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Absolutely impressive summary. What a gift to the possibility of greater widespread humanity with kindness. Power of myth and philosophy on IT & Video telecommunications. Boy In The Bubble and Paul Simon suddenly come to mind .... These are the [daZe] of miracles and wonder This is a LONG distance call.... It requires innumerable replays to get IT, and even then indefinite, abysmal...
I think that if we truly love Nietzsche, we must strive to surpass him. Venerating him would only demean and defile his legacy. He deserves to be spoken TO, rather than merely ABOUT. With that said, you have been doing a wonderful job conveying Nietzsche's thoughts and feelings to a broader audience. You are giving far more people the opportunity to earnestly respond to him. Thank you for your skilled efforts.
@@nicolaswhitehouse3894 Indeed. It is good to have mentors, and learn from those who've come before us, but when it comes to OUR contribution, we should strive for a form of greatness that is entirely new, entirely our own. We should create something the world has not yet known.
It's funny how accurate Nietzsche's description of how philosophers make their philosophies reflections of themselves is in describing Nietzsche himself and his philosophy.
To use his word's in _Beyond Good and Evil_ : "Every philosophy is a foreground philosophy - that is a hermit's judgment: 'There is something arbitrary in his stopping _here_ to look back and look around, in his not digging deeper _here_ but laying his spade aside; there is also something suspicious about it.' Every philosophy also _conceals_ a philosophy; every opinion is also a hideout, every word also a mask." I think Nietzsche is able to absorb this insight as self-critique through framing his philosophy as nothing more than "provisional", where's it's only ever a "prelude" to something else. None of his opinions are made out to be conclusive or final for this reason. Nietzsche never claims to have digged down to the granite basis of all philosophy, he only has ever dug deep, but eventually had to stop because he too is only human, all too human. It is up to us as his readers to take up his spade and continue to dig even deeper.
The healthy way to approach this, as per Carl Jung, is to easily and fluidly adopt the persona as appropriate for each situation, but to be conscious of not slipping into believing that a persona is the genuine totality of who you really are.
I like to dissociate between being truthfull and being authentic. To lie or to dissimulate can very much be a caracteristic of authenticity. In fact, I argue that some poeple are more seducing, more real when they lie.
Have you considered applying for a job as George Santos's spokesperson? Or . . . wait a minute. Are you, in fact, George Santos? Under yet another name? Talk about wearing a mask!
Indeed, some people have a great talent for sophisticated lying. The stories that I have heard, that were completely made up, left me with some admiration for the other person
@@WAZZA1235 Those people tend to be very good at writing, storytelling, extremely creative. But not just that. Artist in general, especially visual artist tends to be more of a liar than the average person (this is just my experience though, no data to back up my claims)
@@smoothbuddha7212 I think it would only be terrifying if everybody suddebly started telling the truth. If you were born in and lived your whole life in a world of absolute honesty it wouldn't shock you as much. And people would probably have much much thicker skin.
To unveil ones face is a kin to recognizing those faults. I'd rather be a mystery than fully exposed to the world. Nietzsche understood the psyche of the mind with such ease. Thanks again for these fascinating videos.
00:03 The psychology of the mask and self-deception 02:07 Nietzschean idea that truth is hard to accept and traumatizing to experience. 04:10 Philosophers' true selves are hidden behind their writings 06:11 People prefer untruth over truth in Nietzsche's work 08:07 Creating a mask for oneself is a psychological phenomenon to shield the true self from judgment. 10:02 Nietzsche challenges the concept of self-knowledge. 11:56 Nietzsche blurs the line between philosophy and psychology. 13:55 Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil explores psychological themes with skepticism and self-deceit
3:00 and 4:36 Of course!!! Especially when is about our true desires, about what we want to have and be. My entire life was spent hiding who i truly was just to, aside from appearing normal, fit in and not face harrassement. To this day i don't say what i truly want cause i don't know how to get it... the goals seem so big i don't know how to start or maintain and don't feel confident externalizing with people that will demotivate me, it's even hard to consider options when i'm all alone, even though i don't have to act in any of them! I came from a community where ambitious=can't be done and that you have to want what they say it's right, and that's the level of their brainwashing. It's surprinsingly similar with how they deal with inconsistencies in catholicism, you don't question, you don't think! Just accept this easier route. Edit: Wow, after watching all i see that this is my view of their view about me, and even about my old self and life. It's a filter of imagination.
