Friedrich Nietzsche: The Übermensch

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Shannon Quinn
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[GreatMutaFan]

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." Nietzsche

[PetrolMuzungu]

"The people should not have blind faith in the church or their political leaders, today this is kind of common sense".
Wait, what?

[bfetoile]

It is worth mentioning that he wrote letters against anti-semitism in his lifetime and that it was this type of sentiment/philosophy was part of what put him at odds with his sister and Wagner. He also supported the idea of women serving on university faculty and was a stretcher-bearer in the Franco-Prussian war which gave him a very sober view of the violence as opposed to many of his peers who glorified it. Contrary to his reputation (as you pointed out) he was a very progressive man. Thanks for covering him!

[crypto]

Elisabeth Nietzsche: "Stop trying to make a cult!"
Also Elisabeth Nietzsche: "I'mma join the nazis!"

[motherofdragons]

I have multiple chronic pain issues and I watch You on all your channels to forget the pain. I am mostly bed bound so thank you so much for your amazing work!!

[lovelyxlumps]

when Nietzsche hugged the horse and yelled “i understand you” i felt that deep within my soul. RIP

[srijanagrawal]

If anybody's discovering nietzsche through this video, then i tell you he's way deeper than is portrayed in this video. He's that kinda guy you have to read yourself, nobody can explain to you what he's about

[RedactedATS]

When I found Nietzsche 30+ years ago, I felt liberated from my crushing sense that life was meaningless. I was finally able to make my own meaning instead of looking outside for meaning that just didn't exist. When I found Nietzsche, I found some kind of comfort and peace. He'll therefore always be a hero and much beloved by me ✌❤🇬🇧

[MidnightMan]

"You need to take control of the life you're given. They call me Ubermensch because I'm so DRIVEN!

[steveluna]

What I really like about Nietzsche's work is that in his books he's so optimistic while in reality he was suffering mentally and physically almost every day of his life, yet even then he was loyal to his beliefs till the very end, he knew that if he kept going on that road he'll face even more suffering yet he decided to keep going in order to share his ideas to the world, literally just like he predicted about the Übermensch's fate.

[ItsLunaRegina]

Society is going backwards now though. Less and less people question what they see and hear from outside sources and many that do question things are immediately shut down and trivialized.

[phibs]

Really good summary, except the final conclusions. His sister was married to a Nazi and a big admirer of Hitler. She was in possession of Nitzsche's work and had the audacity to change it before publishing it, to glorify the Nazi ideology. After the war his true writings were discovered and restored.
He opposed the anti Semites and the wars, however in his work he predicted the totalitarian states, the wars and the demise of millions. Only after his underacted work has been released, the changes implanted by his sister have been discovered.
A true genius, a free mind who unraveled the mystery of our existence and society in its full complexity. However, to know the truth is power. It has been and is still being abused by evil people, like in the cases you listed.
His philosophy has also been used by the Frankfurter school to lay a foundation for the another ideology called postmodernism. The extended and modern version of it, mixed with Marxism and Feminism is the intersectionality, the philosophical framework for the social justice movement.

[ignitionfrn]

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Early life & influences
4:40 - Chapter 2 - The crux of Nietzsche's philosophy
8:20 - Mid roll ads
9:40 - Chapter 3 - Personal life
13:00 - Chapter 4 - Nietzsche's final days
15:30 - Chapter 5 - The dangers of studying Nietzsche

[ThrillaWhale]

“Lou was also trying to challenge the norms of society by experimenting to see if men and women can truly be friends without sex getting in the way of the relationship.”
Lol I’m guessing she concluded no.

[Player_Review]

'If someone falls on hard times and needs a place to stay, give them a bed to sleep in, but make sure it isn't so comfortable they never want to leave' - my horrible paraphrase of one of my favorite Nietzsche quotes

[stephenblackwell]

"Without music, life would be a mistake" - Freddy

[michael]

I genuinely enjoy your content @biographics, especially all the very well made biographic videos . However I couldn't help but notice that in minute 14:27 you said that the city of Basel is in Germany. I just wanted to you to know that Basel is part of switzerland since the year 1501 and therefore has never been never part of germany. Maybe other people already mentioned that before. However I wanted to point that out again.
Keep the good work up and greetings from switzerland!

Yours truly

Mike

[Ranmus]

He also ends anyone who misspells his name in a spelling bee. Pretty good rapper, too.

[MightyMerlin]

"Too dangerous for young people to read"

[TheLacedaemonian]

Thucydides! You must do an episode on Thucydides.