Beyond Good and Evil #6: Self-Denial as Power (III.47 - III.62)

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0:10 Section 47 15:05 Section 48 21:19 Section 49 23:54 Section 50 26:05 Section 51 31:29 Section 52 34:49 Section 53 39:05 Section 54 45:10 Section 55 56:50 Section 56 1:02:22 Section 57 1:06:00 Section 58 1:16:16 Section 59 1:25:10 Section 60 1:32:45 Section 61 1:46:07 Section 62 2:03:03 End of Chapter 3

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Section 51

[@Uberrheogenic]

I'll never stop being grateful for your hard work

[@sethgaston8347]

So happy I discovered Nietzsche when I did, also that I discovered this channel! Excellent work as always!!

[@untimelyreflections]

Welcome aboard!

[@darillus1]

@@untimelyreflections btw could u cover Baudrillard next season please 🤞

[@whoaitstiger]

@@darillus1 I don't believe he intends to cover post-Nietzschean thinkers unless I am mistaken. He seems to be focusing on those who influenced Nietzsche. That being said I too would welcome episodes on Freud, Heidegger, Camus, Jung, Russel, Sartre, Wittgenstein, Baudrillard etc.

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@@darillus1 Plastic Pills does heaps on Baudrillard

[@gus8310]

Once you accept the complete irresponsibility of man then you feel a warm wave of breeze and an uplifting wind that hugs you ever so slightly as it lifts you up. If you can accept that everything is out of necessity you can give yourself that sense of mental clarity and sturdiness, where otherwise you would have been in a sense of mental frustration and despair you now get a sense of relief and a good hearted laugh, like when a child asks an innocent question, the innocence gives you that old nostalgia of the time you were there.

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00:00 📚 Nietzsche discusses the ascetic figure, emphasizing the mystery and importance attributed to them in various cultures. 04:40 🤔 Nietzsche criticizes Schopenhauer and Wagner for making the denial of will and the saintly figure into philosophical and artistic symbols. 09:19 🤯 Nietzsche explores the paradoxical nature of saints, where bad individuals can transform into saints, highlighting the mistake of interpreting this transformation as a miracle due to moral opposition. 15:17 🕊 Nietzsche contrasts Catholicism's relationship with the Latin races to Northern Europe, suggesting that unbelief means rebellion against the spirit of the race in Catholic countries and a return to it in Northern countries. 18:58 🤯 Nietzsche discusses Renan's views on religion and how they differ from his own, finding value in encountering opposing viewpoints as antipodes. 20:54 🤔 Nietzsche questions whether Renan understands reality, as their views are opposite. 21:07 🤷 Nietzsche contrasts his view with Renan's, highlighting the importance of looking beyond conventional morality. 21:34 🙏 Nietzsche admires the ancient Greeks' gratitude in their religiosity and contrasts it with later fear-based religious developments. 23:15 😇 Nietzsche discusses the origin of Christianity through a combination of fear and gratitude. 24:55 🙏 Nietzsche explores the passion for God and its various manifestations, including figures like Augustine and Madame de Guion. 26:19 🙏 Powerful individuals admire and respect the ascetic saint for their self-control and renunciation. 31:50 📖 Nietzsche praises the grandeur of the Jewish Old Testament and suggests that it surpasses Greek and Indian literature. 34:46 🙏 Nietzsche points out the silence of God and the decline of belief in the face of modern atheism. 40:09 🧠 Nietzsche discusses how modern philosophy challenges the concept of the soul and criticizes the subject and predicate structure as related to Christian doctrine. 42:00 🧠 Nietzsche suggests a radical epistemological skepticism towards language and constructs of being, challenging traditional notions of reality. 45:13 🌟 Nietzsche discusses the progression of religious cruelty, culminating in the sacrifice of God and the dawn of the 19th century. 57:07 👁 Nietzsche describes the journey from pessimism to an affirmation of life, where old solemn concepts like God and sin become insignificant, and the eternal child symbolizes a new perspective. 01:04:12 🤔 People should treat concepts like God and sin as child's toys and not be bound by them, fostering creativity and liberation from traditional beliefs. 01:05:08 😇 Nietzsche calls for the abandonment of concepts like God, sin, and moral duty as if they were outdated, childish notions to embrace a more creative, mature mindset. 01:06:46 🧐 Nietzsche suggests that modern industriousness and busy lifestyles are leading people away from religious instincts and contemplation, making them oblivious to the true nature of religion. 01:09:29 😔 Nietzsche criticizes modern scholars for their superficiality and lack of genuine contemplation, contrasting them with the deeper insights of religious figures. 01:17:14 🎭 Nietzsche discusses the relationship between artists and the religious need to falsify reality, suggesting that some individuals rely on the cult of surfaces and artistic expression to cope with life's disappointments. 01:23:38 🎨 Piety, seen as a form of artistic worship, can beautify and transform human existence, turning it into a surface play of colors and graciousness, providing solace and aesthetic satisfaction. 01:24:05 🙏 Piety, driven by the fear of truth, has enduring value as it beautifies and elevates life through falsification, according to Nietzsche. 01:25:14 💓 Nietzsche explores the idea of loving mankind for God's sake, highlighting the significance of sanctifying love to make it possible and admirable. 01:33:01 🤔 Nietzsche discusses the role of philosophers and religion in society, suggesting that religion can be a tool for controlling and educating people. 01:37:41 🧐 Nietzsche acknowledges the meritocratic aspect of religion, where it helps individuals progress towards higher spirituality and nobility. 01:40:03 😇 Religion offers contentment, a sense of justification, and a higher order of things to those who exist for service and the general advantage in society, according to Nietzsche's perspective. 01:44:11 📜 Nietzsche highlights the usefulness and dangers of religion, acknowledging its role in keeping people as instruments while cautioning against the idea of transcendental meaning. 01:46:54 🙏 Nietzsche's concern lies in religion becoming an end in itself, leading to a world-denying perspective, which he views as detrimental to the affirmation of life. 01:48:31 🤔 Nietzsche pities the higher man who often fails due to their exceptional nature, and he sees this as a challenge that Zarathustra must overcome in his teachings. 01:49:12 😇 Nietzsche explores how Christianity and Buddhism preserved the suffering and elevated it, inadvertently shaping the European mindset. 01:57:41 😂 Nietzsche criticizes Christianity for its role in creating a European culture that values pity and mediocrity over the strong and exceptional. 01:58:26 💪 Nietzsche suggests that the European of his time is a result of Christianity's influence, leading to the cultivation of mediocrity and weakness. 02:04:37 📖 Part Four of "Beyond Good and Evil" focuses on aphorisms that condense Nietzsche's insights, offering valuable cross-references for interpreting his ideas. 02:05:17 💡 Nietzsche's aphorisms in Part Four serve as concise and profound condensations of his philosophical concepts, allowing for broader application and interpretation. 02:06:12 🧐 Part Four connects and elucidates the ideas presented in the first three sections of "Beyond Good and Evil," offering insights into philosophy, perspectivism, psychology, and religion. 02:07:39 📚 Part Five of the book explores the natural history of morals, delving into the will to truth, politics, and the concept of the Noble, building on Nietzsche's established method.

