Suspicious Ned Flanders Only he was not a pop star, and, as is screamingly obvious, attempted to escape that image in every way possible, hence why he grew a beard and went to France to get away from the commotion. Listen to the Celebration of the Lizard and tell me what about that is "Pop." Not to mention, in saying this, that the Birth of Tragedy was a favorite book of his. Have you watched any of The Doors performances? He was "the raging one," "the mad one," "the eater of raw flesh," and given his liking for Nietzsche, it is not difficult to draw a line from the Dionysian art drive as expounded in the Birth, and its effect on the aesthetic listeners of ancient Attic society, to what Morrison and ostensibly the rest of the band hoped to achieve with regard to their audience: a paradoxical and emotional response to a manic, primordial, religious-type performance onstage.
Keep up the good work. The internet needs scholarly folks like yourself providing erudite information of relevance and sustainence...at least to those who still bother care about such things.
I feel like this really reflects the deep nihilism that everyone is expressing lately. You see it in Rick and Morty and all the fans especially. It’s always a “everything is meaningless, and nothing I will do will ever truly matter and all I have ever known is a false construct” kind of mindset. While I agree with that kind of philosophy, if nothing truly does matter, why not follow the philosophy of optimistic nihilism instead? Nothing truly matters so why not do what you want and enjoy the life? I don’t mean following the second philosophy will bring some kind of false, constant happiness, but I’ve experienced a serenity from it. its good to learn to understand and accept inevitable pain with a kindness towards yourself as well as accept that you’re also allowed to be happy or less pained when the feelings greet you. I know this is very rambly I just wrote as I though, and I apologise since I’m not gonna edit it
woao this is a gold mine. i can feel 2 ends of my psychie battle, the one who have kept me from reaching in to my internal fire, and the aknowledgment of the potencial wich is integrated in me as a human beein, i have allot of dreams i want to make true, i have a vision about using my potencial trough my passion to create and express the ability of the superman. since i was a kid, but it got overtaken by fear, i dont trust my self enogh to make thoes things happen. but this egnitet that fire, i stagnatet, and froze up like an antilope on the road, i froze, up. but now as i aknowledge the unknown the chaos as a steping stone, something that is equally important as how ive created and worshipped order, i now see that order can not be contained, and even has the ability to create sceletons in the closet. a tiny dragon that feeds on my fear to when ever it jumps out and scares me so much it creates momentum paradox in its finest, as if time had its own intelegence, nothing is stagnet, everything moves, a the indeviduals circle of life, wich is mirrored in all things. the rule of everything like the rule of energy and gravity. push the stone upp the hill and become stronger or stay in one place and become weack and killed by the stone. in memory there is wisdom. to tanced whatever was, to reach in to whatever could be. even dreams where the unconciouss mind works, is incomprehendably intelegent. i wake up some times gettin clues to what i should do, thoughts about thing i could not by my own in my conciousmind have come up with,. i guess then this is about integrating your conciense mind with your unconcioussmind that altso gives clues to what to do in a awoken state. this then means that we are not as stubid as we make it, but we choose to desieve our future self in the now because of lies, impulsive satisfaction now, as if there was no tomorrow, so we must teach ourself to shine light on the darkness in ourself and the outer world. to become ignorat even in our highest high is catastophic 4 ourself and the world, because we are a part of all. the butterfly effect reches over to no corner it flows like wind moves.
Acknowledging this is part of our existence is what is important. Unlike the modern trope of burying all bad things into the sand, and the myth that there should be no suffering whatsoever.
I think there are plenty of mad people there are and have been and will be on earth" who have never heard of Dionysus. His madness has nothing to do with Dionysus or what he was dealing with. It is simply a physiological or neurological change in the body due to some reason.
To overcome something once you do. You have to stay aware. To keep the balance on what you overcame. Like being on a seesaw. Going through the depths and rising from the ashes. Like a phoenix. Air Earth Water Fire consciousness of every frequency of being. Wake up. Thank you
I read Beyond Good and Evil when I was in 7th grade twice after taking it from a library under people's noses. I read each page carefully and wrote criticisms within the margins of the book then created a game with my best friend who read the book as well. We called our game :Building Blocks of Knowledge: where we took Nietzsches pages and tore them down in paragraphes with friendly debates. Looking back now 22 years later it makes sence why I hated school. It was fun to look back here after watching this nice video. Thanks
Isaac Galassi Hey, 3 years later I read a biography about Jim Morrison and decided take LSD while camping in high altitude mountains during a hot summer day with a small group of friends. Sober in the morning, we realized we didn't quite understand what our reasons were for being completely naked, though non of us have regrets to this day either. In fact, I'm glad I read the biography to help influence my buddies hooked on Nintendo to enjoy the experience.
