Nietzsche and Self Overcoming

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[@poknari]

You know there is debate on nietzsche and his book will to power, cause his terrible sister has edited his works and added some wild text in will to power, his sister and this edited book were purposed to NAZI (hitler) at that time as a propaganda thingy, so are you using his original works or edited will power book? Perhaps you can make it clear, what does nietzsche mean by 'lofty goal - goal' itself in the end of your video?

[@bethbartlett5692]

Are you aware that Darwin's Theory of "Human Evolution" has been proven inaccurate through DNA and other relayed research. I believe he expected this - yet it must have been the most reasonable to him at the time. He recognized there was a Source - we call God and/or Creator - as he looked into the iris of a human eye - he commented on the subject - Just fyi/share. - BTW - the Power of Quantum Physics - Universal Law of Attraction - the vibration of thought - strength of frequency and Quantum Mechanics would have had such an impact upon Netzche's Logic and Philosophical tho\ghts, on this subject.

[@tomas387]

I think it would've been helpful to include this quotation from Aphorism 2 in The Antichrist: "What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power increases - that a resistance is overcome."

[@mwil619]

Tomas Yttling indeed

well, life is more than that. he overgeneralizes a lot.

[@vulc7500]

@ Not sure if he meant life itself, more so the development of life and it's tendency to favor growth/upgrade. The answer he proposed to 'What is good?' is one that would be arrived to by life if it were able to answer the question.

[@kevinbeck8836]

Im glad he left it out. Its poetic n all but its pretty incendiary and tends to turn a lot of people off

[@iFaisalKarim]

@@kevinbeck8836 Poetic or not, what Tomas Yttling alluded to is a major pillar of Nietzsche's philosophy hence a great suggestion by him. I see those phrases as a core essence of Nietzsche's mind. The ones scared of it don't need Nietzsche, they need a priest.

[@AbEtastic82]

These are fantastic, you do in 10 minutes what it takes most professors hours to articulate, and they sometimes still can't make it clear.

[@debanjanchowdhury4397]

This is an astounding and fascinating explanation. Nitzsche is a monster in terms of intellect and perception about world. Every time I listen his words or when I read him I get transfixed. He was so much ahead of his time. profound. He may be wrong or misunderstood some concepts but despite of his misunderstanding the motifs he laid for us it's absolutely breathtaking. Having misunderstanding actually invoked him to contemplate more and seek more the desires truth for which he has insatiable thirst. Hats off 👏 🙌.

[@alkazaryyy]

that last minute of the lecture cannot be stressed enough. overcoming onself and attaining growth, not overcoming others to feel powerful. stil... theres people even in these comments who has not understood this

[@periteu]

Exactly. Maybe called it self-overman.

[@jkovert]

As you overcome yourself, you overcome others. You gain dominion over them, even Mastery.

[@godwantsplastic]

Albin Marklund you find this idea in the Tao teh Ching, compete with yourself and no one can compete with you.

[@7Earthsky]

Sometimes you have to overcome someone else as part of over coming yourself....That's where dealing with bullies comes from.

[@godwantsplastic]

7Earthsky problem with bullies is how we feel about them, our fear empowers them.

[@lizallewellyn4145]

Brilliant presentation! Inspiring too ! - Nietzsche was so ahead of his time - it is only now with the increasing popularity of modern personal development teaching that we are starting to truly recognize the importance of this whole approach.

[@satnamo]

I am that which must always overcome itself

[@samdoran2963]

Brilliant! Nietzsche was way ahead of his time. And it is only now that we have begun to a appreciate this great mind of Nietzsche. One of the things that he wanted human beings to see was the beauty of growth and possibilities. Thank you Friedrich Nietzsche.

[@IndranilSinharoy]

Your lecture, including the content and presentation, is absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing these philosophical knowledge and making them quite accessible to the general public.

[@barbaralekatsas3738]

This was a very satisfying and lucid presentation of the idea of self-overcoming, economical and pleasantly illustrated.

[@terryclapp8169]

Brilliant! Clarified what Nietzsche meant by the Will to Power and self-overcoming. Helped fire my own philosophical development and finally helped me clarify the pleasure vs power question. Has already helped me put Nietzsche's ideas into concrete practice in my daily life. Subscribing as soon as I can afford it.

