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@KamikazeMedias

16 күн бұрын

Can you make a video on Nietzche's filopolonism?

@Afsanco

16 күн бұрын

I don't know if you know this but you have very intense eyes.

@codenameace-zg6uy

15 күн бұрын

Can you make a video about Eastern Philosophy?

“Be skeptical about people like me” shows a degree of intellectual honesty that is very rare today

@Delmworks

16 күн бұрын

Ironically made me less skeptical of the man-I’d thought he couldn’t live up to his ideals and that he was aware of his limits to some extent is good to know

@davidrobinson7684

16 күн бұрын

What's rare, I think, is for somebody like him to be aware of the kind of person he is.

@user-es9qo9hx2r

15 күн бұрын

I would say the opposite; it's the most intellectually dishonest thing to say. Nietzsche would say, "just own your words." This reminds me of Zizek's joke in which a Rabbi and a rich man both exclaimed that they are nobody and that neither of them deserved God's attention. But they took issue when a beggar exclaimed the same thing, "who does he think he is to claim that he is a nobody?"

@Idk_imagine_a_cool_name

15 күн бұрын

@@user-es9qo9hx2r In my opinion it is the only way to own your words, since you take in consideration that you don’t know everything. He is not Nietzsche, he doesn’t know the ultimate intentions and meanings he had. He made us clear that his is only a possible interpretation, and since Nietzsche is notoriously very unclear in some parts of his thinkings, this interpretation may not align with what Nietzsche really thought. I think there is nothing dishonest about acknowledging our limits. I actually agree with the vision you expressed , but imo this is not applicable in this particular instance

@user-es9qo9hx2r

15 күн бұрын

​@@Idk_imagine_a_cool_nameof course it's his interpretation/opinion. However, it is a total platitude to exclaim that unless it is for some other psychological reasons. Nietzsche would be totally against this way of talking, and I don't have to prepend the former statement with "you don't have to agree with me." I own my interpretation of Nietzsche. I own my opinions. I own my words. I don't have to be extra careful or prepare an excuse. I just say it.

I think the most common misunderstanding is Nietzsche's concept of the will to power. It is not a Machiavellian desire to dominate everyone and everything. Rather, it is a source of unlockable creative energy that an individual harnesses to unify their character and project meaning unto the world. This is partly why Nietzsche so admired Goethe.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Yes, I am perhaps a little in the middle of the two camps here. I think that Nietzsche does sometimes stray quite close to using "power" in the more straightforward way of dominating others, but that he thinks a "higher" (to use his terminology) will to power would be directed at oneself in the creative way you put here.

@cerdic6586

16 күн бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Indeed, as with Zarathustra. Based on Nietzsche's personal struggles of lifelong obscurity, persistent illness and family issues, I would say that there is also an egotistical projection on Nietzsche's part. By which I mean: he overcame his own lack of power and control by idealising the Ubermensch. One can see an element of the more straightforward way of dominating in Nietzsche's admiration of Napoleon. The reasons for which I suspect may have parallels with Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment.

@DJWESG1

16 күн бұрын

Some sort of jungian individuation?

@cerdic6586

16 күн бұрын

​@@DJWESG1 Indeed, though perhaps less nuanced than Jung's analysis. I think Nietzsche was a pioneer thinker on the shadow's relationship with the persona. Many Modernist authors were influenced by his insights into human nature.

@sumdumbmick

16 күн бұрын

it couldn't be Machiavellian. Machiavelli wasn't a solipsist, which is why he's so strange when set against the rest of the Western Tradition, which is almost purely just a bunch of different forms of solipsism vying for supremacy, Nietzsche included.

It turns out I like Nietzsche more than I hoped I would.

@crosstolerance

16 күн бұрын

Could you elaborate more on why this is so?

It is so hard to talk about Nietzche when people are already in the camp of negativity about him. Especially when they don't want to have their minds changed.

@daanschone1548

15 күн бұрын

If they don't want to have their minds changed than why talk about philosophy at all with them?

@zeketestorman4981

15 күн бұрын

@@daanschone1548 Because they don't reveal that until you start countering their ideas and arguments.

@daanschone1548

15 күн бұрын

@@zeketestorman4981 ha, I'm curious what their philosophy is in that case. I often see more similarities between philosophers than differences. Maybe start the argument with that?

@zeketestorman4981

15 күн бұрын

@daanschone1548 Orthodox Christian with the position that the overman is an inherently destructive idea and that morality must be defined by God or we wouldn't have morality. I have tried to use an olive branch twice, but that dove just didn't take it. This guy is deep in his philosophy, too, so I don't know how to approach it anymore without giving a hard counter to his religion, which I am hesitant to do. He's a good friend of mine, and his entire life is built around his faith. Heck, he wouldn't even believe me when I told him Nietzche's work was falsified and manipulated into such a way that was antithetical to what he actually said.

