NIETZSCHE Explained: Ecce Homo - Full Analysis

[@WeltgeistYT]

Our entire analysis of Ecce Homo, Nietzsche's autobiography, in one full video. We know a lot of our subscribers prefer to wait until the full video is out to watch these, so enjoy! ▶ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT

[@babydragon2047]

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[@farzadfazeliani3958]

Question: I'm interested in pursuing Nietzsche's ideas with a modern positive psych/neuroscience bend; any places/individuals who are actively doing this?

[@siktwstd]

one of the most underrated youtube channels, i understand it can be a niche audience but i feel like this style of analysis video is really friendly to a variety of people. good job!

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A "Nietzsche" audience

[@sonnyjim5268]

I agree.

[@lukecash3500]

Great analysis for philosophers many people sadly have no curiosity about or interest in because whatever is potentially dissonant with their world view isn't worth considering in people's minds.

[@ShawnFamily-m4u]

The most important concept I ever learned when studying Nietzsche is this. You see, when Socrates, Aristotle, Kant, and most religions built a two-dimensional philosophy, Nietzsche on the other hand created a three-dimensional philosophy or religion. Aristotle and the rest created a list of principles or ideas that could easily be put into a chart or a list of principles. When reading Nietzsche on the other hand, you have to imagine a pool of stars on the ground. From this pool of stars rises and forms a humanoid. This humanoid of stars continues to form until it can run a few steps and then shatters into the puddle of stars again. This happens over and over again for an eternity. You see Nietzsche creates these stars by creating inverted and alternate concepts than the ones we believe in. He reaffirms healthy ideas and then creates their opposites. These create the Rorschach test you personally peer into eventually.

[@cavaleer]

This masterpiece is arguably my favorite of the old sages. It always makes me LOL . His prose, wit, humor and penetrating brilliance are in their best forms. I’ve never found it ironic or difficult or disingenuous.

[@acardinalconsideration824]

The last book the man ever wrote before his descent into madness. Great upload, thank you

[@ksix9359]

if u only knew why he went mad lol

[@jimc.goodfellas]

This is one of my favorite books and definitely one of the more underrated works..I feel like the artist is at the peak of his powers here...it's a shame what happened to him

[@WeltgeistYT]

Very underrated indeed

[@blackfeatherstill348]

"body I am and nought besides". When I was younger as an artist this line by Nietzsche affected me, it brought me back to earth and to a recognition of the primacy of body over all other things.

[@igorszopinski1822]

Best youtube channel. Man how hard it is to find intelligent people on you tube. Then Weltgeist comes along.

[@Alseki7]

Great video. Have to agree with Nietzsche on how health and personality can affect world views/opinions. It's easy enough to see in oneself, how your perceptions and opinions change depending upon the setting, or recent events or activities.

[@blazejsroka4319]

Thank you for a great analysis, after reading Beyond Good and Evil + Ecce Homo I appreciate all the lectures helping to expand my understanding of Nietzsche's works

[@hypersonic676]

What a genius, there is no one like him.

[@blackfeatherstill348]

This channel has become my favourite interpretation of Nietzsche other than Nietzsche himself.

[@Mosaic631]

This is one of the best analyses of Nietzsche in general that I’ve ever come across and could easily be understood by anyone with fleeting knowledge of philosophy in general as well. Fantastic job at attacking this and breaking it down. Enjoyed it!

[@lordmyclin3671]

Complex ideas, simply explained. Great analysis

[@mikec6733]

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[@rafaellontra2189]

I like the nose/smell analogy. It's like a picture - it's worth a thousand words.

[@robertcoltrane5602]

A philosophy justifies the personality of its creater.

[@lucylle3132]

I really love your videos and the way you help me understand the work of Neitzsche!

[@christopherhamilton3621]

Lovely analysis! FN was a genuine contrarian skeptic & you captured this and his cheek perfectly. 😎

[@JS-dt1tn]

No! Not a skeptic! Reread ecce homo, especially "our virtues".

