"Did you ever say Yes to one joy? O my friends, then you said Yes to all woe as well. All things are chained and entwined together, all things are in love;
if ever you wanted one moment twice, if ever you said: 'You please me, happiness, instant, moment!' then you wanted everything to return!
you wanted everything anew, everything eternal, everything chained, entwined together, everything in love, O that is how you loved the world,
you everlasting men, loved it eternally and for all time: and you say even to woe: 'Go, but return!' For all joy wants - eternity!"
-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra ("The Intoxicated Song", 10)
You can only play the game well if you know the players and the rules. Alex's take on Nietzsche's classic Thus Spoke Zarathustra provides a practical and insightful commentary on what could be the most important book ever written. In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, famed German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche outlines his views on reality and humanity, and presents a vision for how we can live meaningful and fulfilling lives becoming the people that we are. It is the most philosophically accurate "self-help" book ever written - see reality for what it is, so that you can govern yourself accordingly.
Join as Alex walks page by page through this vastly rich and engaging book. This podcast lecture series brings to light much of Nietzsche's thinking about reality, human life, relationships, self-improvement, and a wide selection of other areas of human life. Alex makes this great book accessible with clear explanations, examples, and myriad rambling, indulgent, self-involved stories.
Episode 1 - Introduction
Episode 2 - History and Key Concepts
Episode 3 - Zarathustra's Prologue, Part 1
Episode 4 - Zarathustra's Prologue, Part 2