@daanschone1548

14 күн бұрын

@@zeketestorman4981 well, as a Christian he has to agree with being free (having free will) to chose to follow Christ. So he kind of agrees that this is by his own choice. And that if he would disagree with Christian values, he wouldn't be really a Christian right? Furthermore I'd ask him what he thinks those values are and how he applies them in his regular life. Most Christians I know are far away from really following the words of Christ... If he really lives by these he kind of has to be unconventional by today's standards. Which is not unlike what Nietzsche would appreciate. A good question might be if he would live in accordance to Christian values if there turned out to be no God and afterlife? Would he become a nihilist or still value what Christ has taught about how to live well?

People either do not know or have forgotten that Nietzsche was a high-quality philologist. At the age of 24, he became a professor of classical philology at the University of Basel. This became possible thanks to a letter of recommendation from the then first philologist in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, who is studied as part of the history of philology. He wrote in the letter of recommendation: "Among so many young talents that have developed before my eyes over 39 years, I knew no one who at such an early age possessed such maturity as this Nietzsche. If he is destined to live long - may God grant it! - I predict that one day he will occupy a leading position in German philology. Grateful for ur work. I rarely saw someone on the KZread who speaks the true information about Nietzsche, except for a few channels, with a few hundred subscribers.

@irrelevantcheese8623

16 күн бұрын

What’s philology

@gladiustv170

16 күн бұрын

​It is a set of sciences that study the cultures of peoples expressed in language and literature. In our case, Nietzsche was a classical philologist, which means he studied ancient Rome and ancient Greece. More precisely classical languages, Latin and Ancient Greek, as well as works written in these languages.​@@irrelevantcheese8623

@marcelberes469

16 күн бұрын

​@@irrelevantcheese8623 The study of language. How it came to be, how it works. Another word for it is Linguistics.

Such concise delivery and great interpretation of philosophical works, especially at such a young age you have a bright future.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Ah thank you! That is very kind of you!

@gravitheist5431

16 күн бұрын

At his age I had only heard the name Nietzsche

I decided to pursue a PhD in Philosophy thanks to you. Thanks handsome ❤

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Wow! That is high praise indeed! Best of luck!

@BBWahoo

16 күн бұрын

​@@unsolicitedadvice9198 No problem! I appreciate the sentiments, and your content is great, gave me the push. Philosophy is theraputic for me, I consider myself highly emotional and the ability to think in third person allows my critical ability to sharpen and those volatile emotions to subside.

@crow_feather

16 күн бұрын

​​@@BBWahoo As someone who's highly emotional myself, I'm going to to start trying to think in third person, too, and see if it helps! Thanks so much for the suggestion! It's great advice! Best of luck to you as you pursue your PhD! ❤️

@mikewalker8956

16 күн бұрын

Honest question. What kind of job do get with a PHD in philosophy?

@Matthew-cp2eg

16 күн бұрын

and how is your youtube channel coming

Dude! Finally someone talked about Kaufmann's translation! Love it

@mr.ferg0112

16 күн бұрын

Look up Wes Cecil

27:18 “I encourage you to read Nietzsche yourself” - something I hear myself saying every time I get cajoled into an argument over him. Such strong views, held by so many, who have never turned a page of Nietzsche in their lives. Great video. I subscribed 👍

Nietzsche has given a voice to my thoughts for which l had been very skeptical about. The first time I read Thus Spoke Zarathustra I thought that someone is kidding with me. In my opinion Nietzsche was the greatest mind of the last 1000 years and if you want to be aware of the present world you need to study the man.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

He is certainly a brilliant thinker

A beautiful and well thought through presentation, albeit abbreviated, of misconceptions, and refutations of those incorrect views. Unsolicited Advice (UA) has outdone himself again. I will not bore the subscribers with praising UA-thank you for your well thought through presentation. From California.

love how much this channel is growing, keep up the good work!

This videos starting break at 7:20 was well timed. Nice little time to process what was said, and avoided overwhelming me

Great video, my favourite channel at the moment. Really respect that you make it clear we should form our own opinions

So cool to see this! I read a quote by a British historian from the 50s “Freud, like Nietzsche, is more often read than understood”. I always felt he was so much more positive than what people think, especially those that read him when young to be edgy, then reject his writings later in life as simply adolescent

Love your videos and love the way you liberate certain misunderstanding of Nietzche

I have a habit of clicking on "5 things you missed..." videos, to see if I actually missed anything. And I almost never missed anything. But this may be the best intro to Neitzche video yet. I wish this existed 30 years ago. Good job!

Another great video! Thank you for your efforts, friend.

