Why You're Wrong About Nietzsche | A Conversation with Nicolas Krusek

Timestamps/Chapters

0:00 Intro
3:57 What is Nietzsche's overarching philosophical project about?
12:21 Nietzsche's upbringing
15:53 Schopenhauer's influence on Nietzsche
26:09 The decline of religious faith in the 19th century
27:00 Romanticism & the Sturm und Drang
30:13 Skepticism of metaphysics
35:42 Why we misunderstand Nietzsche
47:40 Nietzsche on nihilism
52:20 Socrates and the decline of Greek tragedy
54:45 Decadence and the Ubermensch
1:04:01 Does Nietzsche advocate brutal domination of the strong over the weak?
1:06:36 Nietzsche's view of pity
1:11:45 Nietzsche's views on suffering
1:18:08 Eternal Recurrence & Amor Fati
1:27:50 Nietzsche's predictions for the future
1:29:49 Nietzsche's overarching response to nihilism
1:32:40 Nietzsche's critique of Christianity
1:38:14 Master vs slave morality
1:40:24 Ressentiment
1:45:25 Nietzsche's "perspectivism"
1:48:24 Is Nietzsche a moral relativist?
1:53:20 Have we truly overcome Christian values?
1:54:23 Major flaws in Nietzsche's philosophy
1:57:19 Nietzsche's friendship with Wagner


What did Nietzsche really believe, and why does it matter now more than ever?

In this wide-ranging, two-and-a-half-hour conversation, I speak with musician and scholar Nicolas Krusek about the life, ideas, and legacy of history's most provocative and enigmatic philosopher.

We cover:

How to interpret Nietzsche - and why most people get him wrong
Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity and modernity
His concepts of nihilism, the will to power, the Übermensch, amor fati, and eternal recurrence
His complex relationship with suffering, morality, and metaphysics
His relationship with Richard Wagner

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