THERE IS AN IMPORTANT CORRECTION BELOW, PLEASE READ. LINKS AND CORRECTIONS: If you want to work with an experienced study coach teaching maths, philosophy, and study skills then book your session at josephfolleytutoring@gmail.com. Previous clients include students at the University of Cambridge and the LSE. Support me on Patreon here: patreon.com/UnsolicitedAdvice701?Link& Sign up to my email list for more philosophy to improve your life: forms.gle/YYfaCaiQw9r6YfkN7 CORRECTIONS At about 9 minutes in the captions they say “Jew” rather than “due”. Sorry, this is just a typo, I proofread the autogenerated subtitles while I was half asleep and missed it. I unfortunately got Twilight of The Idols and The Antichrist confused when talking about Nietzsche’s four-part magnum opus (they were bundled together in my copy of the book), and as a result I keep my notes for them in one folder, meaning I read “this forms the first part of Nietzsche’s Revaluation of All Values” and thought it applied to Twilight, rather than The Antichrist. Twilight of the Idols forms the backdrop to the planned 4 part work, with The Antichrist being the first part of it. I am terribly sorry about this and I will try to keep my notes more organized in future so I don’t make such mistakes.

@mahadevraamesh1582

3 ай бұрын

bruh i read this comment with your voice in my head

@Elvisism

3 ай бұрын

Been watching too much 😂😂​@@mahadevraamesh1582

@Gfffgfggf

3 ай бұрын

Unacceptable… jk, I love your channel and it’s challenging nature. You’re doing a GREAT job, and imo also a great service

I can't wrap my head around how you're getting multiple videos out a month with this quality. You deserve all the growth your channel's getting!

@alineharam

3 ай бұрын

He's on a streak! Go, go, go!

@bobshimits

3 ай бұрын

I'd vote to be hesitant, and be careful not to dilute the quality.

@Dhrrhee3e11a76

3 ай бұрын

I'm a middle aged man and am constantly amazed at how this guy expresses such complex philosophical ideas so clearly and with such depth of knowledge. He's very very good.

@h80096

3 ай бұрын

Bro did philosophy at Cambridge he has bare to talk about

@hoi-polloi905

3 ай бұрын

If I were him, I would just be reading other people's analysis instead of wading through the actual literature.

It brings me such joy,to see a young man convey his reasoning so clearly.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it

@benwinter2420

2 ай бұрын

He dribbles nonsense aka academia . . the study of nonsense in current terms

@LordPerique

Ай бұрын

​@@benwinter2420an interpretation being common doesn't make it devalued.

@claudiamanta1943

12 күн бұрын

@@benwinter2420Do not be unkind.

"cope with the mental sickness that draws somebody to loving philosophy" .... I felt attacked :))

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Me too. Nietzsche truly takes no prisoners

@user-zg3gh8xg9v

3 ай бұрын

I've been bitch-slapped into submission.

@DJWESG1

3 ай бұрын

He was a very bitter lemon. James Lindsey comes close, uses his same arguments to nudge and poke, and to make himself important. His attacks on anyone and everyone who wasn't tory were the result of his fascism. Yet his sister gets all the blame.

@daanschone1548

3 ай бұрын

Well, I think having some insight in and control over your own thinking, might be key in our striving to power. :p

"As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves." Bodhidharma

@nomadman5288

3 ай бұрын

Conditions are all that there are, even an immortal would be ruled by them. So, the quote is saying something, but not as much as it seems on the surface.

Oh BABY, you're spoiling us with all this Nietzsche.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Haha! I am glad you are enjoying it!

@MaximillianSmith-pz1vk

3 ай бұрын

This comment + Your profile 10/10

@pablo-939

3 ай бұрын

@@MaximillianSmith-pz1vk Thank you brother, yours is not too shabby either. Have a great day/night.

I have no clue how you are churning these out with such quality. Excellent work as always.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And most of my work outside the channel is seasonal, so I have a lot of time at the moment

@Dr0ctober

3 ай бұрын

I’ve spent the better part of a decade looking to psychiatry and psychotherapy for answers that philosophy ponders. I’m no closer to my goal than when I started but your videos have helped me parse out more successfully the ideas I need to learn. Do you have any secular philosophy recommendations to settle a troubled mind?

