The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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

Concluding Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1885). What's the wise way to live? We start in earnest into part three, treating the "spirit of gravity" where socially-imposed values cover over your uniqueness, omni-satisfaction vs. being choosy, "Old and New Tablets" where Nietzsche explores various ethical and meta-ethical issues (e.g. is self-overcoming a matter of one-time self-actualization or is it continual?), and more on the Overman and eternal recurrence. Listen to <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2019/04/29/ep214-1-nietzsche/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">part one</a> first, or get the ad-free, unbroken <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2019/04/29/ep214-nietzsche-citizen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Citizen Edition</a>. <a href="http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Please support PEL!</a> End song: "Upright Man" by Rachel Taylor Brown, as interviewed on <a href="http://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem91-rachel-taylor-brown/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nakedly Examined Music #91</a>.

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