[@pand1on712]

out here saving my life with this!! excellent content, really well explained :)

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[@CoMa_84]

I love these videos.

[@patilbalian938]

i don't understand Nietzsches determinate refusal of the hinterwelt and why he sees it as a decadent pursuit. humanity always had a penchant for concepts like god, spirit, virtue .... these abstract concepts had been with us since prehistory and served humanity in creating organized worldviews and to give meaning to their experiences. i'll check your video on the twilight of idols to understand his idea of decadence more. very accessible and well presented expose of Nietzsches philosophy, thank you.

[@wordcel]

I agree, but I think Nietzsche is not opposed to abstract concepts in general, but rather abstract concepts that negate life.

[@thenowchurch6419]

@@wordcel Being a writer and philosopher is already very abstract. We should not expect Nietzsche whom was struggling mentally, to be consistent.

[@sonofcronos7831]

Nietzsche is not against the ideia of god or spirit or virtue. He sees the civilization of Pre Socratic Greece and Pre Christian Rome as the best of civilizations. And they believed in gods, spirits and etc. BUT, they not negate life. To them, life was to me embraced, life is a pursuit of honor, pleasures and conquest. Virtue is made by the strong and the heroes. Even the post-life is a place of heroes and feasts (Elisium Fields). But Platonism, Christianity and Traditional Philososy views life as bad, they preach ascetism and a negation of pleasures and honor. They not embrace life, but condemns the world of the living. They dont make virtue, but preach morality and rationalism, because they have no power over others, only their mouths. And the post-life or the ideal world to them is everything that the world of the living is not. So not all religion is bad to Nietzsche, only the ones that attacks life and the material world.

[@thenowchurch6419]

@@sonofcronos7831 If you are in support of N's views on this then you make the same mistakes of over simplification that Nietzsche did, fatally for his mental health. The life of pre-Socratic Greece and pre-Christian Rome, were indeed that of physically stronger men generally than after, but that is because they were still more animalistic and less human, than the after periods. You look at the intellectual lost in his ivory tower and then proceed to condemn lofty thought, thought that sees beyond the mere physical survival and material success of this life. Christianity, Western Christianity in particular, was always corrupt, but had a civilizing and leveling effect among the masses of Europe. The corruption of the institution does not necessarily indict the spirituality and "philosophy" behind Christianity, which beats Schopenhauer's oblivion and Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence by a long shot. N had been poisoned by Schopenhauer's atheism too deeply to realize that the subjective self is infinitely more vast and powerful than the mere physical brute and partakes in an Eternal Mind. Pre-Christians did not view life as good or bad, for they were simply involved in its gyrations instinctively. When Philosophy and Christianity, in their purer forms raised humanity above instinct, then the real work begins and many are the precipices we may fall off of, in flights of supposedly spiritual speculation and dreaming. N went mad, in no small way, from his overly extreme view of life as pure here and now action and therefore , he could see that the way his life was going he certainly was not the strong hero of the ancient sagas. He resorted to calling himself the crucified one and casting his dream of Ubermensch to his future disciples. So very like the Christian hoping for a better life in the future. Just thought I would rant for a moment. Be well my friend.

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@thenowchurch6419 i dont agree with nothing with him, i disagree with Nietzsche view on pity, views on morality, views on christianity and etc. I just wanna to make the case that Nietzsche is not complety against the ideia of religion, so i made a simplification of that idea.

[@ZYX84]

I can only think of this, “physician heal by self” I wonder if he ever did?

[@pinkyteel525]

Great discussion!

[@moshefabrikant1]

18:00 Understand biology and write your books around it. What it gives you

[@tycobrahe7663]

Superb analysis, not just of Nietzsche but of other philosophers mentioned in comparison. Kant, with his “blind obedience to Categorical Imperatives” gave us the Nazi Germany. Nietzsche’s allegorical approach is very well explained in this lecture. Well done!

