#Nietzsche the man and his philosophy audible series
I have not finished the whole series yet but the performance bothered me so much that I had to come and leave a review. I have listened to many great courses series on variety of topics and so far this has been the worst performance. Worst "Great Courses" performance, good material! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. In fact, you'll see that his exhortation to learn to love and accept one's own life, to make it better by becoming who one really is, forms the project that is the true core of his work. And you'll get a better understanding of Nietzsche's complaints and criticisms of the intellectual currents of his time: Christian moralism, evolution, socialism, democracy, and nationalism.Īs you make your way through these lectures, you'll discover that Nietzsche, even at his most polemical and offensive, exudes an unmistakable enthusiasm and love of life. You'll also spend a wealth of time focusing on Nietzsche's famous writing style, which deftly combines the majesty of the prophet, the force of the Homeric warrior, and the lyricism of the poet - but which nonetheless is rife with inconsistencies, exaggerations, and personal attacks. You'll explore the controversial philosopher's subtle, complex critique of both religious belief and Greek rationalism. You'll get a chance to put Nietzsche's life and work in a larger historical and philosophical context. To provide shape to Nietzsche's thought, each of these 24 lectures focuses on specific ideas that preoccupied Nietzsche while tracing the profound themes that give meaning to his work.
Why are his brilliant insights so relevant for today? How did he become the most misinterpreted and unfairly maligned intellectual figure of the last two centuries? Who was Friedrich Nietzsche? This lonely and chronically ill, yet passionate, daring, and complex man is perhaps the most mysterious and least understood of all contemporary philosophers.