My thoughts of such individuals is that they suffer from some chemical imbalance, creating mad thoughts and feelings; how convenient that a brilliant philosopher can conjure up wonderful scenarios of mythological gods. Certainly life is challenging, if one chooses to confront one's inadequate self: however, innate madness is simply not within the norm of human experience.
Bella Krinkle Conjecture of a well written scenario is exactly what you just played into. Good Lord, wise up and don't be so gullible! The word Gullible itself doesn't even exist in the dictionary, but for individuals like yourself I'm sure you play on it. Just Google it.
I wish I could read Nietzsche in my 7th grade. In that period I was struggling (and waste time) in rote memorizing many many many Chinese ancient writings. What a shame!
Ahh - I love the good vs evil paradox within all of us and collectively, thank you for sharing as I’ve never heard of Dionysus but I am eager to study him.
I recently obtained a third edition of this classic, printed in 1910. It's quite fascinating.. Nietzsche was quite metaphysical in approach. I wonder... What does Synchronicity have next in store?
What i got from nitzsche and especially from thus spoke zaratrustra is that everything is an illusion. It's close to buddism and zen. The übermensch is someone who sees reality as it is and not tainted by any lie about it or himself. Something like that.
Didn't i say that? What the humans make of the world is the illusion while underlying below it is bare reality which is tainted by the humans view on of the world. In the book there are characters representing different human ideas like pride or stupidity or the way humans live or god and he always brings them back to nothingness and the basic human nature. I do not understand your last sentence. Do you mean him? Or his idea of an illusion? Why intoxicating and confusing?
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Are you familiar with the Dionysian myth of Zagreus? The god Zagreus, apparently, was the first incarnation of Dionysos. While this story further affirms the similarity of Dionysus to Jesus, the myth of Zagreus implies a fundamental divine nature to mankind, as well as a path of reincarnation that finally leads to full expression of that divine form after shedding the mortal form. Also, Zagreus was a shape-shifter, possibly the origin of the epithet "many-forms" . . .
I love the way myths of different people at different times have so many common threads. Actually, he does not seem that similar to Jesus, except maybe that he changed everything. Dionysus seems darker. This reminds me more of Eastern religions that more fully embrace death and destruction as a part of the cycle.
coreycox2345 don't worry; I'm not a Christian, just making an observation, and clearly the myths of Zagreus and Dionysus preceded the myths of Jesus or the Catholic religion . . . .
excellent video 10/10.
coreycox2345 the history of Christianity represents to me that paradox here on one hand is salvation and on the other hand suffer accordingly this inability to attain to expectations beyond the abilities that evolution has equiped one with. One need only view history to see the shadows of Christianity yet within all that I find self overcoming and the beatitudes speaks of a personal resolve rather than a resolve one has no choice but to accept as in Christianity.
That twice born is within us all though definitions apply to differentiate, to me to die and be reborn in lesser deaths gaining those wonderful self -destructive energies into a rebirth and of refuelling to replace or recharge the energies necessary in artistic creation that amor fati painful as it might be does have that a recompense.....
"I don't want you to remove my pain. I need my pain. My pain is what makes me who I am."
James T. Kirk.
I don't like Star Trek. But it's a good quote! ♡
Nice. From which episode?
well said.
That is a pretentious and manifestly false statement.
Illogical Captain, but one way to deal with pain I suppose.
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Thanks Ab. Man its really ashame Ur brains got blown outta Ur skull.
Same here never stop making content
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I was thinking of writing the comment from a long time.
To Whoever is the creator of this content-
Nietzsche would be proud of you for the kind of work you are doing through these videos. Not only him, but a lot of great thinkers would be proud of you. You have helped me, and I'm sure you have helped a thousand others.
I'm from India- a country which itself has a great ancient tradition of intellectual thought as it is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and the home of Sufi Islam. However, we went into a rot a couple of hundred years ago- a total and absolute rot! we have not produced anything original or significant since at least 500 years. Indian society needs a big shock or destruction in order to start afresh without being weighed down by its own ancient traditions.This video just reminded me of it. Societies need shocks and suffering to truly flourish. Anyways, I will surely support you through Patreon. If you ever visit India, just let me know - you have a host.
Thank you.
I am a fellow Indian. Thank you for sharing that. You truly still carry ancient Indian hospitality by your spirit.