[@emmadawngarofalo]

"this irrational desire to remain alive." i love that.

[@captaincanuck8907]

@ rationalize it, then. go on.

[@lucaa.6406]

Andrew Austin you can’t rationalize by self definition

[@JoaoJGabriel]

Yes. Suicide is the most efficient way of ending one's problems, i.e. the easier, quicker and with the biggest outcome. That is the rational approach to it. Calling the will to live irrational, on the other hand, is not derogatory. It's precisely this irrational will that makes us strive for a better life, even in the face of hardship.

[@mementocatharsis9372]

We live because we serve as a mechanism of our universe. We are here in the way that a screw holds a board to a wall. We are the only creatures with the power to survive the next near-apocaliptic natural disaster. So before the Earth's next cycle we have 1 job. Populate space by mining minerals off-planet to create colonies and eventually terraform a large area on another planet, mostly underground. If we all had the information all the time we would all eventually come to this same conclusion. And a world-wide effort towards this more certain way of survival is going to unite us all, even if it's too late to save everyone, evacuate the entire Earth? ....I don't think anyone in this comment section is going to survive. You bet your ass those tickets will cost millions. So we gotta support space programs like SpaceX, and really think about all of us. How can we evacuate the life from Earth? It may seem crazy but it's a viable, maybe even inevitable, question.

[@summuspoetamaximusdante8504]

It is irrational. Why do you want to live? Why do you want to protect yourself from being hurt? Because you don't want to die, so you want to live, because you don't want to die. See? It is irrational. Last question: why do little plants sometimes grow on the edges of the road or in some cracks of the concrete? Because they can, it is possible to live so they grow, there is no reason though.

[@endritmuhadri2305]

Imagine if you had Nietzsche as a dad growing up , the ultimate father figure.

[@Penny_royal]

Me: Dad could you help me with my homework Dad: I AM DIONYSOS, I AM THE CRUCIFIED ONE,

[@josephrees7100]

@@Penny_royal "Okkkk b-" GOD IS DEAD AND WE HAVE KILLED HIM

[@Yesuv_I]

We are his children.

[@brisingr12]

​@@josephrees7100 Nietzsche is dead but nobody killed him.

[@patrickmcconnell6029]

This is great. Perfectly understandable for a layman like me. Thanks.

[@greenc1088]

@@leonardovonneumann5848 not sure about that, I'd had to reread the books. But maybe I'm just dumb lol, grateful these videos exist.

[@TheVMbros]

@@greenc1088 No no, Nietzsche’s ideas are quite profound. I’d be surprised if anyone understands everything perfectly after a single read, let alone apply this knowledge into their daily lives. I also think that it depends on how much his ideas resonate with you, and how much you actually reflect upon them. We’re all different, learn differently, live differently and think differently. What’s important is that you’re curious and smart enough to try.

[@SisyphusOnSunday]

I cannot help but draw similarities between Neitzsches' Will to Power philosophy and Swami Vivekananda's preaching of manifestation of the divinity within each one of us as the only goal to seek. Anyone with an interest in Neitzsches' works would certainly appreciate the works of Swami Vivekananda too.

[@TheYanbibiya]

Utterly different teachings.

[@stevenli3034]

I used to think that people live for self preservation, I'm slowing changing on that belief. It's not so much self preservation, but rather, it's more like looking for validation from other people. (Especially if you had emotionally unavailable parents when you grew up) If we humans can become free from waiting for other people to validate ourselves, that we become willing to instead, self validate, as opposed to handing that power to other people, then we've found eternal life.

[@screachog-reilige]

Steven Li an astute observation

[@barrycolston9026]

The “pleasure” for self overcoming is the release of desire. Desire is pain. Over come desire and you overcome self

[@Mlqkoskakao1]

Your voice and the way the lectures are made makes the information so easy to indulge in. =] I'm so happy this channel exists.

[@Dat_Dude_Danny1]

Love your videos, man. Even when I know the material being discussed in them, I always learn something. Thanks for posting.

[@Doug_Poppe]

Watching this now makes me appreciate the abundance of stylistic intentionality in your newer videos. Really powerful.

[@madamephilosopher7203]

Excellent lecture!!! Nietzsche has many positive indicators for the individual. He is often disregarded because he rejected conventional thought, but if one looks closer they will see the beauty of possibility within the grasp of the Dionysian. Keep on creating!