I have come to appreciate your work very much.Thank you

Love your honestly bro. Subbed. Keep on refining the self there’s an ubermensch in there!!!

Thank you for the enlightening video, Mr. Handsome Philosopher

Compelling, comprehensive, and correct. This is my new favorite video on Nietzsche.

Thank you for your work

The way you speak is so Awesome.❤😊 Just notice the way he starts his speech 😎🙌

Your interpretations of various philosophies have helped me greatly during the toughest last few months. Gleamed something new and very interesting from all of your videos. Thank you, young man!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching! I am glad they are helpful!

just bought my first Nietzsche book today, Beyond Good and Evil. Your videos have piqued my interest in philosophy along with some awesome mentors in my undergrad program. I will probably be pursuing a PhD after graduation now.

Wow, this is an important piece. Well done.

This video was great. I never know what to think of Nietzsche, in that he professes a zest for life, but seemingly provides the toxin for it. He unlocks the gate of meaning, and tells us it was always up to us in the first place. The idea that we actively create meaning through our relationship with language and the outside world. Which is a part of us. A very complicated thinker, and I'm really glad I watched this today.

Basing a person on their personal qualities vs immutable traits or whatever banner they fly seems to be the way to go in terms of how we should engage with others in our society. Shame it was twisted by his sister like that, i honestly did not know about her until i heard you mentioning it.

Loving your content!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for the deep and total insight of Nietzsche

alway get excited when you upload

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Thank you! That is very kind

Your video on Albert Camus inspired me to buy his books - I have never studied philosophy but your videos make me want to start. This video is likewise fantastic and will give me direction to find even more to read. You have excellent delivery and are concise but also detailed so thank you for what you do.

Hello sir ! I am eagerly waiting for your video on Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov. Your insights on Dostoevsky's works are amazing !

I love your work on nietzsche, as always thank you for sharing

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@juno8922

15 күн бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 always my pleasure

Mille mercis!!! Highly appreciated word and dedication to help reach comprehension. Priceless Bro, Really, thank you so much. A most ubiquitous and tolerant harvest of seeded confronting analysis between each thinking systems and philosophies; what a bloom.. that would feed humanity With the utmost complementary bread of oedemia, wouldn't it? Plus Sesame seeds on top ofc

Great video. Nitstzche helped me to undestand my depression. To deal with the resentment caused by physical and emocional pain. To find power in the most basic instincts which its connection whast severed by unreasonable shame. And to find a live that is worth living.

this video is very good; and very entertaining. your articulation and word choice is magnificent. please keep making content like this. (edit) just realised that ''like'' has a double meaning. i meant in the manner of which this video was conducted. nietzsche content is also terrific though :)

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Ah thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video

This is the most interesting video about Nietzsche that I have seen. It provides fascinating insights into his philosophy.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Thank you! I am really glad you enjoyed it

Gonna be a great video!! I already know ❤

Bro you look like one youtuber 'exphub class 9 and 10 ' just his hairstyle is different Anyway your clarity and concepts regarding philosophy and passion to explain it easily makes me stay to hear it all The video of destroy anyone at argument that was really good too

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Ah thank you! That's very kind!

Thanks!

Choice seems to be a connective thread between Diogenes and Nietzsche. Thanks for the video.

It may be the man you referenced at the beginning, but I read a book that had a preface by an American writer. He was a Nietzsche scholar and talked about how Freddy was vilified after WW1. Apparently a committee was set up by the League of Nations to hunt down “adherents to the monster”, to which this author was summoned to defend himself. Apparently Freddy was also linked to war hysteria stories about German soldiers melting down bodies of slain soldiers to be used as soap. As part of his inhumane philosopher of using everything and valuing nothing.

Great video 🌹

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

In college his philosophy grabbed my attention because of Active Nihilism. A few years later his concept of master and slave morality pulled me back in. Now with my fascination of the human species, I’m once again pulled back because of the relation of biology to morality and values. It’s all tied together and I love it.

Brilliant! Can’t wait to dig in to the video. While you might still be around, maybe I can ask: which of Nietzsche’s books have you read?

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Thank you! And I have read pretty much all of them at some point or another (apart from the odd essay I may have missed). I haven't read many of his letters though, sadly. I've been meaning to get round to it at some point

@thomasfaulkner1341

16 күн бұрын

Haha didn’t expect less of you somehow! Bravo! Thanks for taking the time to answer :) I’ve always felt people had skewed views of Nietzsche because they focused solely on one of his books - and more often than not, on the later more polemical ones. His middle period especially brings _context_ to the whole, gives us a view of the ground out of which his later works grew. Nietzsche himself considered _Dawn_ and _The Joyful Science_ as commentaries to _Zarathustra_ I believe! ( _Dawn_ is one of my personal favourites, making a subtle yet bright case for possible future ethics.) Anyhow, keep up the great work ! Salutations 👋 Thomas

I love your video and I agree the most with what you are saying in the end. Yet sometimes to explain something complex, you have to dum it down a bit, and make it digestible for some. Nietzsche would disagree with that of course yet from a pragmatic stance ... The last mistake you mention is the one I love about Nietzsche, he contradicts himself consistently in order to make you think. A book for everyone and no one is the undertitle of thus spake zarathustra, and that's just such a beautiful way of showing what is at the core of Nietzsches thought.