India is perhaps one of the only few countries in the modern world that accepts the Dionysian and also instinctively practices it unapologetically. The amount of suffering and pain that is seen around and yet the affirmation of the will to live and survive. A western man may not be able to survive India even for a year, if he chose to relive his life based upon the inhumane conditions.
However, what India needs is a reevaluation of her ancient myths to a modern context. To bring dignity to the human life through her mythology, to heal former errors through a revaluation of values. Every nation of historic value goes through a time of sunkenness, but eventually as history affirms, due to a rich folklore that is life affirming, she rises like a Phoenix from it's ashes. The time has reached it's full fruition; the next two generations will reshapen the psycho-spiritual malady that has plagued the nation due to the Varna system as well as the christianization from past Anglo-Saxon roots.
On a different note, Nietzsche would go into the annals of history as the man who saved humanity from the machines through acceptance of the Dionysian will.
Wise word friends.✨
@@danielraju4458 The idea struck me, as most of our temples have sexual portrayal , symbolizing maybe the pain which proceeds later, similar to how the greek worshiped procreation
The best channel on Nietzsche!
True.. Your Picture. Who is that? That mustache reminds me of Wyatt Earp.
Tauney Elysia that’s nietzsche
@@N12Gautam nah I'm pretty sure its Wyatt Earp. You can tell by the mustache.
John Doe tf u talking about John Doe
@@N12Gautam that's rootin tootin shootin Wyatt Earp. Are we looking at different pictures?
Please never stop man. You are changing people's lives whether you know it or not. You changed my whole outlook
I am at one of the toughest times in my life right now and have had several vivid dreams involving Dionysus and his companion Pan, as well as strange synchronicity events of them randomly popping up in my life in completely unrelated contexts, so I decided to look into it more, since I knew nothing about the two.
Thank you for this video. Its messages are very important to me. I will take it to heart.
Hope things got better, fellow struggler
The words of Joseph Campbell came back to me while listening to this. You must say, "yes" to all of life, the good and the evil. It was in the context of questioning a Buddhist teacher touching upon the essence of enlightenment. It sounded familiar and true at the time I first encountered it, but I had never before associated this with the ancient Greek myth of Dionysus. This has definitely given me a new perspective on both Nietzsche and Dionysus. What a mind stimulating and terrific lecture! Thank you.
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Accidentally stumbling on this jewel of a channel, I can say that this is what's missing in my UA-cam diet. Unlike the more popularising philosophy channels (which I also find useful), this is much more focused and nuanced, if not a little tedious at times. A worthwhile sacrifice, to be a little Dionysian :) Great work AoI. Cheers!
Also, I find having a little foreknowledge greatly helpful to my understanding of the topic, thus I recommend Taleb's 'Antifragile', a more modern take on Dionysus.
i swear i wast thinking about this book as well watching this...
Dionysus, Entropy and Chaos. Maddness. Nice God.. Always love the savage who eats people..
"The secret is that only that which can destroy itself is truly alive." ~ C.G. Jung
The more I get familiar with Nietzsche's thoughts, the more I understand what a great person he was.
People do not understand, Nietzsche was Pensioned out of University for
Ill Health, it was Syphilis a terror in those days. Text Books lie, he
had paresis cerebral atrophy in late-stage syphilis.which the wrongly
label Mental Breakdown .
The miracle was he lived and wrote as a man with Syphillis and wrote his
greatest works, then late stage Syphillic Paresis took his life. Not
insanity, Syphillis. It was kept secret by stupid people who like to
say" His hatred of God drive him Insane." Rather stunning how mean liars
and jealous morons hate upon Nietzsche because he was righteous in all
his words and deeds, while Christianity was committing Genocidal Mass
Murder on Red, Yellow and Coloured People world-wide?
@@edwardlouisbernays2469 Hey man. I'm no expert, but I've read a few articles stating that the diagnosis of syphilis was in fact ungrounded and the widespread diagnosis that he contracted syphilis from a prostitute was also used as a smear campaign.
The most compelling argument I've read states that Nietzsche had CADASIL. It best explains his symptoms and psychopathological behaviour.
"Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) accounts for all the signs and symptoms of Nietzsche's illness."
Nietzsche was soo ahead of his time his parents haven’t met yet lol
@@edwardlouisbernays2469 Based on what i've read in some of his works he never really shat heavily on religion or believers for their reasons either, which makes it even more tragic. Just demonized for presenting an alternative school of life.
@@edwardlouisbernays2469 you just had to plug in your ahistorical 21st century last man egalitarianism at the end there.
Your videos are so good - and very important. Thanks.