[@AlanHofman]

This single video explains the meaning of life in a way

[@alkazaryyy]

english man, you have not watched the last minute of the video, i guess.

[@qwertyki9367]

@@alkazaryyy what?

[@batfink274]

I am the embodiment of self overcoming. I have transformed myself through intense desire to grow, and as a result am by far the most powerful human i know.

[@aribamanjudevi3368]

😂 👍

[@superspread81]

😂😂 daft twat

[@danieledemedici3217]

The blonde hair coming out of your head, right?

[@janmaaso]

Me too (long story...)

[@LillyEllaRose]

Hello there, I'd like to thank you for making these video's.

[@Stargaze79]

The best lectures on KZbin! Thank you so much!

[@2kloco]

This channel is blowing my mind

[@alessandroporfirio1910]

Thank you for this great video! It would have been even more beautiful if at the end there was a Nietzsche's quote illustrating his view of power over oneself rather than power over others. Again, great video!

[@danieledemedici3217]

That was amazing. You distillated the essence of his thoughts so well. Incredible!

[@kevtherev8194]

One of best channels on youtube

[@Innavata90]

I listened to a brief lecture on The Ideas of Socrates earlier and it seems like Nietzsche ideas relate to Socrates. They both seem highly introspective and have high concern for self-knowledge.

[@armyguy_nacho6804]

Innavata90 that's what philosophy is all about

[@MasterKeySolutions]

Truth is like salt water. No matter what ocean or sea, it has the same taste. Paraphrased from The Buddha.

[@screachog-reilige]

Know thyself

[@stevenhankins79]

academyofideas, I wouldn't presume Nietzsche "misunderstood darwinian evolution" although it is debated he did not read Darwin. Like everything Nietzsche writes, he takes his own spin on things. He does not share the modern darwinian view (which he despised) but a much older pre-socratic view of evolution. I am sure he has read Darwin, like he has read Spencer, because we know he is a well versed in contemporary and ancient writings. I find it hard to believe he would miss Darwin altogether.

[@academyofideas]

Steven Hankins Great comment. I completely agree. If I were to do the video again I would not spin it as if he "misunderstood darwinian evolution", he just had a modified perspective on evolution. And as he frequently stated, perspectives are all there can ever be...

[@stevenhankins79]

academyofideas Thanks. Your videos are great. Especially, those on Nihilism. Very accurate and summarized well.

[@umutcandelibalc5335]

I have also a question and if you answer it I would appreciate that. In video it is said that human beings should set goals and create genuine self. However as far as I know Nietzsche constantly states that Self is illusion and it should be destroyed and then a new self should be created. This is also the case striving for something. Once you reach you should set another one. Please correct me If I am mistaken.Thank you very much for your consideration.

[@rafaeljordao]

Umutcan delibalcı, a human being must set goals, even knowing that when you get there, you will have to set another one. "you are a creature that aim. a creature that have an aim. you have to have an aim in order to do something" - Jordan Peterson.

[@dragos6625]

To be honest, I think Nietzsche has one of the best interpretations on evolution. Reading his books is like discovering something that's already written in you but it's hidden.

[@billrich9722]

I am shocked at just now discovering these thinkers, the likes of Neitchze and Carl Young. I am also shocked at how readily I agree with them, recognize what they are saying and how many of their views I have come to believe on my own accord. Weirdly, had I found them sooner, I might not have recognized their significance.

[@ARMYSTRONG007]

I love uncommon information which make me an uncommon individual. Running into uncommon thinkers is a very far and few occurrence.

[@vv7299]

seems like you love feeling you're special , which is pretty common really

[@ARMYSTRONG007]

@@vv7299 more so earning the right to know that I am different and embracing it. Man distinction is attractive to high income earners.

[@apedas]

excellent! it's the same view that I have of nietzsche's interpretation of evolution.

[@DanielKamau-ku5cs]

All that matters in life is how much one has grown and overcame their previous limitations as this determines how powerful one is and in turn determine's one worth as a human being

[@mr.nobody7958]

Clearly explained well structured. Great work. Thanks.