@AD-zu8uc

15 күн бұрын

Great comment!!

Good martial artists use zero anger. Videos to watch: Bruce Lee, "emotional content" (short movie excerpt) as well as Ian Sinclair, "Tai Chi vs. MMA (who is nicer?)"

I mean this in the best way - You kind of look like Nietzsche in that first photo. I think it's the intensity and ratio between the eyes/eye brows. Anyway, thanks for another video for me to binge until I understand it. Cheers from MN!

man i have no time to watch your videos. but please keep them long. i put a like automatically in your videos because i know they are good. keep them long and make poeple to commit to knowledge and self awareness. be part of the movement to kill the tik tok culture. bring awareness, knowledge and the need for focused attention during a relatively long time for the internet. you are doing good. keep them doing them. the tiktok "oh i cannot read more than 3 lines of a whatsapp message" culture has by b*lls in the floor. keep fighting the good fight man. i love how passionate you talk, how you reflect in your voice the ideas and things from the authors. keep that style. it is super cool. cheers man.

100% amen

I've started to get intrested in history and philosophy thanks to your channel, are there any books or mediums you would recommend? (I've never read one before)

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Ah well something like Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy is a great overview of lots of different philosophers if that is what you are after

the power to be oneself free of external influence or internal judgement

Thank you for making the distinction. You plant the seeds, but I, as an intelligent, independent human being, must do my research. Think for yourself, people. While we still can. Excellent work, as usual.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Thank you! I am glad you liked the video

17:41 (idk if this is exactly right but) the way I describe it is like when I played baseball when I would get mad instead of lashing out I learned to take that energy and turn it to a hyper focused state where I wouldn't miss a beat.

Nietzsche went through 3-5 phases incl. “insanity” that sometimes contradict one another. This doesn’t diminish his contribution or justify later folks twisting his vibrantly deep message to suit ugly ulterior motives. Most people do morph their philosophies in their different life stages while remaining on some uniquely individual course. Nietzsche will remain as mysterious as the flow of life, thought, emotion and creativity.

Thanks & good job. Is it possible that some of the interpretations are authored by those who wish to cast him as "evil" or crazy in an attempt to limit his influence? I think he was brilliant. He was one of the greatest minds ever created by our species. His ideas threatened the current power structure. We're still trapped in a web of toxic relationships (religion & nationalism). We need to continue his work and become ubermensch (independent & authentic). Let's go!

I don't even understand my own philosophy, so I totally expect to misunderstand everyone else's.

oh seems like i was not smart at all... Edit: If you give a thumb up, i'll just assume that you are agreeing with me! So please don't give more likes up, it makes me feel dumb

@untaggedguru5602

16 күн бұрын

Or are you smarter for knowing that

@grapenut6094

16 күн бұрын

Not your fault, I blame people like Peterson.

@user-do5bu8qz9d

16 күн бұрын

​@@untaggedguru5602 i know that just because parts of someones work was used for bad things It doesn't mean overall of someones work was bad. Example: 1. Just because im pro eco and want global warming to stop and reduce CO2 emision doesn't mean im Nazi (Yes nazi were the ones to start pro nature movements) 2. Just because someone used Christianity to do bad things, doesn't mean christianity and teaching of Jesus are overall bad (Yes i'm aware that some people used naivity of religious people to do bad things. Which is why allthough im a believing person i think that goverment and church should be ABSOLUTLY seperated as it's simply a bad thing for church itself. Money corrupts and christianity was never about money) 3. idk man i had in mind 5 examples but i forgor

@zihegu4694

16 күн бұрын

@@grapenut6094yeah, his early work wasn’t half bad, and honestly some of it was pretty good. Even some of his more recent stuff is interesting. The problem is, he misreads and misinterprets a whole lot of ideas wrong.