The world needs this information more than ever right now. We struggled for thousands of years acting, mimicking, iconically representing, and finally articulating these important human truths. These ideas need to be made common knowledge again if not in the articulated way at least acted out and discovered.
Wouldn’t it be good if people embraced this notion of life instead of OxyContin!
This certainly put today's crazy-ness in perspective. I suddenly feel free to embrace all of life, without resentment. This is definitely a message for our time.
This is saving me. I started meditating today after a couple weeks of not doing so. As I was meditating on the root chakra, the name Dionysus just came in my head and it sounded so familiar. I woke up this morning feeling empty, I was certain it was due to me not focusing on the moment and starting to let thoughts take over. I had negative thought patterns all day till I meditated and researched who Dionysus was when the name sounded in my head. I’m a huge fan of Donnie Darko and everything that has the “as above so below” complex. Destruction is a form of creation
I don't know how old you are. Do you remember The doors and Jim Morrison?. That dude personified Diosysos the way he experienced his life. He read Nietzsche and others of that mind when he was like 12 years old. Sad because I doubt he had enough emotional intelligence to handle it. He died just to experience it at such a young age.
Darko is my fav movie
@@michelledicesare9808 i had been thinking of Morrison while listening to this video. The guy literally became Dionysus.
So nice... your narrative and narration itself feels like poetry.
Your channel gives me hope at least two folks in my country share the same fascinations as I do.
Indeed,
Man cannot survive without a ray of hope.
That bai
lon nhat
cua
Doi nguoi
La
Tuyet vong.
I’m right there with you Bud
love is dionisian, we experience insane duality of suffering and joy, but all what we would recall is the brief moments of joy we felt, i love Dionysus so much
For better or for worse, it seems one must first thirst in order to appreciate the quencher. In other words, it may be that the Taoist assertion that positivity and negativity are necessary to each other, is true. You may be an eternal being engaged in the negative phase of a never ending cycle, a form of eternal recurrence if you will, of oscillating polarity which enables you to cope with that which you neither determine nor control. Like breathing, first you find yourself in a state of unbearable deprivation, which is wonderfully satisfying to fulfill. Once fulfilled, if one attempts to hold on to that feeling, it loses its potency and becomes unbearably burdensome, leaving one desirous of relief. That relief is oh so sweet but comes at a price; returning one to a state of deprivation and so, the cycle continues.
christ your full of shit.
dragonfishing What are you, a moron? Layman terms: Ya gotta be really tired to enjoy a good nights rest. If you were always sleeping at 11 p.m. and waking up at 7a.m., would you REALLY enjoy the sleep? Sounds pretty bland to me.
I don't think you realize how immensely important the work your doing is friend, thank you
i love your nietzsche videos, good job! great channel!
I've seen a number of your videos, I'm especially impressed with this one.
Dionysus be like Yin and Yang on crack
Good observation. It's interesting to note that Yin/Yang is a Chinese/Eastern philosophy, yet Dionysus awoke from a Western philosophy. But yet, they come to the same conclusion. It shows that there really is no "east" or "west," but that all human experience is fundamentally the same.
He do be like that doe
@@doomdong69420 he do be likes dat mayne
In Nietzsche’s book, “Beyond Good and Evil,” he proposed that we “expel the anti-Semitic squallers out of the country.” He wrote, and “I will have all antisemites shot.”
A drunk yin and yang if you will
Great lecture ...thanks for imparting the profundity of Dionysian imperatives , which is sublime .
this channel deserves more views
cheers to a dyonysian exsistence
theres always the statue of Attis
Just got woke up by a dream of going to army boot camp, (am 63), now have a pipe in one hand and a gin and tonic in the other. Does that qualify?
CHEERS!
The affirmation of negation within dionysian becoming or nihilism is justified through affirmation of transvaluation as a gateway to cultural or spiritual renewal. This sounds very Hegelian and may have been why Nietzsche was critical of his early work. The conjunction of opposites within the dialectic of self overcoming was perhaps never shaken off by him. From the perspective of our current culture wars I see more dionysian elements in the woke inspired Left than the Right. In any case, the affirmation of the destructive spirit for some utopian future is more dionysus than most of us want.
I'm replaying this over. It's so comforting and the paintings are superb accompaniment.
Without life there is no death.
Without death there is no life.
Life is the source of death.
Death is the source of life.
Therefore, when I meet death, I want to say to him:
`I am ready for you, my friend.'
1+ -1=0= 1+ -1
Is this from you or part of it or is a quote or part of one?
Greate quote, where did you get it?