In order to be do! Use all your power and firmly say, ENOUGH or Look deep into your opposition's eyes saying NOTHING AND allow them to feel your will and power. Try IT out Find IT out. But find IT within, more, not just without . Think Thank Do Be Repeat PRN
Notice how nonchalant or maybe almost indifferent in the famous painting of man reaching out to god All in the mind Of men, gods? That man? Yawn. Next!
We humans are essentially animals who evolved over millions of years, if we compare ourselves (humans) to the rest of the animal kingdom, we would soon figure out that the main difference is that we are conscious; we are aware of our own existence. The way animals act and behave is nothing more than survival and self preservation instincts and mechanisms ; no good, no evil. Simply survival. We humans are the same, we operate on desires and impulses that promote self-preservation. However, since we are conscious, and with it comes a unique sense of awareness, we comprehend how our actions can affect other people and what possible results could emerge that could also affect the environment we live in. Therefore, this sense of good and evil; right and wrong exist as a mechanism to deter us humans from causing unnecessary and potentially irreparable damage to our species. I don't think human nature is evil nor good, i think it is amoral; it is self centered and only cares about preserving itself. Obviously there are exceptions and other interesting questions one could ask such as, why do we even do good deeds at all? why are some people willing to sacrifice themselves for strangers, and so on. Perhaps some people have a heightened sense of self-preservation; by knowing that sacrificing themselves they can save the species which is higher on the priority list. On a separate note, I really like this channel for how it presents and explains Nietzsche and Schopenhauer in more detail.
All things have consciousness. It's more of a spectrum than an on/off switch. There is no "Human nature", everything is situational and relies on relationships. The supposition that human nature is self centered ignores the fact of humans evolution. We have grown to our current state by working together.
Totally untrue every material thing has consciousness, animals have quite a high level of consciousness. From your scribblings you seem to have a lower level
@@paulatreides0777 Fine, let’s assume that animals have “high level of consciousness.” Can they comprehend their existence like us humans? Can they understand the absurdity of being alive? Can they question their own actions and their implications? What I’m trying to get at is, what really differentiates us from the rest? And whatever that is, that’s what I mean by consciousness.
@@abdallam4039 I go the other way. Everything that integrates us with the rest, whatever that is, that's what I mean by consciousness. So differentiation is actually the act of wearing the mask.
@@abdallam4039 what I think you're trying to get at is "sapience" or the ability for self reflection and meta-cognition. And even then, animals besides humans are shown to have some level of this ability.
If the 'essence' of what we are cannot be said to be a grand singular thing because it changes, what about the 'essence' of the change of the 'essence'? Perhaps we should strive to understand not the essence of what we are, but the mechanisms through which the essence can change. If there is no truth in what we are, there may be a truth in how we are.
Just because a person has various sides to his personality, it doesn't mean he is not always the same person. Only an idiot would think a human being living in a complex social world and who has a complex psychology of moods and attitudes would always behave in exactly the same way in every situation. Human beings are psychologically complex beings -- and that is their advantage, and their downfall !
I liken this man to the truest wizard of Oz. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz Ph.D. I would love to know how you interpret this. Be well or not depending on what you are into 🙃
Problem that is what is the self in Nietzsche's way if he thinks that man is like onion... And more so: what if mask or persona is a part of self, in wich self cannot be full self without hiding under mask of persona? By the way: change can be growth, but decay is change to. Nietzsche can be understood as philosopher of growth or philosopher of decay.
what i dont understand, is that why has no person ever made a form of phycology in the form of nietzsches thought, because what power that form of thought would posses. why has phycology always been aimed at health and healing never philosophy
Ha! The thumbnail be like "I hid behind the mask of citrus. I identify as a citrus. I am a citrus" and thus he is. You have keen eyes for minor details. Perhaps no one even notice that but impressive nonetheless. Good job 👍
If people are so smart why don't they conquer their own stupidity instead of calling me stupid cuz it's just making me smarter or in other words increasing my intelligence I love you AIMMEE
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@@nicolaswhitehouse3894 Interesting. Did I miss the gist of Weltgeist's this video then? All of the content is valuable; but, you can get the core of the argument if you start listening from 1.36 min mark. th-cam.com/video/LYtMZDgl_NA/w-d-xo.html
N isn’t sure about the term pessimism himself but he chooses the term “Dionysian pessimism” anyway which is a pessimism out of over abundance, joy,.. in vein of the Greeks. It’s closer to what we would call optimism today, a joyful aspect while recognizing the suffering of existence
@@walle5949 I've a Dell 13" laptop, with VERY small speakers! In addition I've kids around, so I can't hear anything, and auto-generated subtitles make me dizzy.