@user-do5bu8qz9d

16 күн бұрын

@@grapenut6094 i hope you don't have in mind Jordan. B. Peterson...right?

i am at the 4th point in the video, and i will say that if anyone got these points wrong, they must have not read Fredi (as i like to call him). but i have come across to some, what i believe to be, misconception of the ubermensch. as i have understood it, or rather interpreted it, i see U.M as an ideal - a thing that will never be captured for it changes as you change - not the next in line to MAN. anyhow, love your enthusiasm

The main reason I don't agree with Nietzsche's prescriptions for humanity is that he conflates compassion with pity. You can be compassionate without having an ounce of pity to give, ruthlessly driving others to better themselves and supporting them in their lowest state in order to bring them there- I believe it is fully possible to accept people for where they are and accept what they want to become while also collaboratively working to bring them to realize what they want for themselves, suggest goals and methods while accepting the other's final say on what they want for their life. Building connections through a combination of empathy and determination. I think we ought to love everyone on a singular condition: that they do not infringe on the development of others. Development with the expectation of being supported if you fall to be weak (or even choose to remain so) so long as you aren't antisocial and cruel with your weakness kind of gives more people the breathing room to actually pursue self-mastery with far fewer distractions from the existential dilemma of "what to do with possessing a conscious mind". This pairing of the idea of Christian long-suffering love paired with Nietzschean will to self-actualize and self-develop (which as an anarchist simply referring to it as "power" is problematic to the extreme for me since as Nietzsche admits himself the state is an inherent impediment to self-development, liberty being necessary in order to achieve that) is the sort of philosophical scaffolding necessary to have a nurturing society worth living in and improving upon in my view. I don't think we need to become superior beings, but merely that we need to drive ourselves to be better than we were yesterday, out of love for each other and expectations for ourselves. Without empathy, without comfort, very few of us would want to live in a world where we are forced to improve. I certainly don't; that's survival of the fittest in a nutshell, it lends itself to eugenics, uncritical acceptance of capitalism, and oppression without expectation of justice or recourse. We simply keep living because we're either too afraid or skeptical to let ourselves die, and that's the worst dystopia I can imagine, and unfortunately it's the one I see us currently living under. It's well and good he warns us to not misappropriate, misunderstand, or uncritically accept his ideas, because even though I do think he's a very insightful thinker I do think that's still the best thing he's ever said, especially with the hindsight we now have.

@pierpaolopetrollini8486

16 күн бұрын

I totally agree! Nietzsche steal and twisted in a bourgeois way the proletarian and Anarchist Stirner individualism !

I wonder if Nietzsche’s terminal illness wasn’t a psychotic depression once he realized that there is no good answer for nihilism after the death of God, as some substitute would arise. I think he even predicted this in some of his writings, right? Thanks for another great video.

@jacobwiren8142

16 күн бұрын

It's also possible that his sister betrayed him and that he wasn't sick at all, just depressed from bad family...

@mbmurphy777

16 күн бұрын

@@stephannaro2113 yeah, but you really can’t tell from stuff like that. I’ve looked at some of the available information and it’s pretty incomplete and often times contradictory and depression is a lot more common than brain tumors.

@Delmworks

16 күн бұрын

One could lead to the other. I’m pretty sure a brain tumor would fuck with anyone’s emotions in the most direct possible fashion

@mbmurphy777

16 күн бұрын

@@Delmworks depends on where it is

@sigiligus

16 күн бұрын

That’s not how psychotic episodes work.

Good!

Very interesting experience I had with this video. I’d say I disagree on some important points, yet it’s kinda hard to disagree. I’ll try to write some of my thoughts. I do think, still, that Nietzsche was a nihilist… it was just outside of his free will. You make a great point about him fighting nihilism, a lot of people either miss this part of his philosophy or just don’t know about it. But I think this doesn’t completely prevent him from being a nihilist, at least in some sense of the word… well, not that arguing over definitions is what’s important. You fittingly compare nihilism to a disease that’s the result of Nietzschean approach, and I believe he had that disease in terminal form and never found a cure. That’s really important I think, Nietzsche wasn’t an example of anyone too close to an uber, he hadn’t conquered his will completely, and lack of true answer to nihilism as consequence of death of god and all beautiful is the brightest (or rather darkest?) indicator of that. I think it’s fair to acknowledge deep connection between nihilism and Nietzschean philosophy, of course when we do it fully with all Nietzsche had to say about it. I view his philosophy as more of a framework, and nihilism as a middle step between start of discovery of superior philosophy and the end goal of getting to said superior philosophy, obtainable only by an ideal Nietzschean ubermensch that may or may not have been already found. I wouldn’t know, I don’t follow Nietzsche as closely, after all I fundamentally disagree on basic assumptions with his philosophy, but I digress. Another small point that bugged me is your seeming overprotectiveness at some times of Nietzsche, as if his honor or something like that must be protected. The only reason, for me at least, to battle these misunderstandings and specifically defend Nietzsche is to encourage people, or rather stop them from being discouraged from getting to know Nietzsche. Like “hey you probably heard these bad things about him so here’s a more detailed look he’s actually really great check him out” type of deal. Maybe it’s just me, just thought by the end you got a little bit… can’t really pick the right word, not repetitive, not circular, but something along those lines. I think there was a funny phrase from you that went “people call him incoherent, but he just contradicts himself a lot”, like yeah that what people mean when they say that :D he’s not alive, his feelings are gonna be fine, and I don’t think people who are interested at all would be discouraged by such small things. Like yeah, it’s a journey, reading Nietzsche. But you might feel otherwise, that’s completely fine. As I said, just a small little thing that felt off to me. There were other parts here and there I’d interpret slightly differently or I’d like to see mentioned more explicitly, but nothing I want to write out. If it wasn’t clear, I loved the vid. That’s what this is all about - it’s to make us think. This here isn’t a critique at all, just sharing thoughts