Black and white are man made at the end these are all words when you see out of black and white you'll see time is a flat circle
"I don't know why you say goodbye,
I say hello."
-Dionysus, as "The Beatles"
Before I knew of Nietzsche I was loving the pain with the joy, but it was because I was so poor and neglected as a child that my only possession was an encyclopedia; I read it, in fact, I learned to read by reading it and once I had exhausted every article, my mind made an insane leap forwarders and I literally evolved into a higher man that could see and love the duality of pain and joy. Though I was poor and neglected, I was blessed.
amor fati
This was great! I starting writing after hearing this. It's a great analogy to use, no wonder Nietzsche liked it.
Great video, although if you could insert the names of the paintings as you show them that would be fantastic :)
I think you can find them by print screening and searching for the painting with google image search, at least you can get some site where it is linked and probably named. :)
Although i wouldn't mind seeing the names in the video either.
Haha we have an art collector here?
Maybe not an art collector, more of an art enthusiast ;)
I approve this!
SainteLucile yes! I always think this in videos that don't label the works
I would like to add to this, in that the story of Dionysus did not begin with his birth; In many myths, he was previously born to Zeus in the form of a serpent, and Persephone - Rulers of the heavens and the underworld, respectively. The titans captured him, torn him limb from limb, boiled his flesh and devoured him, save for his heart, which Athena managed to rescue and return to Zeus. Zeus ground the heart into a potion to give to Semele, and from there, Dionysus was reborn once more, not only of the divinity of the light on high and the dark below, but also of the mortal in-between. Thus he is shown in many cases to have two distinct forms - This older Dionysus, known as Zagreus, with a beard and masculine features - And a younger, effeminate form.
I read of the myth of Zagreus and saw within him the duality and contrast of my own soul over a year ago, and that is why I have decided to bear his name.
Amazing! Where did you learn this? I am interested in this version of his birth
That was scary and beautiful.
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By far the best video I have found on this channel so far
It’s so nice to see the amount of subs this channel has
The one channel all young men need to be watching today.
Just seeing this video.... Awesome Work! This was the fastest most in depth synopsis of Nietche Dionysus/Dionisio and Dionysian principles.
Thanks!!!
Thanks!
So the duality of joy and virtue with sorrow and sin.
Yes. Embrace both. I did only "good" side through beliefs of christianity and repressed my "evil" side. I'm glad it reminded me of itself through suffering and breakdown. Depression and other mental illnesses can be a blessing.
Wow, I am so glad UA-cam recommended this to me. Incredibly interestingly made. Thanks so much.
Apollo next please! this was great!
I love the spirit in this channel's comment section. Mostly people who are curious about life, it's so refreshing to read the comments. The internet is like Dionysus in its contradictions, there are people getting mental illness from it's overuse and then there are people over Academy of Ideas getting mental wholeness.
This is by far my new favourite channel on youtube!
I've begun to love this channel.
Personally, I find it almost addictive.lol.
After listening to a handful of youtube Nietzsche lextures, I would like to commend you for being the best of the bunch, sir.
Reminds me of the concept of Han and Jeong in Korean Culture.
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This was such a great video! I was always drawn to Dionysis myself and especially at this point in my life have found myself surrounded by the most questionable of characters, having fun with their eccentricities. People tell me I need to find peers of "better quality" lol but they don't understand me.
reading The Immortality Key right now, this video has so much more depth as Dionysus is a key center figure/idea in the book...
Dionysus is such an interesting character in Greek myth, ignored but not forgotten
“If you have hitherto believed that life was one of the highest value and now see yourselves disappointed, do you at once have to reduce it to the lowest possible price?”
I know this might be something somewhat offtopic, but I now better understand something about *SKYRIM* thanks to this video
Yes, I know, Skyrim. Hear me out.
Up to this point I always thought that Dyonisus was just a god of parties of drinking wines, of orgies, etc. What I didn't realize is how complex and close to nature of an entity of chaos he actually is in reality.
This is where *Sheogorath* comes in. He was a complete copy of Dyonisus all along.
Hailed as the dadric prince of madness, Sheogorath is capable of the greatest gifts and terrifying horrors, he is insane and his disposition will dictate his actions.
He is also the god of the arts, and created the 3 musical instruments when he stumbled upon a maiden singing.
Delighted by her sound he promptly caused her to "explode" in a burst of gore, taking her tendons and fashioning the lute, her hollowed bones to create the flute, and the hide of her skin to make the drum.
