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Beyond Good and Evil #10: We Scholars (VI.204 - VI.213)
Beyond Good and Evil #10: We Scholars (VI.204 - VI.213)
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154 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Today, we cover the entirety of part six - We Scholars. This chapter is of particular importance for understanding Nietzsche’s reconceptualization of the philosopher, and how such a figure stands in relation to the academic. The philosopher’s essential character is not that he employs reason, but that he exercises the value-creating power of mankind, whereas the scholar is merely a “philosophical laborer” who exists in service of the dominant values structure. Nietzsche critiques the modern worldview of positivism (“scientism“) for its misunderstanding of the primacy of values, leading to its failure to examine its underlying value judgments. Episode art: Domenico Fetti - Portrait of a Scholar
Released:
Aug 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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