It struck me that the Magritte man, with an apple in front of his face is either obsessed with nature, or with the symbolism of the apple in the Bible, or he’s an Apple fanboy!
Please reconsider your characterization of Nietzsche’s book, My Sister and I, as fake. At least give an unbiased presentation. Nietzsche’s legacy deserves it.
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i think your doing good stuff, best neitzsche video's on youtube
I enjoy deep reading much more 😄🙏🏼
Absolutely impressive summary.
What a gift to the possibility of greater widespread humanity with kindness.
Power of myth and philosophy on IT & Video telecommunications.
Boy In The Bubble and Paul Simon suddenly come to mind ....
These are the [daZe] of miracles and wonder
This is a LONG distance call....
It requires innumerable replays to get IT, and even then indefinite, abysmal...
I think that if we truly love Nietzsche, we must strive to surpass him. Venerating him would only demean and defile his legacy. He deserves to be spoken TO, rather than merely ABOUT.
With that said, you have been doing a wonderful job conveying Nietzsche's thoughts and feelings to a broader audience. You are giving far more people the opportunity to earnestly respond to him. Thank you for your skilled efforts.
Well said, and not just venerating Nietzsche in my opinion, but not venerating at all.
Definitely
@@nicolaswhitehouse3894 Indeed. It is good to have mentors, and learn from those who've come before us, but when it comes to OUR contribution, we should strive for a form of greatness that is entirely new, entirely our own. We should create something the world has not yet known.
@@ahobimo732 I suppose we can create our own values and strive to become the supermen of our times.
@@ryokan9120 That should be the goal, I think. It's no small task, but the potential reward is worth the effort.
It's funny how accurate Nietzsche's description of how philosophers make their philosophies reflections of themselves is in describing Nietzsche himself and his philosophy.
To use his word's in _Beyond Good and Evil_ :
"Every philosophy is a foreground philosophy - that is a hermit's judgment: 'There is something arbitrary in his stopping _here_ to look back and look around, in his not digging deeper _here_ but laying his spade aside; there is also something suspicious about it.' Every philosophy also _conceals_ a philosophy; every opinion is also a hideout, every word also a mask."
I think Nietzsche is able to absorb this insight as self-critique through framing his philosophy as nothing more than "provisional", where's it's only ever a "prelude" to something else. None of his opinions are made out to be conclusive or final for this reason.
Nietzsche never claims to have digged down to the granite basis of all philosophy, he only has ever dug deep, but eventually had to stop because he too is only human, all too human. It is up to us as his readers to take up his spade and continue to dig even deeper.
Emerson (from Self-Reliance): "This one fact the world hates; that the soul becomes;"
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In other words
Whoa!
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The healthy way to approach this, as per Carl Jung, is to easily and fluidly adopt the persona as appropriate for each situation, but to be conscious of not slipping into believing that a persona is the genuine totality of who you really are.
Thank you for your energy. Trauma is nothing more than an emotional growing pain. Feel it.
Neitz: truth is Socratic
People: virtuous?
Nietz: U G L Y
Aight.. Imma steal your words 😂
Very well said. I think expressing Nietzsche’s idea in that style is perhaps the closest thing to a perfect interpretation of his.
@@username2872 thus post Zarathustra, brother
@@nicolaswhitehouse3894 aye, those void bangers are where Neitz shines! Thank you, fellow free spirited brother
@@Jabranalibabry A+ comments lol i love and appreciate when people sprinkle internet humor on philosophy
I like to dissociate between being truthfull and being authentic. To lie or to dissimulate can very much be a caracteristic of authenticity. In fact, I argue that some poeple are more seducing, more real when they lie.
Have you considered applying for a job as George Santos's spokesperson? Or . . . wait a minute. Are you, in fact, George Santos? Under yet another name? Talk about wearing a mask!
