73: The Power to Forget

UPDATE: I accidentally uploaded part two to Spotify instead of part one. This has been fixed. To those who got to listen to the entire two-parter already already, lucky! But, the audio should now be part one. Join me for a deep dive into Nishitani's opus, Religion and Nothingness ...  Show more

For all that is admirable in Buddhism, Nietzsche fundamentally opposes the movement towards the Last Man that Buddhism not only cannot oppose, but may even help bring forth. Why does the notion of a "European Buddhism" haunt Nietzsche's later writings? We will explore this questi ...  Show more

UNLOCKED: Today we're talking Žižek's chapter in his book Absolute Recoil called "The Violence of the Beginning". The reading begins with the notion that there is "nothing prior to the loss" of the sense of lost origins. Žižek then sets into play the idea of the self-alienation o ...  Show more

The Friedrich Nietzsche Classics Podcast presents a powerful collection of his works, exploring his revolutionary ideas on free will, ethics, and human potential. 

A daring escape. A fresh start. Hear how we can let go of the past and write a new script. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

The Friedrich Nietzsche Classics Podcast presents a powerful collection of his works, exploring his revolutionary ideas on free will, ethics, and human potential.