[@in2dionysus]

The goal of overman is to overcome himself/ the instinct to overcoming is to learn, this is overman. Learning is a derivative of what the world puts forth . . . Some things have a voice and other things do not . . . everything is relative, you just have to put forth, an idea of Nietzsche!

[@c.galindo9639]

Beautiful. Simply well put and so powerful altogether

[@c.galindo9639]

Yes. Life sets itself to grow and it can be stated as a will to power but that power is to overcome ourselves to achieve our truest desires to live

[@Roland_Duson]

Unending growth IS life.

[@vercingetorix5708]

Nietzsche was a Sith Lord.

[@ObeySilence]

You didn´t get anything just like George Lukas

[@daroncampbell4418]

A Formidable Sith lord yet beyond that he was the precursor to the new Gray Jedi one who can balance the Dark side with the "Good" side of the Force! Like the completion of the psychologist C.G. Jung's Individuation process with the Union of Opposites.

[@dragon-cant-fly6729]

Harry Potter jokes never get old

[@JDKMM7]

DARON CAMPBELL who needs evil

[@syaw1001]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Nietzsche the Wise. Ironic, he could save others but not himself.

[@AlmalikyAli]

Wonderful propositions, I am grateful for your work..

[@phriesen]

Hey all you Growers! Keep growing!

[@VVeltanschauung187]

Nietzsche's assumptions are those of the 19th century: nature is pure competition. This still hangs on in popular thought, but there's just as much evidence to point to the idea that "nature is [also] symbiotic/cooperative toward mutual benefit" (i.e. mycorrhizal relationships between fungi and trees, pilot fish and sharks, bryozoans and hermit crabs, etc.)

[@Bourbosaurus]

This explains Berserk so much.

[@hameddadgour]

Great summary!

[@notquitekeanu]

With all the buzz around AI potentially becoming truly conscious and self aware lately, I've been wondering if Spencer's idea of that goal evolution strives for is to create a truly dominant and higher form of consciousness. If we create strong AI, it would be more intelligent than humans, and also lack things like biases, emotions, drives, etc. and be a fully rational, completely logical form of super intelligence with nothing to hold it back. Maybe the ideally moral man isn't man at all, but the next stage of reaching higher consciousness via AI. Maybe our curiosity and drive to create AI is consciousness directing itself to achieve this higher form. Maybe we are just the stepping stone needed to create the final form and ultimate goal of a hyper-intelligent consciousness.

[@PedroPereira-si3sy]

It is a interesting thought, however, i think feelings are genetic values that guide our homeostasis, much like a subprogram will do in a program. So AI would not be completely rational has it would still be guided by the programer who wrote it, in all its consequential self programed layers. I would see it like humans being assisted on a higher resolution/creation of problems that occur when confronted to reality.

[@muhammadharits7591]

Feeling is a power to continue the hardships of life. Without emotion there will be no joy, meaning, sadness and happiness

[@muhammadharits7591]

and without it how can you make the meaning to continue life ?

[@vladimirnachev324]

We have to recognize which are really the fittest, because not always chance it at their side and we must care to discover these individuals and help them overcome situations which they cannot possibly overcome by their own strength.

[@Chinesefood20minute]

best video ive seen in a long time, im not too familiar with Nietzsche, but now im gonna start looking into his work

[@Chinesefood20minute]

the will to survive would be a neccesary part of the will to power, who cares what he thought about darwins ideas, his ideas stand alone, and they are not even contradictory

[@manavkala3216]

I think u could say (this is just my interpretation)that Griffith is the will to power and guts is the will to simply live...they came together and became irreplaceable supports to each other...it's like saying the will to live and the will to power should co-exist that's when one lives in harmony but when they lose their bond..they both become very overpowering on the individual..berserk is soo beautiful

[@jennyjenny3531]

I'm glad you clarified what he meant by power (including the power over one's own self). This rescues him from the marxist idea of power.

[@rgaleny]

Power as the end of life. It is the one time F N is not a nihilist, but a Romantic. Just because a fundamental is dull, doesn't negate it's value.

[@nickbrass]

Another excellently informative video! Thank you so much for making the time to make these, I learn so much it brings me joy :) In some ways I think Nietzsche is right, I wat to achieve my goals & become the best I can be in doing so!