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Haha! I take your second point. I didn’t mean to come across as defensive of Nietzsche (I actually disagree with him on an awful lot - he’s far too elitist for my tastes). It’s rather that I get quite passionate about people not missing the parts of Nietzsche that I think they might find really valuable!

The problem with this analysis (especially re: the first myth), at least from my reading of Nietzsche, is that the class implications of his politics are overlooked. In ‘Beyond Good and Evil’, Nietzsche is quite upfront that his criticism of nationalism is predicated on extracting the “best” of each nation/race, in the desire of cultivating the “Ubermensch” CLASS. To this end he argues that political power (whatever unit that may take, traditional state or not) exists for the nascent “Ubermensch” to exploit the lower classes in any way they see fit, ostensibly to the end of this ruling class cultivation, although he doesn’t exactly seem concerned with the more hedonistic implications. Any expressions of his “love of man” or whatnot, I’d argue, need to be seen in light of this classist outlook; love of man extends as far as Nietzsche believes someone is worthy of respect as a human, which seems limited to being in the ruling class. Also being a man, for that matter. Whilst Nietzsche may not be a fascist in the traditional conceptualisation of such, I don’t doubt for a second that he has a fascistic worldview framed through some of the most extreme classism put to paper. It’s not surprising in the slightest that more typical fascists simply need to supplement the unusually cosmopolitan formation of a ruling class in his works for a racially/ethnically “pure” one.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

I agree with aspects of what you say here but I disagree that Nietzsche means “class” in the sense of the term familiar to most political theorists. I am always cognizant that his idea of “power” and “ubermensch” are bound up much more with an attitude to values than straightforwardly political power. I also think it is worth distinguishing between his descriptive treatment of “master morality” in BGE and Nietzsche’s own views, because they do diverge in pretty pertinent ways. For instance, when Nietzsche is describing his idea of the Ubermensch the notion of “force” becomes much less prominent and the idea of “Creativity” takes the fore. As I say in the video, I do think that Nietzsche is a massive elitist and it would be a stretch to turn him into some form of palatable humanistic thinker. However, I think it is important to distinguish between a political project of elitism and Nietzsche’s existential elitism, which certainly has political implications but starts from an existential/individualist position. It’s also worth noting that he definitely goes back and forth on his concern for those that are not in his “higher” category. For instance, at points in his later writings he starts to say that more powerful people should treat them with an overflowing kind of magnanimity. As usual, his full position is complex and ever-so-slightly contradictory. This is why I tend to refer to him as a “unashamedly elitist”

@voxsvoxs4261

15 күн бұрын

I believe you are mistaking a few things here so if I may, first both Fascism and Nationalist Socialism, were nationalist developments of socialism in reaction to the fervor of WW1. This is held in both leaders where prior to their rule they were both Marxist socialists who participated in the first world war and gained perspective on the war altering their prior held socialism, to be more nationalistic to incorperate the fervor from WW1. Hitler recontextualised the socialist class into racial ones, Mussolini claimed that the subjugation of both socialist classes into the overarching state would ameliarate the socialist problem of class. Both were ostensibly populist ideologies, that the fascist says, the people are the composite in the state and that the state has power, that it is therefore democratic (by the meaning Demos-Kratos, people-power), likewise the Nationalist Socialist says within the context of the nation, that the government is a protector of the interest of the nation and that the nation is comprised of the national people, or in other words race, (which is our contrast with Fascism: National Socialist is government for the race's sake, Fascism is the state for the state's sake). Nietzsche is fundamentally distinct, since he does not consider the wider population of importance, due to the natural disregard of the nation, whether as people or state he fundamentally cannot be inserted into either ideology without significant distortion. That the disregard of the nation is neccesary, because the primary fact is the coming 'ubermensch', that the ubermensch must be an individual and cannot be a collective as both states and national peoples are. To give perhaps greater clarity, Nietzsche thought little of biological relations (as in Ecce Homo!) and that people are most closely to be considered family by the content of their character (or more existentially an indeterminate soul which he may admit for poetic purpose).

