Friedrich Nietzsche, Lecture 1: Overcoming & the Transvaluation of All Values

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[@Walter-gi9bz]

Love your lectures. Can I add this as a German: we use ‘Über’ in a word construct when we want to express ‘above and beyond’, as in Überschwemmung (flood - the water has risen above and beyond its natural containment), Übertreibung (exaggeration - a description above and beyond what’s realistic). Hence, Übermensch, I would translate to: a human, who has risen above and beyond the current abilities and capacities.

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The modern academic or the intellectual takes pride in doing specifically the opposite of writing in blood. The less they say with as many words as possible the more highly they think of themselves.

[@freshbloodforliberty9569]

Outstanding. I’m not an intellectual lol but I’ve been reading Nietzsche my whole life and I think you represented him perfectly so far. I always think of Last man as the last kid on the short bus, not PC but that’s what he meant. I’ll check out your other videos, appreciated.

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[@florindacar8659]

Lovely Friedrich, so romantic! His poetry is just wonderful!

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Wonderfully communicated.

[@waseem7195]

Very allegorical. Lil Carmine would be pleased

[@mojgan.f]

Thank you for these clarifying lectures on one of the most misunderstood philosophers. My take on the overcoming ( page 124) is that he means overcoming the concept of man. Overcoming all the descriptions you learned about man. Go beyond concept and descriptions. What do you think?

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Thanks from railroad grease monkey in Pittsburgh. I really enjoy your lectures.

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Ha ha... I lived in Pittsburgh for eight years (in Mt. Oliver, mostly), and went to Duquesne University. It's always nice to hear from another Pittsburgher.

[@joebagadonuts-j4y]

@@EricDodsonLectures well it's nice to meet you professor. Wanna hear something funny? I went for a bike ride today and I listened to this lecture and I got back and I told my wife what I'd been doing and she said, " I thought it was pronounced Nee- chee"! I got a kick out of that! Anyways, thanks for all the cool content!

[@EricDodsonLectures]

@@joebagadonuts-j4y You're welcome. Personally, I think it's perfectly okay to anglicize those European names, especially when they're hard to pronounce. But of course when lots of people are doing that, and then you actually pronounce them correctly... people will think you're a dope. So it goes, I guess. Anyhow, the funnier thing is imagining you listening to one of these lectures while you're riding your bike.

[@joebagadonuts-j4y]

@@EricDodsonLectures i guess it is a little odd. most riders are probably rocking metallica or zeppelin or something more energizing but i prefer something a little "meatier" most of the time (i also listen to a lot of jack kornfield talks) even though i don't have 2 brain cells to rub together i keep on trying. i didn't mean to sound pretentious about my wife's pronunciation of nietzsche, it was just that you mentioned that exact thing at the beginning of the lecture and then my wife did that not 2 hours later! are you planning on uploading any new videos?

[@EricDodsonLectures]

@@joebagadonuts-j4y Well, I'm mostly uploading content to my main channel these days. It's just called, "Eric Dodson." A lot of that material has to do with applying existential insights to everyday problems & situations. For instance, hopefully later today, I'll upload one on how to deal with rejection. The last one focused on "Wisdom & Discomfort." Anyhow... have you ever biked up Observatory Hill? I used to run there back in the day (I lived in Pittsburgh from 1988 to 1996... way back in the 20th century, ha ha!). It was a real lung-buster -- about a mile uphill with practically zero breaks. I guess that on a bike you could just gear-down. But for a runner, it was pretty tough. Whew!

[@docjohnson2874]

Great lecture......particularly the summary at 29:00".....we get to see the "professor" come out in you....Thanks

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Nice work and nice hat Professor!

[@aristocraticnietzschean-ma1023]

Nietzsche, the philosopher of the superman. We all should evolve into supermen and superwomen

[@gergelymagyar5529]

Clear and usefull. Thx!

[@naingchanmyae]

He looks like one of those greek philosophers as we see on the statues too, lol. Our KZbin teacher, Socrates.

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Great Lecture!

[@bebe8842]

3:32 haha, i love that 😅👌🏻

[@fouad6244]

I am the last man sometimes really. or the over man too in some other frequent of time. and most time just in between.

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30:33 proves you are a Messenger!!!

[@wilka171]

I see you took down my comment. Did you bother to watch the video? Do you have any thoughts on it?

[@EricDodsonLectures]

Wilka... Well, first, I didn't take down your comment. KZbin automatically deletes comments if they contain links to other sites, since a lot of those links lead to malware, viruses, etc. For the same reason, I didn't click on the link you provided. In today's world, it's just *WAY* too dangerous to make a habit of clicking on links provided by random strangers. So, there's not much sense in including them in your KZbin comments -- first because KZbin automatically deletes them, but also because practically no one will click on them. So instead... can you describe the error you were noticing in *this thread*?

[@wilka171]

@@EricDodsonLectures OK thank you for the clarification. I’m out right now so I can’t do it but yes I will sorry for the mixup.

[@wilka171]

@@EricDodsonLectures So you mentioned that Nietzsche put his faith in an enlightened sovereign, and such a leader would require a state to implement their benevolent policies. I don't Nietzsche in necessarily condemning all states, but only those run by selfish unenlightened oligarchs. So why is it wrong to assume that Nietzsche would have necessaraly condemned National Socialist Germany: Because in the first instance the state was not imposed upon the German people as many may think, but rather it arose out of the ethos of the German people, especially the youth. (See Jungs thesis on the rise of National Socialism). Hitler was the unconscious of the German people. Hitler did not fool anyone or dictate a state upon the German people, they created a state for themselves and put Hitler at it's head as a figure. The Germans saw Hitler as a benevolent loving enlightened leader. It was a symbiotic relationship.

[@EricDodsonLectures]

@@wilka171 Okay... thanks for articulating your position. I'll respond in a little while, hopefully later today... In any case, you're definitely raising some interesting questions...

[@Walter-gi9bz]

@@wilka171 I’m a 61 yo German. There are so many assumptions, opinions, miss interpretations and miss (make that ‘non’) understandings in your comment, that I wouldn’t know where to begin. …

[@bryanutility9609]

All the other philosophers just word salad about what is, is, Nietzsche may be the only worthy.

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[@redsparks2025]

the Hindu god Shiva was among his many attributes the lord of the dance. glad your back btw.

[@artofthepossible7329]

And is the Destroyer... rather fitting no?

[@redsparks2025]

Yes if one understands that in the trance of the dance, lost to the music and motion, one can experience the oneness with all things, or as the Chinese Taoist say, the flow of the Way. What is destroyed in the dance is the illusion of "self".

[@carlharmeling512]

Walter Kaufman was an excellent translator of Nietzsche’s German into English but to his philosophy he had not been introduced. His footnotes are always wide of the mark and bear the stigmata of all academics who have sacrificed their lives for security on a campus of green grass and oaken shade. James Legge who translated Chinese classics like the I Ching was a good translator but a poor expositor of its contents. The holy grail is one thing the wine it contained another.

[@saimbhat6243]

Why would you replace the word man with human? I think Nietzshe never intended to write for women. The writings were intended for 19th century german aristocratic and educated and elite classes. By replacing men with human, you are diluting the intended meaning of the writing. Anyways, your lecture is good. Thank you.

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True 👍