[@aarongrubbs5668]

Awesome videos, super interesting and insightful but... maybe spice it up a bit? Honestly, I think just speaking a bit more quickly would help because it cuts down the time. Otherwise great vids, just found you today, listened to three or four so far, shared and subscribed!

[@msaniimpyaBMW]

Very good video! I liked the way you move the camera!

[@alienpuppy]

msanii mpya he didn't move the camera, it's a software similar to PowerPoint

[@libertsiagian7685]

i somewhat connect with Nietzsche because of my strict Christian upbringing, but i love him even more because he didn't discriminate. he says that socialsim is as evil and as tyrannical as early christianity, he's honest not hypocritical like many.

[@Hshjshshjsj72727]

Very interesting and helpful, thanks

[@richardlionhardt4134]

Neechy was nuts.

[@wikiiwan]

thank you

[@er6716]

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[@jennifercarter6788]

I know most people, including myself, are offended by the very notion of (Will to Power). My whole philosophy in life is to NOT seek power, but to seek a new understanding of relational aspects of human nature and how we can communicate with one another. When you seek power, in itself, you already told me what kind of person you are. We already have too many mentally unstable people in this world seeking power to the detriment of others. To be truly evolved is only found in non aggression and pure love and understanding; without this, we are going to find ourselves on the same destructive path we have always been on throughout history.

[@KingAGBozz]

You don't understand the point. It's about power over ourself, over or thoughts and actions. Only when we can have power over ourself, we can have the power to save the world and lead it on the path to flourishment and peace

[@jennifercarter6788]

@@KingAGBozz Yes!

[@rogerclemis4380]

You have everything right besides the last part. Nietzsche idea of the order of rank is an antithesis to the quote"everyone is equal". He is saying that people are better than others. Their are individuals that are zeros than there is the rich and powerful.

[@candidkafka6537]

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[@chris432t6]

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[@megenberg8]

interesting thoughts and ideas - those cited here were deep thinkers. one a theoretical premise which is nothing more or less. and the other a detailed inquiry. both western standards, and as such, their words are expressive, disciplined, cogent, and exquisitely thought-out. Nietzsche especially is truly a brilliant man for his time. all things considered though w/ respect to the 'self' - as experienced by most - the conditions and strivings he describes are precisely that of which the self is comprised at present. we dwell in the present in the world of 'the flesh' and therein one finds conflict and struggle - to be free, create, find peace, comfort, and love. in our Christian canon, the world of the flesh and the world of sin are synonymous terms. the world of the present and the one to come are not of the flesh or this world. the self can transcend the world through Him. Amen.

[@nimrod4463]

Thank You.

[@a000ab]

Well explained.

[@captnhuffy]

Enlightenment is **Self Empowerment** which differs greatly from "power" -- He, like many, allowed their Ego to drive them to incorrect conclusions.

[@ignmorales]

Straight-forward explanation!

[@godwantsplastic]

Semantics... The will to live IS the will to power, over death. The perseverance of advantageous traits is survival. If you’re not growing you’re dying, literally and figuratively.

[@spencerwinston4334]