This is yet another of your brilliant videos. Thank you so much. I studied Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals as part of my MA philosophy course. I tried to read everything I could since then. This is certainly the next on my list after your explanation. All I can say is... more please. Keep them coming.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I really think you will like it and there is a lot I sadly did not even get to cover in this video. I have got some exciting stuff in the works for the next few weeks, so they certainly will still be coming!

Great video! I love his critique, it goes as far as to say that our bodies also influence our thinking. He mentions thinking when we walk or living in a certain climate as defining factors of our thinking. He used to travel all year long from Nice, to Turin to Sils Maria, in order to find a climate that fully met his needs.

Wow. This video was important to me. Thanks for elucidating and comunicating the ideias like that.

Man you are a great teacher. Your schedule of uploads is tight as hell too. Keep up the good work, thank you for it

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Your videos are always a delight! Thank you!

Phenomenal video. I‘m deeply thankful for your work.

I hope your channel grows, your videos are top notch

Another great video! Please keep the Nietzsche vids coming

I recently found your channel and I have been watching the vids, really liked all of them and love the way of your explanation

I’m glad I found your channel, it’s getting me back into philosophy.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Keep up the good work buddy.

Broo you deserve all the recent succes you are getting 💪 Your channel might be one of the most knowledgeable in yt I learn a lot and thinks a lot after each video again thank you brother for providing us with free content

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! That is very kind of you to say

Brilliant youtube channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am glad you are enjoying the videos! And thank you for watching

Great great video. Thank you!

Another great video 🔥❤️your ways to explain all the things is incredible.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am glad you are finding the videos helpful

your videos are great, keep em coming. I listen them while doing household chores or any such work.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciated!

@andrejg3086

3 ай бұрын

They are also great to listen to while taking walks🙂

@danlightened

3 ай бұрын

​@@andrejg3086Exactly what I was doing this past hour!

Another brilliant video! Your content is so comforting and informative.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! That is very kind

You just gained a new subscriber 😁. I love your videos they really are so great and the way you talk is just amazing! Keep up the good work! I will recommend your channel to everyone I know

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! That’s very kind of you!

Hello unsolicitedadvice, I'm new to this channel and I'm glad I watched this particular video because I have been having similar thoughts on philosophy as we know it. I've come to realize philosophy is flawed because philosophers refuse to take the emotions of living things into account. From my own reflections, I've realized that emotions are what gives "value" to life, and emotions are reactions to something in relation to your values. For example, sadness is when you lose something of value, fear is potentially losing something of value, and joy is experiencing or being around something of value. I acknowledge logic and reasoning as being important for perception's sake, but without emotions the only logical thing to do is to die just like what happened to Socrates. Keep in mind I don't like the way Nietzche conveys his ideas with his complicated use of language, but I have great respect for his ideas. Thank you for translating his work into simpler language, It makes it far more accessible.

Well done! Great video. I have new hope in the next generation

Awesome we appreciate your work 👍👍

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you watching it!

Your videos are so good, it is amazing!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! That's very kind

As always, a great video and insight.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m really glad!

Thanks. Well done!

My most favourite of Nietzsche's ideas is his work on morality. Im slowly getting more into Nietzsche. There is a question i would like to ask brother: What should be my order to read Nietzsche works. And great video btw always insightful and lobe you ❤

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And to be honest although it is his latest work Twilight of the Idols is a great place to get an overview of his philosophy. Apart from that something like The Gay Science has the seeds of what will eventually become some of his most important ideas, so that can also be a strong place to start

I am currently doing a presentation on Nietzsche for HS and I need to include a bit of Nietzsche's thoughts on other philosophers so this video helped me a lot

I say this all the time I love this channel 🔥

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

You should make a video regarding Sir Iqbal’s critique of Nietzsche!

