Episode 178: Nietzsche as Social Critic: "Twilight of the Idols" (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 4 December 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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On Friedrich Nieztsche's 1888 book summarizing his thought and critiquing the founding myths of his society. (For Wes Alwan's summary of this book, go here). He defends "spiritualized" instinct and frenzied creativity, but also Napoleon and war. We try to figure out what kind of social critic he'd be today. Would we actually like him?

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0:00.0	The Partially Examined Life relies on your support.
0:02.5	To find out how to help in ways that are cheap or even free,
0:05.4	please visit partiallyexaminedlife.com slash support.
0:16.4	You're listening to a partially examined life, a podcast by some guys,
0:20.0	who are at one point set on doing philosophy for a living, but then thought better of it.
0:23.7	Our question for episode 178 is something like,
0:26.9	what would it ethics that really acknowledges that people are determined,
0:29.9	be like, or maybe, is society on an irreversible trajectory of degeneration?
0:35.2	And we read Friedrich Nietzsche's 1888 book, Twilight of the Idols.
0:39.3	For more information, please check out partiallyexaminedlife.com.
0:42.3	This is Mark Linton-Mire, more last man than overman in medicine Wisconsin.
0:46.0	This is Seth Paskin in Austin, Texas.
0:48.2	This is Wes Alon and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
0:50.8	This is Dylan Casey, intoxicated at 10.30 a.m. on a Sunday in Middleton, Wisconsin.
0:56.6	Is there a story behind that, Dylan?
0:59.2	Are we supposed to be intoxicated?
1:00.9	Okay, metaphorically.
1:02.4	The best life is intoxicated, right?
1:05.1	We should live as intoxicated beings.
1:07.2	Are we in a frenzy of creative activity here?
1:10.3	Frenzy?
1:11.3	That's why we're doing it earlier in the day.
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