Friedrich Nietzsche on Freedom and Responsibility (Audio)

	Duration: 10:56 minutes Upload Time: 2007-11-18 13:53:51 User: Chomskyno1 :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 -- August 25, 1900) was a nineteenth-century German philosopher. He wrote critiques of religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy, and science, using a distinctive style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. His style, and radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth, raise considerable problems of interpretation, generating an extensive secondary literature in both continental and analytic philosophy. Nonetheless, his key ideas include interpreting tragedy as an affirmation of life, an eternal recurrence that has fallen into numerous interpretations, and a reversal of Platonism. Nietzsche began his career as a philologist before turning to philosophy. At the age of 24 he became Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel, but resigned in 1879 due to health problems, which would plague him for most of his life. In 1889 he exhibited symptoms of a serious mental illness, living out his remaining years in the care of his mother and sister until his death in 1900. SOURCE: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche
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iamnotbinladen ::: Favorites  2007-11-18 14:36:24 i feel so dumb. maybe i should watch this tomorrow when im less hung over. __________________________________________________
souljaEXVOTO ::: Favorites  2007-11-18 16:37:06 this sounds like the professor on my Great Courses cd. in fact i think it is. lovely. Nitezsche saved my soul. __________________________________________________
TuathadaDanaan ::: Favorites  2007-11-18 16:41:04 I appreciate Nietzsche's work...even though his sister tried to reinvent his work for her own agenda...he is greatly overlooked because of her machinations! Thank you for sharing this! Peace! __________________________________________________
TuathadaDanaan ::: Favorites  2007-11-18 16:47:43 "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star" Oh my goodness...but do I LOVE that phrase...it so suits me...LOL Most days I feel like a dancing chaos star...nice vid...thank you! Peace! __________________________________________________
Luke12000 ::: Favorites  2007-11-18 18:12:22 thank you for uploading this content :D __________________________________________________
souljaEXVOTO ::: Favorites  2007-11-18 18:23:34 yeah i think i've had him on more than a few lectures from the Teaching Company. He's good. I tried to get the username for my YT acct: UBERMENSCH but it was taken. Chomsky & Nietzsche = info motherload. nice work. thanks indeed. __________________________________________________
Chomskyno1 ::: Favorites  2007-11-18 19:12:05 No problem Luke! __________________________________________________
Chomskyno1 ::: Favorites  2007-11-18 19:24:28 Thanks for your kind words:) __________________________________________________
jimmyjammy008 ::: Favorites  2007-11-19 02:48:20 if God is all knowing,our destiny is predetermined, thus negating free will. __________________________________________________
1lawgrad ::: Favorites  2007-11-19 10:50:58 'free will' is a distilled and simplistic way of describing human interaction. politically, it sells--it's the main theme behind the ron paul supporters who, unfortunately, promote ideas and concepts (the individual free will) they know nothing about. __________________________________________________
TrystanCJ ::: Favorites  2007-11-19 18:44:44 5/5, thank you. __________________________________________________
Chomskyno1 ::: Favorites  2007-11-19 20:41:59 No problem at all, I'm glad you liked it. Keep bringing your videos to youtube! __________________________________________________