@unsolicitedadvice9198 love your video! would you consider doing an episode on 'selective breeding and the birth of philosophy'. this book has some interesting things to say on nietzsche and plato which is related to this video

You won me over with a simple line “While he probably would not like me calling him this…” Idk why but that resonates with when I write I often think about how they would view my works or dislike what I have to say about them. lol

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Haha! Thank you! And I sometimes think this with Nietzsche. For all his railing against a narrowly logical way of viewing the world, he is often a brilliant analyst himself

How can you simply simplify these so complex stuff☺️

Underated channel.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

This is crystalizing an attitude I've been culturing in myself for a few decades now - in this universe nothing has any inherent value or meaning. The hydrogen atom in my chest is no more valuable or important than the hydrogen atom in some gas cloud 3 billion light years away. Humans are not important or special - you can choose to assign the value of luck or chance onto it; but this too applies equally to every atom in the universe. We exist and can act upon what our senses can identify but none of this has any inherent value, morality or meaning other than that which we ascribe to it. I suppose this could be seen by some as depressingly crushing - if nothing that ever happens has any inherent meaning. I find it freeing to be honest. If nothing has any inherent value, and the only value is that which we place on it ourselves, then truly we can achieve anything our minds can conjure. I just watched your other Nietzsche video and the use of shame and morality in providing this backbone of support that actually does seem to fundamentally cripple what we think of as the sciences - and strangely it is art, the intrinsic, internal, 'gut feeling' endeavours that seem to provide humanity with that missing piece of our psyche. Your comments that perhaps Nietzsche's extremism was simply as a counterbalance to the prevailing attitudes does also make me examine it in a new light, as a midpoint between the two would seem to highlight an area of balance. One where ideas that are considered fundamental to existence can have definitions and theories and use logic and reason to achieve those ideas, and also being conscious that we are human, we are fallible and biased and influenced, far beyond that which we are even aware. Being able to balance, being confident and sure of your accuracy along with the humility to acknowledge your own limitations and biases and to then act accordingly seems to be the only way to truly grow.

12:30 from recent apophenias I've had, this is actually a decent way to explain my current understanding of other's point of view of a materialistic lifestyle and I'm really starting to see how people see another person as a material in some form (my corporate experience). I've been ignorant of politics for most of myself but until recently, it's a game to poison the mind and it's disturbing how effective it is that so many people around me I can't talk to because, for a lack of better terms, are less than human. People don't think as individuals or lack the ability to see another person's point of view... Idiocracy lol

We instinctively seek explanation. Philosophy just lets us do it less erratically.

Yeah Man ! Thats Why Master Said " Philosophers Are In the Habit Of Settling themselves Before Life And Experiences"

Nietzsche, A mad genius ❤️

Hi mate, I just came across your chanel a few days ago, and I find it incredible! I wanted to ask how you go about learning to study and interpret complex philosophical books like this?

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And there are many people who do this much better than I do (Walter Kaufmann on Nietzsche is a great example of this). But for what it is worth here are my two cents: The first point is just practice: I spend about 30-40 hours per week reading this sort of thing (which is basically only possible because I am fortunate enough to do this almost full time now), and it does get easier. I also did a degree and a masters in philosophy and logic so the experience from that helps. However, what I find more useful than anything else when tackling a difficult book is getting my hands on a few different introductions to the text. Normally at the beginning of a book like this there will be an introduction written by an expert on the field, as well as a translation. I like to read a few of these since it helps me have a general framework backed up by an expert within which I can begin to engage with the text, and then adjust my own interpretation as I go. I won't always end up agreeing with the introductions (most of the time they disagree with one another), but it helps me get an overview of the general state of the literature on the book. Then I go on Google Scholar and check for most cited papers on the subject and have a look at some of those to make as best sure as I can that I have not made an elementary error in my interpretation, and to harvest some other opinions

@manuelgomez9027

3 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 thanks! I really appreciate it. Keep up the great work 💪

@danlightened

3 ай бұрын

​@@unsolicitedadvice9198I had a similar question. Looking for answers to the meaning and purpose of life, I've read and watched over a 100 videos about different philosophies and philosophers by creators such as you. I'm 33 now but I really wish I had done a degree in philosophy but now, my knowledge from all these videos is fragmented. I wish there was some structure to it all and how they connect. Like who built upon whose work? Who critiqued whose work and are like the polar opposite ideologies?