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Lol

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[@unbearablyyours]

Could you pleaseeeee do a similar detailed analysis of Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov? I know it' s a lengthy book but isn't there a way?

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That would be awesome. Hell i'd love to see someone just do a deep dive on "The Grand Inquisitor"

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[@jeanbaptiste8628]

The Two-Face, placed in order through 2-3-1, as the gap between 3 and 1, as 2-1, the opposition to 1-2, the latter Dr. Fian, the former Ali the Prophet, the King James of Scotland; Daemonologie.

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I was happy, i thought it is a new video on Nietzsche 😐

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New one on Wednesday

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14:40 the smell also seems to be something linked to speculation, intuition.

[@bioliv1]

Ah, this is such an intelligent canal, and good pronouncing. Thanks!

[@filosophik]

Ecce Homo is very cognizant of Zarathustra as such you must make a video detailing and identifying the strange and prevalent similarities between it and the biblical book Ecclesiastes. In tone style and pessimistic inclination towards joy!

[@markus4925]

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[@gikal8118]

Thank You.

[@psychologie2go633]

It’s pronounced [ˈɛkːɛ], not [eche]. It’s classic Latin, not Italien

[@TheAyatollahofNofappollah]

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[@Yurick052]

Behold the man, name thar tune.

[@JohnCena-iq3tg]

So I might have misunderstood the context on which you are using this but just so we are all clear Nietzsche didn't write the will to power that was his sister

[@ZYX84]

If it doesn’t make it past your nose, you should probably not put it in your mouth! At least that’s what my grandfather taught me when I was a child. Be careful what you choose to digest.

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[@stefdiazdiaz7067]

He got weak and sick from overeating sweet fruit.

[@loocstioyj18]

Can you do a critique on nietzches work?

[@stefdiazdiaz7067]

I have eaten rotten meat several times with no apparent ill effects, and yes it stinks horribly.

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Wow

[@magicsinglez]

Nietzsche’s point is to embarrass himself

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[@tangerinesarebetterthanora7060]

very controversial take, but I respect your earnestness.

[@PianohooliganPiotrOrzechowski]

@@tangerinesarebetterthanora7060 yes, it's an incredibly controversial take

[@Endymion766]

what coffee was he drinking to make him gloomy? Maybe its that Jacobs Kronung. Just the name sounds gloomy.

[@Killerbee_McTitties]

Sounds like Stirner put into different terms tbh.

[@louisuniverse]

the irony of nietzsche is that while he could smell the rotten corpse at the center of christianity - he could not understand that that is EXACTLY why christianity is the true materialist ideology. Dyonisian thought is exactly what he was trying to escape! (the false world of immaterial ideas) this is why he went mad - dyonisus hides the corpse and nietzshe said YES! this smells good! (blinding himself into thinking he was a real materialist : christianity reveals the corpse! And thus SMELLS BAD but IS THE TRUTH of our material world

[@veerswami7175]

Wrong there is enought counter for that analogy in his book ( may be zarasthura ones )

[@louisuniverse]

@@veerswami7175 meh -not convincing since nietzsche himself knew that only christianity was an original form of religion - all else is just paganism and paganism is death

[@AlexWitoslawski]

I'm fairly certain the pronunciation of this book title should be "ekke omo" not "eche homo" - it's in Latin, not Italian.

[@antunatomasan]

it's ecclesiastical (medieval) Latin. What you're mentioning would be the reconstructed classical pronunciation.

[@antunatomasan]

lmao the virgin jesus vs the chad dionysius

[@thenowchurch6419]

Of course the philosophers had biases and were not being perfectly objective. They do not claim to be God or flawless, so that is okay. Nietzsche is claiming to be the authority on life and philosophy, the new Christ.

[@sergioandresvahos281]

Excelente contenido el de este canal. Suscrito inmediatamente.