Additionally, when a king decided that his city's economy was not as well as it could, thanks to excessive partying and artistic endeavour, he decided to forbid such excesses. Sheogorath was not amused by such a decision and thus cursed the city's women by making them bear crazy demented children who would to the most horrifying actions, eventually the king's wife was afflicted by this same fate, and at a tender young age, the king's son murdered his own father. Thus the city reflourished in art. Sheogorath was so pleased that he blessed 2 generations of children with madness as well.
Dude, I was totally thinking about shegorath the whole time as well.
KRIMZONMEKANISM beautifully put! sheogorath is definitely one of my favored daedric princes, I believe a lot of the lore behind elder scrolls is based off of real religions and concepts. For example, in elder scrolls 3 Morrowind, there is a daedric shrine on the north side of Vvardenfell by Ald Daedroth called Ashurbanipal which is an actual name of a city in ancient Sumerian times. Didn't figure that one out till I read up on some Sumerian myths. Pretty awesome stuff!
KRIMZONMEKANISM Ha, I never thought specifically of Sheogorath but The Elders Scrolls definitely crossed my mind whilst watching this video.
Also don't forget that Sheogorath was fomerly Jyggalag the daedric prince of order before the other princes decided to tear him into pieces for how much power he had.
Once the prince of order. Now reborn into madness. Pretty Dionysian to me.
The Elders Scrolls games are almost like what people of the ancient and middle ages thought the world was like; with magic, monsters in the forest, cursed people, witches, ghosts, gods that communicate with mortals, enemy races that were fundamentally different in anatomy, different realms and spirit worlds etc. The people of the middle ages may have lived in a world that they subjectively thought was more like Tamriel than our modern Earth.
Heavy content all making sense. Thanks for the journey.
Great work here. I would love an extension and perhaps comparison to Indian/Eastern influence. I still remember the remarkable impact of even just learning of Alexander's triumphs. That resulting trade hub, circulation of ideas from Greece to India as the result of so much spectacular death. The vedas and Hinduism borne of Steppes invaders which informed that aforementioned trade to Greece. The fact that cavalry, Scythians and their western influences as far as The Black Sea would circle back again as now a cousin-Sarmatian would again descend on Indus Valley.
The beauty of the tragedies that repeat themselves and the tears which can transform into laughter. The forever wandering Atman, lost only to rediscover himself, Brahman
It's so hard to explain complicated truth without sounding mad. How funny is that? You need not only be clever but also perversely clever. As you mentioned in quote, "capable of darkest thoughts" yet able to still reject them as needed and properly choose life.
The rebirth is always the hardest part. Even having done it, doubting, how many more times?
You showed me my truth and for that i am grateful and send my love and understanding of the known and misunderstandment of the unknown. ALL ARE DIVINE and all are of Duality but to freely embrace the mad and rad. Crazy is but a period of time not a state of mind.
Amazing passion to put this together. I will share this with my circle.
I love your carefully and creatively made videos. Great job 💛💛
I might be worth mentioning that Nietzsche derived the distinction between the Apollonian and the Dionysian from Richard Wagner (the great composer and dramatist). Nietzsche and Wagner were friends but the friendship was not one of equality. Wagner was a kind of father-figure for Nietzsche and indeed Nietzsche regarded Wagner as his "greatest benefactor". His first great book "The Birth of Tragedy" was dedicated to Wagner and was derived in part from Wagner's writings and their long conversations together at Tribschen. No Wagner, no Nietzsche.
The past few years have been a lot different than the rest of my life in certain ways but I could never think of what it was but the idea of saying yes and no to life makes a lot of sense to me.
say, where do you get all the ancient paintings you use in your videos? i love the style, but couldnt find a good collection of them yet.
An approach to summarize this video lecture is to be aware of the Pros & Cons of every choice we make in life. The video mentioned something about Duality in which the tragic and the joyful mingle to create a true affirmation of life if we accept the fact that every decision leads to positive & negative consequences. Trying to balance the positivity and negativity of the latter shall lead us to acquire such a "dionysian character"
Thank you, i really needed this...
Also, very very well done. Keep going, this is what "content" should be, yet all too rare in the jungle of the internet....
This probably the most valuable and important channel on youtube.
A 10/10 video. Amor fati is the core concept of Nietzsche's philosophy imo. Everything else stems from it and aims toward it.