Hi, Can I ask kindly, if you could recommend some philosophical books for someone who's new to this area yet keen to discover. Thanks! Best regards

Thank you, young gentleman, you speak well. 👏 Nietzsche was a reaction to his times which, perhaps, explains his black and white approach. He’s got some good points, but there are some serious limitations. First of all, not every single person can completely individuate, for various reasons, and that’s ok but only as long as there are elements of a cultural supra- structure with roots in the darker places of individual and collective psyche to allow Dyonisian catharsis in a controlled way. We have lost the great festivals of old by replacing them with ineffectual constant drip of small doses of hedonism that have diluted and poisoned the individual and societal areas where a proper use of sane reason is required. Yes, there can be an insane way of reasoning. Secondly, no society can be based on the anarchy into which a mere aggregate of Ubermenschen/Uberfrauen would unavoidably fall. That would be a herd of animals with delusions of grandeur still at the mercy of their instincts. Morality is the only thing that sustainably gels society. Kant’s categorical imperative is the only one useful here, not the utilitarianism that is so very appealing to the animal that has actualised his will to power whilst reifying human beings. I am not sure what his critique addressed to Plato is because Plato via his Socrates is not as rational as it may seem. Our contemporaries who play the psycho- spiritual midwifery game have lost Plato’s tongue in cheek, thus becoming the puppeteers and spectators of their own play, overwhelmed by their serious self- importance. They are in the cave. They are still cavemen with pens or microphones creating shadows of things that are not there, really (the Jung reference is very much intended). PS- I would like to hear your own voice. What do YOU 🫵🏻 think once we have heard this or that thinker. Is there a synthesis possible? Shall we dispense with anything? Invent? Innovate? Preserve?

This video forced me to join your Patreon.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! That is very kind

I think Nietzsches real thought on morality was that it is a necessary poison to achieve greatness, but objective universal morality must be rejected.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

That's really interesting. I sometimes find it difficult to fully reconcile some of what Nietzsche says about Master Morality, and how he praises it elsewhere, with his view in Twilight of The Idols that there is no such thing as a moral fact. I have a feeling that sometimes when he says "morality" he means something like "subjective value system geared towards certain aims" and sometimes he means "attempt at objective value system that is philosophically misguided."

@SkyeSage17

3 ай бұрын

As above so below. We experience the highest high and the lowest low. As the pendulum or fulcrum sways. We must find the balance. The right and left way. Inner harmonics 🌬️🌀💙

@matttiberius1900

3 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 yeah I think so too. A morality that values strength, and discipline and de-values weakness and compassion will create a strong disciplined person. But is a poison as these supressed drives are still part of him. Christianity does the same with slave values, but also claims universality. It leaves no room in society for strength to manifest, except as a sin. It causes a rot in the human condition.

I feel very heard

Some tip: Could you turn out or make it just an option with the subtitle. Especially the yellow highlighting is very annoying

I found Nietzsche point, most of them related to Self-Esteem. Bro really a head of his time.

I'm a bit curious on the implications of his writings, could it be that we're currently facing a crisis like he purposed and what if we embrace our "instincts" and "nature". What are the implications?

Nietzsche is really interesting because the more I learn about his philosophy the more I see historical materialist views (at least this is what I feel like)!

@Jonnie1905Boom

3 ай бұрын

Well, I know he holds this view of the will and his rejection of dialectical thinking, still to me his ideas are very reminiscent of historical materialism, albeit a very distorted one!

@dorukcider4117

3 ай бұрын

@@Jonnie1905Boomwell he is against what we call materialism as materialism is that material world and truth of logic would lead to happiness while nietzsche completely throws this out the window

Majestic

I am a huge Nietzsche freak I have read Twilight of the Idols, Antichrist, Geneology of Morals, Zarathusta, etc. and now Reading Will to Power the man is on a level most people can't even comprehend. My only objection is his rejection of metaphysics ,the world of being need not have moral imperatives and how can all the teachings of great mystics and ancient traditions just be a cope? Nietzsche even creates a quasi metaphysical system with his view of the body, as a hierarchal system and eternal reacurrance. etc. and if you supplement him with other philosophers like Evola you got powerful stuff!