[@JS-dt1tn]

Its really anti-christian, evoking the anti-jew sentiment of the day in ironic fashion. Not Anti-christ in the biblical sense.

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[@kattam312]

What’s your opinion of Marx ? Have read any of his works ?

[@silent_stalker3687]

Marx was way too far up his own ass and way too much into Hegel where he went with ‘everything has to contradict’ and copied his style. I prefer Engles for many reasons. Marx bragging about Engles wife being dead making him emotional- saying “this proves I’m the intellectual” to where he then was so distraught over his wife having a miscarriage that Engles had to push Marx to say how his wife was doing. Engles also was very wholesome and made pudding on holidays. And the big difference is this. Engles took the blame for Marx banging a maid took the boy, Marx died never telling his own son the truth and saying “leave me alone I’ve said enough.” Engles took one to say his political career. After this Engles found out while he was paying and helping Marx write Das Kapital for decades- Marx spend years not even touching the book, and Engles left a note to his sons saying who his true father was. He may have been smart- if not spoiled. But as Arthur would say: “he head himself stupid.”

[@kattam312]

@@silent_stalker3687 Thanks. I did not know that about his character. I will look into engles work.

[@WeltgeistYT]

A long time ago. Too long ago to have a good opinion

[@silent_stalker3687]

@@kattam312 engles and Marx co-op wrote books but the Marx fans have basically thrown him under the bus I suggest Thomas Sowell’s book ‘marxism’ for a bit on the matter of how it’s treated and I think the quicker summary is in the ‘Sowell reader’ book, it has quick summary on Marx’s life. Tik also covers Marx to a degree- and terms ‘commodity money’ is what Marx called capitalist money, and promoted Fiat money. Also the most notable is how quotes are trimmed and cut to make things sound more ‘easier to sell’ I would suggest reading Kaufman’s translation of Nietzsche’s genealogy of morality and his quote on socialism, nationalism and ‘science’ which is really ‘it went through this process and by going through it means it’s true’ process meaning- anything religion, faction checked and so on. As for communism- the ones of the 30-40’s were honest. They saw their side supporting the national socialists in Germany and then turned on them as if nothing happened. You know the ‘Disney German propaganda’? Look at the studio that produced that- a Unionized studio ran by communists using Disney’s property and he couldn’t do anything because of the shitty laws. Communists outside of the communist party- they criticized their party for that. Look at the bernie bros, Democrats and so on- can’t question without being attacked, and just last year Biden and Kamala were the face of the anti-vax and now look at them. Communists in the 30’s and 40’s were more honest, open to debate and questioning their ideas than they are now. Look up the video ‘Thomas Sowell a tale of two blackouts’ I wonder what changed…

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Yet you are here.

[@Sunfried1]

I enjoy your videos but I wish you would use the English pronunciation of words like decadence. The French pronunciation sounds pompous.

[@WeltgeistYT]

Nietzsche insists on using the French himself

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[@charlesjohnson8106]

Catullus (c. 84 - c. 54 BC) Poem 13 Line Latin text English translation 1 Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me You will dine well, my Fabullus, at my house 2 paucis, si tibi di favent, diebus in a few days, if the gods favor you, 3 si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam if with you you bring a good and great 4 cenam, non sine candida puella meal, not without a fair-skinned girl 5 et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis both wine and wit and all the banter. 6 Haec si, inquam, attuleris, venuste noster, If you bring these, I say, our charming friend, 7 cenabis bene; nam tui Catulli you will dine well, for the wallet of your Catullus 8 plenus sacculus est aranearum. is full of cobwebs. 9 Sed contra accipies meros amores But in exchange you will receive the most pure friendship 10 seu quid suavius elegantiusve est: or whatever is more sweet or more elegant: 11 nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae or I will give perfume, which to my girl 12 donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque, Venuses and Cupids have given, 13 quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis, which when you will smell it, you will ask the gods, 14 totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum. to make you, Fabullus, all nose.