"Since I grew weary of the chase/and search, I learned to find;/and since the wind blows in my face,/I sail with every wind." Nietzsche, "The Gay Science"
When I was 18 or something, I went to some library in Cracow, Poland, to read on site only, “Dionysus Dythrambs” Nietzsche’s tome of poetry dedicated to obvious. Has been impressed. It was printed on some special kind of paper, tens of years old, only to read on site 😁🙏🏻
I'm intrigued by the similarity between Shiva and Dionysus
Dionysus is kind of more of an anti-shiva. Siv is complete control organization like a Father. Dionysus is chaos and hedonism
@@shadowforger2035 oh no.. he is the god of death as well as life. Chaos and order. He dwells on cremation ground. his offering is somam and weed (the agoris for example)
To overcome inevitable adversity is a beautiful thing, indeed. To worship the dark side of life and treat it as a god, or even equal in necessity to the light, is to lose one's rationality, if not one's complete moral compass in some cases. This is why Nietzche always falls short of high intellectualism in my opinion, and his love for Dionysus only confirms it. This isn't to say he, like the Greeks, celebrated the figure as a god. But he did celebrate it. Dionysus should be a warning. Nothing more.
Beautiful. It is really fucking difficult to affirm the greater tragedies, but it is totally true, and worth it eventually.
Jim Morrison was Dionysus personified.
Nietzsche was Dionysus personified.
So was grant Morrison funny enough
I think that the Doors introduced me to Dionysian ecstasy before I ever read any of Nietzsche's work. I heard them when I was a toddler and they remain a favorite band of mine. Each of these names have impelled me to create in the vein of Dionysus.
Beside Jim there is another Morrison and his name is Van Morrison
@Suspicious Ned Flanders Only he was not a pop star, and, as is screamingly obvious, attempted to escape that image in every way possible, hence why he grew a beard and went to France to get away from the commotion. Listen to the Celebration of the Lizard and tell me what about that is "Pop." Not to mention, in saying this, that the Birth of Tragedy was a favorite book of his. Have you watched any of The Doors performances? He was "the raging one," "the mad one," "the eater of raw flesh," and given his liking for Nietzsche, it is not difficult to draw a line from the Dionysian art drive as expounded in the Birth, and its effect on the aesthetic listeners of ancient Attic society, to what Morrison and ostensibly the rest of the band hoped to achieve with regard to their audience: a paradoxical and emotional response to a manic, primordial, religious-type performance onstage.
Keep up the good work. The internet needs scholarly folks like yourself providing erudite information of relevance and sustainence...at least to those who still bother care about such things.
Of all the philosophy content on youtube, which is a very mixed back, this remains my favorite.
I feel like this really reflects the deep nihilism that everyone is expressing lately. You see it in Rick and Morty and all the fans especially. It’s always a “everything is meaningless, and nothing I will do will ever truly matter and all I have ever known is a false construct” kind of mindset. While I agree with that kind of philosophy, if nothing truly does matter, why not follow the philosophy of optimistic nihilism instead? Nothing truly matters so why not do what you want and enjoy the life?
I don’t mean following the second philosophy will bring some kind of false, constant happiness, but I’ve experienced a serenity from it. its good to learn to understand and accept inevitable pain with a kindness towards yourself as well as accept that you’re also allowed to be happy or less pained when the feelings greet you.
I know this is very rambly I just wrote as I though, and I apologise since I’m not gonna edit it
Wrote as I thought*
Bravo, great work, my deepest thanks.
I think this is my favourite of the Nietzsche videos 👌🏼
Thank you for making this video, it has helped me with my English final for grade 10. :)
woao this is a gold mine. i can feel 2 ends of my psychie battle, the one who have kept me from reaching in to my internal fire, and the aknowledgment of the potencial wich is integrated in me as a human beein, i have allot of dreams i want to make true, i have a vision about using my potencial trough my passion to create and express the ability of the superman. since i was a kid, but it got overtaken by fear, i dont trust my self enogh to make thoes things happen. but this egnitet that fire, i stagnatet, and froze up like an antilope on the road, i froze, up. but now as i aknowledge the unknown the chaos as a steping stone, something that is equally important as how ive created and worshipped order, i now see that order can not be contained, and even has the ability to create sceletons in the closet. a tiny dragon that feeds on my fear to when ever it jumps out and scares me so much it creates momentum paradox in its finest, as if time had its own intelegence, nothing is stagnet, everything moves, a the indeviduals circle of life, wich is mirrored in all things. the rule of everything like the rule of energy and gravity. push the stone upp the hill and become stronger or stay in one place and become weack and killed by the stone. in memory there is wisdom. to tanced whatever was, to reach in to whatever could be. even dreams where the unconciouss mind works, is incomprehendably intelegent. i wake up some times gettin clues to what i should do, thoughts about thing i could not by my own in my conciousmind have come up with,. i guess then this is about integrating your conciense mind with your unconcioussmind that altso gives clues to what to do in a awoken state. this then means that we are not as stubid as we make it, but we choose to desieve our future self in the now because of lies, impulsive satisfaction now, as if there was no tomorrow, so we must teach ourself to shine light on the darkness in ourself and the outer world. to become ignorat even in our highest high is catastophic 4 ourself and the world, because we are a part of all. the butterfly effect reches over to no corner it flows like wind moves.