Nietzche: "Be yourself" Normal people: "What??! You suggest being a monster and doing evil?"

There is an irony here as there are similarities in my personality to what he talks about. I am a purist individualist and for years have recognized how much of the world's woes are based upon inclusion in a group rather than mastery of oneself. However sometimes as of late, feel like the last man by living in comfort, especially from physical pains which have limited me. Never studied philosophy as my first teacher of it in high school made me sour on the subject, but will say that the phrases of being careful when fighting monsters and staring into the abyss always struck and stuck with me. Basically all I have known about it until catching some deep dives like this on YT.

Imo nietzsche was 99% correct. Only aspect i disagree is the same as with stoics - sadly our lives cannot be only about ourselves. We have families and we should have children and raise them well. Neither Nietzsche or Soics emphasize enough how important it is to pay attention to development of your family both moral and material. The world for my children once im gone will be filled with your children. And if we make it worse for them due to our flawed morales and actions esentially we have lived a bad life. All the great bad things we see today happening happen due to weak characters. Nietzsche disregards the fact that not everyone is a genius and not everyone can become a great person just by working on themselves by themselves. Many people need way more guidance and lessons from other people in order for our society to flourish

I want to leave a comment but everything I type keeps coming across as a man crush, but I do like your videos and your analysis of subjects. You are on the list of people I'd like to have a beer with.

I literally searched for videos on this topic last night. What a coincidence!

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Ah! That is certainly fortuitous!

@kamalkumar7978

15 күн бұрын

Clustering algorithm.

I think Nietzsche misunderstood religion and more specificily the Christian ethos. Meak is to use the least amount of action for kindness. To keep you sword sheeathed when it isn't required. Being kind is often not being nice. To never hold tradition above the hero. That a person in a role is subordinate to the role. That there is always a better way, and forming the new way from pieces of the old way is a more efficient and effective change, and that these are cycles of death and rebirth. He saw the corruption and mistook that for the structure. His own ideas have been corrupted, and it would be a mistake to do the same again (so please correct any mistakes I have made). A known system that lessens corruption is a competence hierarchy, but it to can be infected without heroes of strong will that rebalance the structure from falling over. He assumed they would create new values, but the process that doesn't start from scratch can be transitioned to more seamlessly and has less waste. Having values without religion has a weak foundation. The idea of have values without the understanding of why they are valued, is akin to having having facts without the understanding of why they are fact.

@scottanos9981

16 күн бұрын

I always interpreted meek as "self restrained", choosing not to boast even when possible to do so.

@markoslavicek

15 күн бұрын

Just read the Antichrist (it's a short but coherent book), you'll find it all there.

Is Superman based off Übermensch? In 1896, Alexander Tille made the first English translation of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, rendering Übermensch as "Beyond-Man". In 1909, Thomas Common translated it as "Superman", following the terminology of George Bernard Shaw's 1903 stage play Man and Superman.

I have green eyes - you have black eyes. It looks good on you. Also, thank you for the interpreted English text - i couldnt understand what you said. Are you French?

thumbs up, excellently substantiated, but I disagree with more than some important nuances. Keep the good work

I've recently bought twilight of the idols, thus spoke Zarathustra and the antichrist. I'll start reading them after I finish meditations. I feel the contrast will be interesting while also finding the similarities

Do you have any critique/comments on Kaufman's Faith of a heretic as it relates to or expands on Nietzche's views on religion/culture?

i penned a comment yesterday about someone giving someone else a compliment and flower and said they could choose to water it or not, translating the act as forcing some reaction from someone without their invitation. people seemed not to understand what i meant by forcing the compliment, and i provided an example of "replace flower with baby, and whatta ya get?" i then had an argument with my brother, who said the two things arent related, and the only point i meant to make was both are alive, and a responsibily was forced onto another person by someone, including any form of reaction to the compliment itself. to me its a very nietzsche observation..others disagree.

YOUR INSIGHT ON NIETZSCHE ARE VERY PROFOUND THE GREAT AND HOLY NIETZSCHE WAS ABOVE GERMAN NATIONALISM IWISH WE CAN CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE HUMBLY SCHOPENHAUER A LITTLE GREATER THAN NIETZSCHE PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH

Ok, this guy understood something, nice! Why other people never understand shit from plain words

Neitzche would have supported an African Europe. This is the true answer to the death of god. He was not a fascist, which is a very well-defined term. Thank you for bringing this out in the open in concrete terms and substantiating your interpretation instead of just stating it.