Forgive me if I'm wrong but this whole way of thinking seems to rest upon the presuposition that happiness is the thing we should be aiming towards Is there any work of his in which he explains why happiness is the thing we ought aim towards? Or is this something Nietzsche takes for granted?

can you upload a video about the bell jar and the fig tree analogy by sylvia plath

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

I am working on one for the next month or so (I have a lot of videos in the pipeline)

Moses recorded Pi 3.14 π first in the Exodus 26 Wilderness Tabernacle blueprints near 1300 BC and not Archimedes the mathematician in 250 BC. 330-15-1=314 Calculation based on the description of the Tabernacle's curtains in Exodus 26:8-9, 12-13 with vs13 being the lynchpin. Here's a breakdown: Total Length of the Curtains: The Tabernacle had 11 curtains, each 30 cubits long. So, all the curtains together were 11 x 30 = 330 cubits long. Folding One Curtain: One of these 11 curtains was to be folded in half. When you fold a curtain that is 30 cubits long in half, it becomes 15 cubits long. Adjusting the Total Length: After folding one curtain in half, the total length of all curtains would be 330 cubits (from all 11 curtains) minus 15 cubits (from the folded curtain). So, the adjusted length is 330 - 15 = 315 cubits. Extra Length at Both Ends: The same folded curtain is supposed to have half a cubit of material hanging off at both ends of the Tabernacle. Since there are two ends, that adds up to 2 x 0.5 = 1 cubit. Final Calculation: To find the final length, subtract this extra 1 cubit from the adjusted length of 315 cubits. This gives 315 - 1 = 314 cubits. This was rediscovered by an engineer from Wisconsin in 2015. Geometry π people will see this as dome shaped. However Josephus the Historian describes the traditional rectangle shaped Tabernacle. 2 different shapes. or (C-curtain L-length) 11Cx30L= 330CL, 1Cx30L= 30CL÷2= 15CL-330CL= 315CL, 315CL-.5CL-.5CL= 314CL Exodus 26:8-9, 12-13 or 330-15-1=314 Exodus 26:13 makes Pi 3.14

@Alt........138

3 ай бұрын

I think you commented on the wrong video, but even so, if the curtains were folded in a circle, was it also mentioned that the radius was 100 cubit, cause that would be necessary to get pi=3.14

I think I dreamt I begged you for a video and deleted it. So thanks for answering the unknown request!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Haha! No problem!

I believe what we call "morality" is pointing to something that has an objective essence. Whether or not we can discern what that is, well, that's another matter. I also don't believe it to be a matter of "good and evil," but something more like what is more or less effective in regards to well being. Even the term "sin" didn't mean what we have come to know it to mean, but rather meant "to miss the mark." Does that not sound more like a question of effectiveness?

6:31 Is that Nietzsche as a teenager? Would be fun to see how that photograph would look if it was taken with a modern day camera 😂

It's truly ironic how the proof that backs his opinion is his anger that is shown in his writings, which ultimately makes you realize that his point of view is obviously a biased one ,and therefore all that his work does is simply leave you even more confused.

I have asked myself why humans are so willing to unconditionally accept joy, but seek explanations for suffering.

Maybe Socrates developed this idea 'existence as suffering' as a way to cope/soothe himself to the impending doom of his existence. He claimed to be the wisest but regardless he is still human and the life after death is a question we would never know the answer in certainty. edit; 4:40

A question for you, do you incline towards Socrates view of human purpose and virtues or Nietzche's idea of Ubermensch philosophy.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

I know this is sort of a cop-out answer, but honestly a mixture of both. I find the pursuit of Aristotelian virtues very fulfilling, but at the same time in the past I have made the mistake of going so far in that direction that I felt very lethargic and alienated from "deeper" aspects of myself (if you will pardon my use of loose language and clumsy metaphor).

@sfyn3496

3 ай бұрын

Great answer, Although I always thought it would be tyrannical to mix both the Socratic and Nietzchein philosophy, as Nieztche despised Socrates for laying down the foundation of life after death belief sytem. Maybe it would work in certain aspects. Aristotelian virtues, it worked for Alexander. Surely would be a great help for us then.@@unsolicitedadvice9198

could you do something on dante’s inferno?

This is why some old school put much effort into selecting strong-minded students and preparing them well. Real philosophers put their sanity on the line, and it doesn't always go well ;)

I wonder what Nietzsche thinks about the Hellenistic philosophies like skepticism, cynisism, epicurism and stoicism. The divisions between these seem to come down exactly to his point about human instinct/nature.

