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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Episode 214: More Nietzsche's Zarathustra (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On the remainder of Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1885).

How can we keep our spirits up and avoid nihilism? We consider Nietzsche's "solution" of eternal recurrence, why he uses a poetic, allegoric style, and more.

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You're listening to the partially examined life, a podcast by some guys who are at one

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point sat on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it.

0:24.0

Episode 214 continues our look at Friedrich Nietzsche's thus focus on Thustra examining

0:29.6

his conception of wisdom.

0:30.9

We read books three and four of that work for the discussion written in 1883 through

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1885.

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For more information or link to the text please visit partiallyexamenlife.com.

0:41.7

This is Mark Linson-Wyer saying once more in Madison, Wisconsin.

0:45.7

This is Seth Paskin, joyful and eternity in Austin, Texas.

0:50.4

This is Wes Holland in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

0:53.0

This is Dylan Casey speaking with my animals in Madison, Wisconsin.

0:57.6

I like that.

0:59.4

I think we had left the door open for anything remaining from books one and two.

1:03.6

If the people wanted to bring up, I personally don't remember those that much a couple weeks

1:09.5

later now.

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I did know one thing book two on poetry that I want to make sure we talk about why he's

1:15.0

writing in this style because I think the latter two books more so than the first two

1:18.4

books are not just sermons that are giving his philosophical ideas.

1:23.3

There are parts of those in both these books, but there's a lot more you could call it

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