Yes, indeed, read Nietzsche for yourself, and form your own misunderstanding of him. Read him carefully, so that you can create your very own careful misunderstanding of him. I am not saying Nietzsche has no true meaning. I am only saying that you will not discover it, especially if you read him on your own. And, for most of his readers, Nietzsche would scorn your readings of him.

Conspiracy theory - people that think Nietzsche is a nihilist can't read and just saw the similarities in the names

Nietzsche wpuld have been the first one to warn you not to robotically copy his ideas. It's true that he's often misunderstood, but building off of his ideas will necessarily involve chaning some of them. And people who want to criticise what you're building will always pull the 'misunderstanding' card.

Not sure if you've experienced the Manga/anime One Piece, but I'd be curious to see if you think the main character Luffy is inspired by the Ubermensch philosophy.

Rad vid.

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

What is N's view of the legal system? Especially his idea of justice.

While everyone is angry at Nietzsche for being a Hedonist, I view only some aspects of his philosophy as being strict stoicism, and I thought he was a bit too strict. He said that u shouldn’t drink alcohol because alcohol distracts everyone from the fact that all of reality is suffering. First of all if all of reality is suffering, shouldn’t u strive to alleviate yourself from that suffering? There’s no point in avoiding booze for the sake of knowing that to live is to suffer, because you would just be coming to the same conclusion again and again that all life is suffering, when will it ever be time to embrace the happier aspects of life?🎉 But aside from that I do agree with most of the things he wrote about.

3:29 Would you say nietzsche belief align with the concept of natural aristocracy?

I somehow miss "Nietzsche the misogynist" 🤨

@Neoth40k

16 күн бұрын

He said "smart people", not pseudo intellectuals

@markoslavicek

15 күн бұрын

Absolutely. This comment needs more likes and we need a follow up video on Nietzsche's view of women ☝🏻

@andrewhamilton4869

10 күн бұрын

During this time period cultural ideas around the world were highly misogynistic, I agree that condemning Nietzsche’s beliefs about women is necessary, and that we should not agree with him. It is also important to keep in mind that Nietzsche knew he was far from perfect, and in his writing highlighted the necessity that we take his writing with a grain of salt, just as we should any philosophical writing. Personally I believe that if Nietzsche were born in our time his perspective on women would be radically different. Regardless, while it is definitely important to disagree with his wrong assertions, we shouldn’t let singular parts of his worldview skew our perception of Nietzsche overly negatively :)

@alena-qu9vj

10 күн бұрын

@@andrewhamilton4869 Sorry, but Nietzsche's "beliefs" about women were not just unpolite or wrong, but outright sick, as was himself after all. And nobody can persuade me that out of a sick mind like his anything healty or positive can originate.

@alena-qu9vj

10 күн бұрын

PS My opinion has nothing to do with feminism or womens rights, I - as a woman - am not offended. I just do not think his was a culturally conditioned misogyny, but an individual characteristic - he just had a personal issue with women and his own Anima - just one of the signs and causes of his definitive mental deterioration. And his megalomaniac "philosophy" is only too common in men with similiar issues.

Nice

youre so dreamy 😻

I'm getting some books for my birthday soon, partly thanks to you sir! Here's the list, thoughts? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion By Brian Davies Thinking, Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Descartes and the Meditations The Politics (Classics) By Aristotle Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics Plato Great Dialogues Of Plato The Ethics Of Aristotle - The Nicomachean Ethics Translated Utilitarianism By John Stuart Mill, Mary Warnock An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding David Hume Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Classics) by Hume, David An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by Hume, David Hume, David : On Suicide Letters to a Young Contrarian-Hitchens, Christopher Mortality, Christopher Hitchens A Treatise on Human Nature, Hume The Communist Manifesto (Classics),Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels An Introduction to Political Philosophy

@unsolicitedadvice9198

16 күн бұрын

These all look great! The Treatise on Human Nature is a personal favourite! :)

@boghanisthinking

16 күн бұрын

@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Great! I wanted to get the Treatise as well as the Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, as I've heard the Enquiry is an edited (and by some accounts watered-down) version :D

Got Em 🤌

I guess when it comes to Nietzsche and nihilism, I always found the sentiment that abandoning god leads to nihilism much more convincing than his idea that you can just make your own meaning. And in this light, attempting to make your own meaning feels like a futile act of resentment against god for not existing.

I also think that Nietzsche's "incoherence" may partially be because words are also limiters. Hard to express ideas which are new with words that are old

3:39 *fascism didnt emphasize tradition worship, they were a variant of progressives (progress can happen in many different ways) and for the most part were anti-tradition, but did misuse some aspects of traditions when they found them useful*

Nietzsche would have been proud of you :)

But the third person wouldn't be someone like Diógenes? I mean, from what i understand, he should be very close to the übermensch?