9:18 humans, being directed by their instincts for obtaining stimulus without any deep reasoning or logic behind since immemorial times, which makes being illogical a part of what we are today. So trying to be a good character, a selfless being, a moral person or someone who doesn't get hindered by the materialistic world is something we can try to achieve and cannot be 100% of that at 100% of the time. So i do agree with Nietzsche to some extent. However, my opinion on the same boat as his perspective when it comes to virtue and sympathy. Through evolution man has created ways to communicate, which makes it easier for one to understand another's pain and suffering using language for expression. Understanding pain of others while being aware how awful the feeling of pain is, we created "sympathy". This one element is a key that makes us human because unlike other beings one can understand pain other than oneself. Communication gives us this hive mind effect where the message of pain is not limited to body sending message to brain of being hurt but messages passed by other than oneself to the same kind who can deeply understand the said message. Nietzsche contradicts himself in this part Just like how he said that it is human behaviour to seek pleasure for themselves and it doesn't make sense for oneself to achieve get hindered by morals in their persuit of achieving their own personal goals. But it is also human behaviour to function as a group rather than an individual. Why reasoning and rational thinking prevails is because be it pleasure or pain, both are irrational but human still choses one over other and avoids pain, which again is also human behaviour. Through means of communication pain can be shared. If someone ignores other's suffering for their own strength, they make themselves venerable to the same type of treatment, and human being dependent on grounp contribution for development cannot sustain growth on their own and hence have to work towards group achievement rather than individual aims while venting others or else society will collapse and it will cause downfall for humanity.

@dinosaur9406

3 ай бұрын

Now question arises that what if people hide their selfish deeds or just form an association with members who want to fulfill their goals based on instincts regardless of moral or not Then it will make division in the society of master morals and servant morals, where eventually the one's who tries to dominate through any available means will get revelled against by the one who is suffering, and in history we have seen many such occurances. ( Learnt this concept from this channel btw )

@Opposite271

3 ай бұрын

Yes, humans did evolve for a communal life in a tribe. But we don’t live in tribes anymore instead we live in a Civilization which is defined by class structures in which it is impossible for anyone to know everyone else personally. Most individuals are powerless in such a society, compare this to a tribe in which even the top of the hierarchy could be easily disposed of by the lowest member of such a society. The types of values that civilization produces exist for the stability of civilization and not for the well-being of humans. On a more pessimistic note, a cynic might argue that It makes humans into docile pets, ready to function as yet another cog in the machine.

i have a question, why do we need to be happy?

I think Nietzsche is so deep that not even your audience can understand you speaking it in easier terms

auto subtitles mistake at 9:02

So today I learned that I'm the reincarnation of Nietzsche XD

This man's book is as good as his mustache

I may have become a fan of Nietzsche's ideologies after watching this video. I do not fully agree with his understanding of right and wrong, but I fully agree that humans are not fully rational creatures who always meant to act in a virtuous or strictly moralistic way.

i love the idea of you don't need to praise who everyone is praising, even if its valid, they already know that and is besides the point, whenever someone starts a critique with the equivalent of "but he was a great guy who also made many important contributions" they are already diminishing their own message, and I think more people should stop approaching critique from this apologetic standpoint

I despise philosophy but at least this channel makes it a bit more palatable

Forgive me if I sound ignorant but, isn't he not contradicting himself by having to prove or enforce his ideas? I agree with him that generally, our natural state is to will to power. My question is, how are we supposed to act and will towards power, if we don't have a general ideas of what the consequences of our actions are? What is the good of learning them if we're simply led by our primal instincts?

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

I actually think this is a really good point. A lot of Nietzsche's criticisms of Socrates apply to him too, and I think he would probably admit as much

Kant be just like batman with his rules and „My parents taught me a different lesson” XD

Nietzche to me is the fight-club of philosophy

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Haha! I might borrow that for the script the next time I talk about Nietzsche if you don't mind

A lot of what Nietzsche says (atleast what I have heard from this channel) very much makes me realize that you should apply what he says with a grain of salt. Going even a little more than that immediately becomes radical, extreme and destructive.

Taoism is probably the only Philosophy he would like because it forces the practitioner to accept there is no knowing. NO ONE KNOWS 😅

Bro how to learn People skills which books would help in it..

