00:00Nietzsche famously said of his own books, I write in a single sentence what it takes other
00:06men a book to write, that it wasn't egotistical because it happened to be true.
00:13Beyond Good and Evil is a cardinal work, a prodroma to the entire intellectual and political
00:18history of the 20th century. Brilliant, romantic, insightful, deep, psyche shattering.
00:31Dancing bit of literary genius. He's had a remarkable impact on thought over the last 140
00:39years. It's reasonable to say that he philosophized with a hammer because his thought is extraordinarily
00:45condensed. To read Nietzsche is daunting psychologically. He's like a motivational
00:50speaker. He's practical in the way that philosophers fell to mar. Nietzschean philosophy is a call
00:55to arms. To familiarize yourself with him is to arm yourself against the sea of troubles.
01:02And since you will encounter a sea of troubles, you better pray that you're armed. And this
01:08is one way to do it.
01:09I don't know.
01:10I don't know.
01:11I don't know.
01:18I don't know.
01:19it
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