TLDR: being super depressed and still hanging on is the best state of being.
Hanging on since depression really hit back in around 91, when I was 13.
Acknowledging this is part of our existence is what is important. Unlike the modern trope of burying all bad things into the sand, and the myth that there should be no suffering whatsoever.
Great video. I haven't read him much since college, so this was a nice recap.
Your channel is amazing man thanks for the content really means alot!
The presence of Dionysus, drove Nietzsche mad.
I think there are plenty of mad people there are and have been and will be on earth" who have never heard of Dionysus. His madness has nothing to do with Dionysus or what he was dealing with.
It is simply a physiological or neurological change in the body due to some reason.
Your videos are a treasure
To overcome something once you do. You have to stay aware. To keep the balance on what you overcame. Like being on a seesaw. Going through the depths and rising from the ashes. Like a phoenix. Air Earth Water Fire consciousness of every frequency of being. Wake up. Thank you
I read Beyond Good and Evil when I was in 7th grade twice after taking it from a library under people's noses. I read each page carefully and wrote criticisms within the margins of the book then created a game with my best friend who read the book as well. We called our game :Building Blocks of Knowledge: where we took Nietzsches pages and tore them down in paragraphes with friendly debates. Looking back now 22 years later it makes sence why I hated school. It was fun to look back here after watching this nice video. Thanks
In seventh grade I was playing videogames 6 hours a day.
No ragrets though
Isaac Galassi Hey, 3 years later I read a biography about Jim Morrison and decided take LSD while camping in high altitude mountains during a hot summer day with a small group of friends. Sober in the morning, we realized we didn't quite understand what our reasons were for being completely naked, though non of us have regrets to this day either. In fact, I'm glad I read the biography to help influence my buddies hooked on Nintendo to enjoy the experience.
My thoughts of such individuals is that they suffer from some chemical imbalance, creating mad thoughts and feelings; how convenient that a brilliant philosopher can conjure up wonderful scenarios of mythological gods.
Certainly life is challenging, if one chooses to confront one's inadequate self: however, innate madness is simply not within the norm of human experience.
Bella Krinkle Conjecture of a well written scenario is exactly what you just played into. Good Lord, wise up and don't be so gullible! The word Gullible itself doesn't even exist in the dictionary, but for individuals like yourself I'm sure you play on it. Just Google it.
I wish I could read Nietzsche in my 7th grade. In that period I was struggling (and waste time) in rote memorizing many many many Chinese ancient writings. What a shame!
I love the quote at 17:12; do you know where it's from exactly? I've watched it a few times and can't find a citation. Thanks.
This is all new information for me. Thank you. 😊
"Young, dumb, & full of happiness."
-Adullam House
Love it 😂
Ahh - I love the good vs evil paradox within all of us and collectively, thank you for sharing as I’ve never heard of Dionysus but I am eager to study him.
I recently obtained a third edition of this classic, printed in 1910. It's quite fascinating.. Nietzsche was quite metaphysical in approach. I wonder... What does Synchronicity have next in store?
What i got from nitzsche and especially from thus spoke zaratrustra is that everything is an illusion. It's close to buddism and zen. The übermensch is someone who sees reality as it is and not tainted by any lie about it or himself. Something like that.
Didn't i say that? What the humans make of the world is the illusion while underlying below it is bare reality which is tainted by the humans view on of the world. In the book there are characters representing different human ideas like pride or stupidity or the way humans live or god and he always brings them back to nothingness and the basic human nature. I do not understand your last sentence. Do you mean him? Or his idea of an illusion? Why intoxicating and confusing?
Just came from a university examination of history of religions: this is an awesome video! 👍
Die-In-Isis so I’ve heard it’s a dangerous line of work.
Gives people second thoughts about the job.
Thank you my friend! I needed this today!!
you have appeared in cameos of my life at times i needednyou the most becoming a man on my own and juat wantednto thanknyounfornthe being with me in this expereince
thank you
p.s. and when inget my money up i swear tongod (or dionysus) i will support your patreon with a nice chunk of change,i promise.
This revitalised me. Made me cry.