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

I may not be the best person to ask if I am honest. I am at best average regarding people skills and at times woefully poor. Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic and I did find it somewhat helpful for making me less nervous in public. It sort of gave me a structured framework I could use (which I find helpful as lots of socialising does not come naturally to me). To be honest I had the most success being relaxed around people once I gave myself a rule for a month that every time I had an interaction with someone I had to pay them a friendly and benign compliment. It really got me out of my comfort zone and I still use it as a rule today if I ever get nervous speaking to people.

@mohibquadri4053

3 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Smart idea 😊 Thanks a Ton brother 💚

Nietzsche’s argument for the inclusion of intuition uses reason. He is basically coming full circle here. I haven’t read much of his works although, it seems that works like these reflect his displeasure of social norms. He seems to hate the ‘docilification’ of humans and he thinks in this that ‘logic’ disturbs natural processes of humans. The funny thing is that you can frame anything as logical (through speech, very difficult with data). This can mean that the “logical” idea isn’t really logical, but some faulty conclusion. This makes the pillar of logic seem a little less robust.

Ah man how can I live my life if my prior philosophies and values just get brutally deconstructed, all the time

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Haha! A good point. And one that I think every philosopher has to confront at some point

Going tomorrow to book store... Recommend me some best books ... On morality... And Dark sort of philosophy.... Like no one want to accept it or read it...

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Haha! Well Nietzsche is great for that sort of thing. His Genealogy of Morals and Beyond Good and Evil would fit your bill perfectly. There is also The Myth of Sisyphus by Camus. And if you want a general introduction to ethics there are plenty. I think Simon Blackburn wrote the Very Short Introduction to it, and he is always a joy to read (though I haven't read this particular book of his myself)

@Nothing.321uf

3 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 thank you...

Freedrink Nietzsche was stark mad.

Twilight of the Idols was not the first part of his planned 4-part magnum opus. That was the Antichrist. Good video though, I appreciate the energy you bring in your delivery.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Ah damn! I’ll add it to my corrections. My copy has Twilight of The Idols and The Antichrist bundled together (and since I organize my notes by physical book, my notes for it were thus in one folder) so I must have got the two mixed up. Thank you for the clarification. I genuinely appreciate being told when I have made an error. Also PS I love your videos

@WeltgeistYT

3 ай бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Thanks! I assume you have the Penguin version then? Btw, I've sent you an email.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's the one. Silly of me though, I must keep my notes better organised!

Do you think Nietzsche is getting more popular on YT by the algorithm?, or is it just me. Anyways, I really need to read his work because I am afraid that I know everything about him from other peoples interpretations of him, and not from my own. How were you introduced to him?

Descartes the father of the scientific method (ignored by Covid pushers) . . said that philosophers have an different opinion on how it all works , depending on which side of the bed they got up of , that morning

As good as Nietzsche was in injecting human nature into philosophical thought, he too often failed to identify the contradiction of human nature as an individual and human nature as a social biological entity.

Maybe Nietzsche realized that when we die we are “deceased” which means we’re no longer “ceased” upon death? That means we were ceased here during life.

Max Stirner preceded Nietzsche in time and thought- he exposed Socrates as loser. Nietzsche and nearly all since have “crashed and burned “ on Stirner. “The Unique and Its Property “, Max Stirner,1844/2017 Landstreicher translation.

Logic is like a brick building. If it's built on wet sand, the strength of it's walls is meaningless.

are you sure the book was left unfinished? because the only book that i know he left unfinished was the will to power

@unsolicitedadvice9198

3 ай бұрын

Oh sorry the four-part work was unfinished. Twilight of the Idols was finished. Sorry if I was unclear in the video

He was about to become Mustache Rand, sounds like

Bro what is your age ? M curious to know

I disagree with one of your points. It’s around when you mentioned that suppressing our primal instincts can prevent society from collapsing. I would argue the opposite. Suppressing our “primal” or “natural” instincts is what causes societies to collapse. It creates passivity instead of action.

@alena-qu9vj

3 ай бұрын

To see how communities of primates function without suppressing their instincts we just have to observe the packs of primates. Not that I am saying that they function any "worse" , but sorry there is no way back.

@m.c.martin

3 ай бұрын

@@alena-qu9vj Feminism is the leading cause of societal collapses, and it goes entirely against our primal desires.

I can sense philosopher by number. Immanuel kant is 1 , friedrich nietzche is 0, we are -1, I am not think therefore i am,