Weltgeist | Why We Hide From Ourselves | Nietzsche @WeltgeistYT | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
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▶ The Antichrist: youtu.be/qej1Z8Qzq_c
▶ Genealogy of Morals: youtu.be/6PUx4cOfFcI
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
01:20 You can't handle the truth
03:24 Hiding from others
08:05 Hiding from yourself
In Beyond Good and Evil, the theme of the mask pops up now and again. Nietzsche considers it necessary for a philosopher (or free spirit) to conceal himself. Both from others, and himself. From others, because a true psychology would be shocking to society, laying bare the 'black and deep desires' of man. We must dilate the truths of our inner world, make it more palatable. Hence; a mask.
We also hide from ourselves. Moral biases and prejudices, ingrained since birth, cause internal resistance when we dig too deep down into our soul. We may not like what we find. The mind creates defense mechanisms. Nietzsche here touches upon a psychological phenomenon that would in modern times be called cognitive dissonance or self-deception.
He considered his philosophical work to be start of a psychology of the future in which "free spirits" (his dreamed-of new guard of philosophers) would boldly dare go beyond good and evil in their examination of the human psyche, setting sail over morality into new territory, heretofore unexplored.
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WATCH:
▶ Why Nietzsche Hated Socrates: youtu.be/DM78nStythg
OUR ANALYSES:
▶ Beyond Good and Evil: youtu.be/WIHXZUltfqk
▶ The Antichrist: youtu.be/qej1Z8Qzq_c
▶ Genealogy of Morals: youtu.be/6PUx4cOfFcI
▶ Twilight of the Idols: youtu.be/YpVr_NEvWYA
▶ The Will to Power: youtu.be/He6ZC7ZFBt8
▶ Daybreak: youtu.be/cOL2z7nuXdA
▶ The Joyful Science: youtu.be/U0fTBOJ-C_I
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
01:20 You can't handle the truth
03:24 Hiding from others
08:05 Hiding from yourself
In Beyond Good and Evil, the theme of the mask pops up now and again. Nietzsche considers it necessary for a philosopher (or free spirit) to conceal himself. Both from others, and himself. From others, because a true psychology would be shocking to society, laying bare the 'black and deep desires' of man. We must dilate the truths of our inner world, make it more palatable. Hence; a mask.
We also hide from ourselves. Moral biases and prejudices, ingrained since birth, cause internal resistance when we dig too deep down into our soul. We may not like what we find. The mind creates defense mechanisms. Nietzsche here touches upon a psychological phenomenon that would in modern times be called cognitive dissonance or self-deception.
He considered his philosophical work to be start of a psychology of the future in which "free spirits" (his dreamed-of new guard of philosophers) would boldly dare go beyond good and evil in their examination of the human psyche, setting sail over morality into new territory, heretofore unexplored.