[@DavidSnodgrass-xd8li]

I'm binging your channel - like, it's been days and days now lol. I work overnight at something mindless and I love your conversational style. I listen to a steady stream of nonfiction, night after night (...after night, God help me) and I have seldom heard anybody do a better job presenting ANYTHING as your excellent presentations on Nietzsche who I'm not even particularly fond of lol. Thank you SO much for this content.

[@michaelknight4041]

F. N. Was such an eloquent bastard! Im not always in agreement with him but I always enjoy his prosaic style and the thought provoking manner in which he presents his ideas. Virtually every sentence is a revelation of psychological insight, sometimes familiar as vague half formed concepts that ive felt but could never articulate and sometimes ideas I had never even considered, though they will suddenly seem so obvious and profound upon hearing them, that i can hardly believe they'd never occurred to me before. It is truly humbling when you consider someone who lived and died so many years ago knowing you better than you know yourself !

[@Autolykos38]

This episode was fascinating. Especially towards the end on the subject of religion and the higher man.

[@Jabranalibabry]

Another banger! Metal Zarathustra outshines any prof I've seen trying to untangle Nietz

[@jonlittle714]

Thanks!

[@leesnyder9144]

Thank you for your work. I tried reading a translation of Nietzsche years ago and thought it was incomprehensible. When I remember who I was then I can understand why but you have still made his work more approachable. The context of classical education and philology help also. There were many Russian, German and English philologists who in the 1800's predicted the material and moral challenges we face today.

[@waltershumer4211]

Thanks for this!🎉❤

[@factswise-psychologicalfac84]

Quality content! 👆

[@josiahamon7280]

Haven't watched it just yet, wanted to comment for the same reason as the first comment

[@isaacbarratt854]

I admire you a great deal: you are a mentor, I hope to one day surpass you

[@socialswine3656]

????????

[@isaacbarratt854]

@@socialswine3656 you repay those you admire poorly if you do not strive to be better than them; i consider this guy to be better than me, now i strive to surpass him

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

Plato, the Arch - Cerebral Narcissist trapped in his universe of Internal Objects, misunderstood and underappreciated in this plebejan world that fails to rise up to his grandiose ideals of purity and clarity

[@_7.8.6]

Somebody has been watching Professor Sam Vaknins videos

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

@@_7.8.6 Guilty as charged. He is pretty entertaining psychology infotainment and some of it is actually very enlightening. For example if only i had known years ago about BPD what i know now... lol

[@hermitage6439]

Wont be able to listen to this now, but just leaving this comment for the algorithm and support --- I do wonder if the title also has something to do with a passage in either BGE or the Joyous Science in regards to the 'self-denier' as one that Nietzche called to be just like us, someone who wanted to be higher than the rest by sloughing off his skin and taking flight over the world.

[@whoaitstiger]

If you really want to be popular at parties you should say "I am a man of leisure, I believe work disgraces, it makes soul and body common." 🤣

[@SlickDissident]

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[@makashanidze8443]

❤

[@raymond_sycamore]

So what happens when solitude and sexual abstinence is imposed on you by society? Not a choice.

[@6ixthhydro652]

Enough of my pity for the higher man

[@nickstebbens]

asceticism - from 'askesis' - 'training' - for what? I find Diogenes quite a bit less remonstrative than the priestly, and his works, along a similar vein to Nietzsche's in doing away with the common and... universalative affixions of the priestly, and it can be seen for certain that he was pro-Nature in his endeavors

[@nickstebbens]

no.... thank you for providing the provocation for me to say this

[@nickstebbens]

the word 'noun' in greek is the accusative-singular inflection of Nous, meaning, 'mind,' thus rendered, 'the mind' - of which noumata, as in, 'sense,' is also derivative

[@nickstebbens]

'is it easier, more effective, to make a new language or resurrect the current?' so I speak in Anglish and with old souls daily

[@nickstebbens]

sharp - to have a thinner edge.... I am no hammer

[@nickstebbens]

without language the specie of man would starve in the soul, and degenerate into speechless apes and fear

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