Jung revealed the distinguishing skill that catapulted Nietzsche into the league of Plato beyond perhaps even Schopenhauer, and Emerson. Nietzsche was highly trained as a classical philologist immersed in the original sources of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. Hence, Nietzsche gained a profound knowledge of the greatest minds of antiquity and could read the source material in a direct first hand way and not rely on second hand accounts. Imagine being able to understand all the nuances of source material from the Bible in Hebrew or Plato in Greek to appreciate the nuances and meanings of texts directly rather than to accept second hand some other scholars interpretation of the passage. Nietzsche's devastating critique of the intellectual edifice of the times originated because he knew how the professors of the time masked the state/church control over the cultural wasteland. These professorial serfs under state control pushed an agenda, protected their "bread and butter" intellectual moat, as well as just hid unbounded potentiality and luminosity from themselves or others for either lack of courage, intellectual depth, or even just nakedly "hidden in plain sight" sinister reasons. Nietzsche lived and breathed for the creative, sublimated outlet of the will to power. Just as a world class poker player has to live, breathe and sleep poker to be a world champion, a philosopher on the Olympian level of Nietzsche has to breathe the mountain air of pure, inspired energy every day in a way not possible for a man involved in a daily business or practice such as Jung. Sure, the business can keep the man "grounded", but to reach Nietzsche's Olympian level and full spectrum dominance philosophical level you need the foundational basics of classical philology combined with a passion and instinct for enlightenment and illumination based off actual reading of ancient wisdom in the original. As German philosopher Schopenhauer observed, unless a man can read Latin and Greek in the original, there will always be a hole in the scholar's education that undermines the strength of his intellectual thought. This observation is a bitter pill for us all in a vapid age of mass media and hollow men. Nietzsche was just such an intellectual tour de force that we will probably never able to appreciate his greatness or sublime gifts to humanity. Greek and Latin are not emphasized in today's propaganda mills of liberal arts universities or even at the time of Jung when studying Latin and Greek required hard work most were not willing to endure. Nietzsche was a sublime gift to humanity, and in fact his Navy Seal like attack on the soft, descendent Western philosophers and clergy of the time came with devastating force and mountain lightning speed. Ultimately though, Nietzsche's attack came out of a deep love for man and his no limit potential. Once the blinders came off and courageous, disciplined men were made aware of what the actual classical and Biblical texts meant free of some political or mercenary agenda, Nietzsche allows us all to share in the love for expanded grand inner horizons and "satori" enlightenment resulting from the sublimated will to power. In this sense, "the laughing lion" legendary German professor, in exposing the agendas of many "translations" and university moat protecting "degrees" brings us all back to ourselves and our higher man potential. Nietzsche's took humanity out to the creative philosophical edge and gave a wonderous vision of vast intellectual horizons. The grand German' philosopher's lionheart roar, that still reverberates in the Swiss Alps today, echoes how the creative sublimated will to power can allow us to rise high above the dark agendas and deception pervasive amidst the establishment wasteland.

[@mwil619]

That Nietzsche dude was pretty smart

[@courtcomposer]

Adaptability comes from the will to power.

[@teroinefoma2963]

Dude I love your accent.

[@markhughes7927]

I don’t immediately see any connection between a ‘will to power’ (or ‘self-overcoming’) and a determination to understand the peculiar self-conscious intellectual awareness that humans have in its rationalised and conceptualised difference from animals, both schematically and as sentient moral being and with knowledge of that difference. I sense that the use Schopenhauer makes of the word ‘will’ is little more than a buoyant ‘ict’ affirming any individuality human or animal among its peers and in its shared ‘existential’ environment. Perhaps I am mistaken. But nothing of the nature of cosmic intentionality of Nietzsche’s formulation and one moreover related to a scientific hypothesis and nothing Socratically dissolved from all presupposition. There also seem to me to be two immediately glaring omissions in his view of life if here accurately presented. In the lack of consideration - particularly applicable to human beings but not exclusively - of the huge importance of cooperation between individuals in achieving goals beyond individual scope; and the mysterious modalities within creation necessary of sensitive exploration rather than bold self-affirmation and the inspiration they provide to make cooperative development - from establishing the aesthetic ‘flight-envelope’ of everything to do with the making, playing, and deploying of the electric guitar, to the apprehension of the natural system of proportions and their geometric and architectonic realisation in medieval cathedral building. In both, and all, relations - people have to over-come something in themselves both to do and participate but I suggest it is hardly a particular consideration to do so - simply a necessary means to an end.

[@TheNosarajr]

In a way they're all right, I like Nietzsche's poetic twist on life.

[@jamieowens6452]

Thank you!

[@jammasterj13]

Overcoming my inner self for me has meant so far. Is overcoming my baser desires and trading them for a higher state of consciousness. For me i try not to stay in one state which would eventually bore me till i found something new to feed my Self which in my opinion exists in the mind. This awareness through self is what grows when fed by constant data in the form knowledge which is useful. Knowledge for knowledge sake i call gossip, also assumptions are of the same empty heads. It is better to say you dont know rather than speaks your own bullshit..

[@TheVMbros]

Nietzsche’s quote “An organisms fundamental desire isn’t to survive, organisms have an insatiable desire to manifest power” seems a little contradictory to me. How could we have a desire to manifest power, if we do not initially have a desire to survive. I think this isn’t a matter of either/or, but rather both/and. Both desires are intrinsically attached to one another. If I do not desire survival, then why would I wish to manifest power? Is my logic flawed? Please let me know :) Edit: I think I understand a little bit better now what Nietzsche meant. Because of the innate will to power (to grow, become better and stronger) within us, self-preservation becomes a necessity… it is not however the fundamental drive of existence. Our lives must first have a goal before the need for self-preservation.

