The Gay Science #2: The Feeling of Power (I.10 - I.20)

[@Havre_Chithra]

I'm going to get paid to lay on a couch and listen to this... what a time to be alive. 😂

[@jimc.goodfellas]

That's outstanding

[@Havre_Chithra]

@@Aa-yn3bi I am a support worker but the individuals I support are out of the country visiting family, but I still get paid for those days.

[@melissasmind2846]

God Bless. ❤

[@Wingedmagician]

dyogenes stage of life

[@threeblindchickens]

how are you getting paid for listening to this?

[@-Llama_95]

Section 13 is one of my favorite passages of Nietzsche’s that I’ve read.

[@carlyellison8498]

Did Nietzsche write No Homo after the Gay Science?

[@hammadayman5610]

Lol

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

I don't think "ecce" means no

[@untimelyreflections]

He wrote Ecce Homo, which translates to "look at this homo"

[@carlyellison8498]

@@untimelyreflections - thank you for the straight answer (and for my favorite podcast).

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

@@untimelyreflections That really made me laugh. Thanks for this great channel!

[@melissasmind2846]

Im back listening. I comment each time to boost the algorithms. For The Common Good.

[@Jasper-ML]

I love this podcast! I don’t love everything Nietzsche says, but in my pursuit of truth he does challenge me to rationalize my opinions and either discover their origins or let them go. I haven’t listened to this episode, I’m on 49, but wanted to express my gratitude.

[@DolanIre_blackhair]

I love this series. I have so many ideas. Concepts of Transformation abound

[@lynnlavoy6778]

I very much loved this lecture. Thank you

[@cynicviper]

If possible, please put this in the playlist. I could make a playlist myself, but having it in your channel would be much better.

[@untimelyreflections]

Will do.

[@cynicviper]

@@untimelyreflections Greatly appreciated. Hope you have a great rest of the day!

[@whoaitstiger]

You don't need money, don't take fame Don't need no credit card to ride this train It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes But it might just save your life That's the power of love

[@Anhedonxia]

55:11 I always understood that the powerful person is reluctant to express power in this harmful way not because he fears that that would hurt his powerful image and thus decrease his feeling of power but because its just untasteful to him, its a low hanging fruit and not at all a challenge. But I imagine that he still retains that option to hurt others if he feels like it and would not worry of how would this affect his image. Great episode btw the gay science was my introduction to Nietzsche and it's still my favorite🤍.

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

33:07 This is even true in the development as we age, as a child when a candy can be heaven also a scratch can be torture. Most of us probably never get the kind of "butterflies in your stomache" intensity of romantric feelings as in their youth later in life but the intensity of heartbreak feelings also decreases. "Adult rationality" is a kind of numbness

[@sunofpeter2]

I don’t think the intensity of heartbreak decreases. If you are a parent and having a child taken from is the worst feeling your heart will ever feel.

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

@@sunofpeter2 I meant of course specifically the heartbreak from romantic in romantic releationships. The connection to a child is on a very basal level as mammals way deeper not even talking about more complex psychology. Sorry if you speak from experience

[@sunofpeter2]

@@alexanderleuchte5132 I understand your perspective now. I also appreciate the sentiment, the days are much brighter now

[@alastairneill7434]

Hi salt, I’m not sure where to ask this question but hopefully you might include this in your next Q&A. What did Nietzsche write about Platonic forms? Does he assert that objects/ideas can have a supreme ideal, from which every representation is derived, which can only be understood in the abstract (Similar to Schopenhauer), or does he view platonic ideals as pointless abstraction. I imagine he would tend towards the latter considering his assertion that reality shapes the philosophy, not the other way round. Love your videos and music btw

[@xenoblad]

What's that song at the end?

[@bonetomahawk565]

Thanks for this great piece.

[@LightMyFire-g1d]

hello, could you do a video talking about Nietzsche on hedonism?

[@mthunzidhlamini8257]

Amor fati Gentlemen!! LEEETTTSSS GOO!

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

12:20 This is very true in regards to the europea middle ages and probably the time of the Samurai as examples but of course pre-civillized tribal communities were way more structured according to the reliance on eachother for survival and not consisting of wild animals. As a sidenote: The documentary "Secrets of the Tribe" sheds an interesting light on the kind of "Super Adventure Club " surprisingly much of western Ethnology seems to be. It also questions the validity of a study aimed at proving the theory mentioned at 48:43 with the Yanomami as subjects

[@melissasmind2846]

Thank you

[@ryzla101]

Check out Derek Parfit reasons and persons. He delves deep into that question on does the person die if the self that makes that person changes. He argues it’s kind of like a state. What makes France is it the people or is it the borders. It’s a very interesting read if you are into that kind of mind fuck.

[@languagegame410]

what is this madness?!... i can't take it... it's too much, immortalKEEG... i'm being smothered with Nietzschean exegesis... Lord have mercy... praise Jesus!... (I'm dancin' in the choir!!!)

[@languagegame410]

whose choosing the images for your KZbin videos... becauszzzze... they're f*cking amazing!!

[@kj4242]

Good stuff.

[@lowersaxon]

The gay thing goes on. LOL. Cover: The woman (lets assume that) tries so hard, but the god of science simply cant be turned on. Thats the secret of „gay science“.

[@BnR1038]

thanks for the great content per usual. for the algo

[@kennethanderson8827]

Odelay. I walked the weird windy roads of Kauai. My feet have blisters that are already healed. Good to be back in my cave, with my dog. Resorts suck 🦈

[@GazRatcliff]

Power 39m. 13 unlucky for some but not for others. 39:10

[@nguyenquangminh4814]

Sorry what’s that word you uuse? Averest?

[@untimelyreflections]

Avarice

[@nguyenquangminh4814]

Thank you so much

[@nguyenquangminh4814]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavism

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

Another sidenote: Aren't Dawkins theories completely outdated at this point because the whole underlaying concept of the genome as a "blueprint" with certain genes determining certain attributes is proven to be an oversimplification to the degree that it is simply false?

[@epajarjestys9981]

Can you point to some sources proving that notion to be false? Not that I'm doubting what you say. I just would like to learn about it.

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

@@epajarjestys9981 If you want a quick overview in video format watch f.e. : "You've Been Lied To About Genetics". Basically the simple mechanistic view of the genome as printing code has evolved so mich that the complecity and all the variability makes the "egoistic genes theory" very unlikely to be a behaviour forming force

[@DolanIre_blackhair]

So what your saying is.... we are currently livining in his imagined reality of madness... lol. Cosmic joke

[@amorfati4096]

Costin Vlad Alamariu Explained Nietzsche very Accurately.

[@bradrandel1408]

🕊🦋🌹

[@XanDionysus]

Logical Positivism enjoyer here. How else am I supposed to treat sick ideas with anything other than disgust?

[@kennethanderson8827]

Ditto comment 🦈🦏 (oh, no- - I’m surrounded by “last women”// my sister in law, & my hysterical roommate- - they think I’m weird, I say that’s a no shit Sherlock. They are boring gossipers. Odelay)