[@tomj5005]

awesome video man

[@khwaac]

That was really good

[@mrrains3507]

Was his work known during his time? If so, how well? and if not, when &/ how did it become known?

[@angelsangels8583]

Strive to achieve good goals. Live a life of self overcoming. Fulfill your purpose in total submission to the will of Allaah.

[@paigegruenwald2]

Angels Angels he would’ve been so against the blanket “submission” of ones will to a God or Gods, that’s one of his core ideas was that God is dead and how do we start to control our own wills and destinies and live our real human lives, naturally, in our own bodies and our own earthly realm, without reaching to a supernatural god to comfort us and give us blanket universal claims to the infinite afterlife if we are good, obedient servants to the “will of God”!!

[@NobleNemesis]

So, what he's trying to say is that the drive isn't to preserve life as long as possible, but instead, to use your energy to simply live well?

[@madamephilosopher7203]

+Noble Nemesis I believe Nietzsche is saying the drive is to improve the self, the reward being the experience and process of overcoming the inner and outer barriers of reality. Don't just live, live to be better than you were before your goal or passion awoke you. Set a hard to reach goal, and spend one's life attaining it.

[@NobleNemesis]

MadamePhilosopher Thanks. :)

[@JackoBanon1]

+Noble Nemesis He basically wants you to use your full potential.

[@Topself24]

I'm subscribing!

[@roukilouis9133]

This is based on rationality. Instinct are impulsive action taken by big changes in the mindset often made by strong emotions. Fear is submission, you can't face something you submit to without courage. Courage is overcoming yourself and your impulsive action of fear. How can you overcome love or joy? Think about addiction. Overcoming the need to consume is still a way to gain power over the nature of the need. Being dependant of someone may make you act in way to preserve what you need like love in way that will make you lose power. You don't have power over your love and this is why people need courage to love

[@yazanodeh8002]

Probably one of the most boring videos and voices I have ever had to put myself through, but informative and mostly relevant anyway. Thanks.

[@academyofideas]

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[@dannycrowley9630]

The beginning felt a bit off, I think Nietzsche thought the will to power was unique to life forms, as opposed to a telos of the universe. I think the quote use was construed from the idea that the individual creates the world, and since it is through the individual's life it is a manifestation of the will to powr

[@klemet2]

Excellent!

[@diegonayalazo]

Thanks

[@aleks0_o879]

I didn't realize your channel was this old, how do you sound like a teenager even back then?

[@iChrisBirch]

This was a very well formatted video with clear explanation. Thank you for making this type of material much more readily available to a large audience that would otherwise not read or understand it.

[@digi3363]

Some plants die, some do not. Sometimes the gardener does not know why some plants wither, and others flourish.

[@MustafaKulle]

Great lecture. Thank you.

[@SquiSac01]

just to be noticed, most philosophers today dont really agree with darwin,,they take his model only because there isnt a better,closer one,, but they really agree only that evolution exists

[@LightlessDimension]

The struggle for existence.

[@murielmcgregor4766]

Enjoyed very much! One question though: what is Nietzche's definition of 'spiritual'? Does he mean something along the lines of 'mindfulness' perhaps?

[@ikosabre]

Perhaps, but in my own understanding it means self-mastery and being in control of oneself. It also means that one has the "taste" for the heights and "lofty goals". Nietzsche wrote that the "most spiritual" human being finds his home in "the labyrinth", in "severity", in "experimenting". This process must of course be controlled.

[@inthemomenttomoment]

WHEN ALL PHILOSOPHERS CAN KEEP STILL IN MEDITATION THEN THE WILL TO 'ABSOLUTE POWER' IS THUS ACHIEVED.

[@JM-is4ig]

***** people can and do serious meditation and be active and successful. i've spent 10 days meditating in silence, other people have done far more

[@luv4usluv4all98]

The will to overcome / The will to Live ..... Man main thoughts are trying to Live forever , and not wanting to Die ....Living forever can and has been accomplish.

[@shakuras24]

Excellent.