@@dorothysatterfield3699 I’m the happy mask salesman :)
Indeed, some people have a great talent for sophisticated lying. The stories that I have heard, that were completely made up, left me with some admiration for the other person
@@WAZZA1235 Those people tend to be very good at writing, storytelling, extremely creative. But not just that. Artist in general, especially visual artist tends to be more of a liar than the average person (this is just my experience though, no data to back up my claims)
@@smoothbuddha7212 I think it would only be terrifying if everybody suddebly started telling the truth. If you were born in and lived your whole life in a world of absolute honesty it wouldn't shock you as much. And people would probably have much much thicker skin.
Can't get enough Nietzsche ! Thanks.
To unveil ones face is a kin to recognizing those faults. I'd rather be a mystery than fully exposed to the world. Nietzsche understood the psyche of the mind with such ease. Thanks again for these fascinating videos.
Thank you Nietzsche for putting me more than 500 years of time - Ashit Wadhwani
Superb! You have touched all the elements of the mask, as if they were different instruments in an orchestra. Beautiful! Thank you
Wow, thank you!
15:08 WOW, that's a bold statement.
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If you go looking for yourself you only move away from what you are. Looking for yourself is a kind of self denial.
Brilliant as always!
Thank you! Cheers!
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Thank you!
Your videos continue on and on in growth. What once was a morsel is now my supper.
Thank you!
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‘Nietzsche will always triumph over good because good is dumb’
- spaceballs th movie
00:03 The psychology of the mask and self-deception
02:07 Nietzschean idea that truth is hard to accept and traumatizing to experience.
04:10 Philosophers' true selves are hidden behind their writings
06:11 People prefer untruth over truth in Nietzsche's work
08:07 Creating a mask for oneself is a psychological phenomenon to shield the true self from judgment.
10:02 Nietzsche challenges the concept of self-knowledge.
11:56 Nietzsche blurs the line between philosophy and psychology.
13:55 Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil explores psychological themes with skepticism and self-deceit
3:00 and 4:36 Of course!!! Especially when is about our true desires, about what we want to have and be. My entire life was spent hiding who i truly was just to, aside from appearing normal, fit in and not face harrassement. To this day i don't say what i truly want cause i don't know how to get it... the goals seem so big i don't know how to start or maintain and don't feel confident externalizing with people that will demotivate me, it's even hard to consider options when i'm all alone, even though i don't have to act in any of them! I came from a community where ambitious=can't be done and that you have to want what they say it's right, and that's the level of their brainwashing.
It's surprinsingly similar with how they deal with inconsistencies in catholicism, you don't question, you don't think! Just accept this easier route.
Edit: Wow, after watching all i see that this is my view of their view about me, and even about my old self and life. It's a filter of imagination.
In order to be do!
Use all your power and firmly say, ENOUGH or
Look deep into your opposition's eyes saying NOTHING
AND
allow them to feel your will and power.
Try IT out
Find IT out.
But find IT within, more,
not just without .
Think
Thank
Do
Be
Repeat
PRN
Notice how nonchalant or maybe almost indifferent in the famous painting of man reaching out to god
All in the mind
Of men, gods?
That man?
Yawn.
Next!
Great video, amazing breakdown! Subscribed!
Great video as always!
I appreciate that
Great site: Nietzsche would have sent you a howdy assortment of chocolate candies.
Thank you!
We humans are essentially animals who evolved over millions of years, if we compare ourselves (humans) to the rest of the animal kingdom, we would soon figure out that the main difference is that we are conscious; we are aware of our own existence. The way animals act and behave is nothing more than survival and self preservation instincts and mechanisms ; no good, no evil. Simply survival. We humans are the same, we operate on desires and impulses that promote self-preservation. However, since we are conscious, and with it comes a unique sense of awareness, we comprehend how our actions can affect other people and what possible results could emerge that could also affect the environment we live in. Therefore, this sense of good and evil; right and wrong exist as a mechanism to deter us humans from causing unnecessary and potentially irreparable damage to our species. I don't think human nature is evil nor good, i think it is amoral; it is self centered and only cares about preserving itself.
Obviously there are exceptions and other interesting questions one could ask such as, why do we even do good deeds at all? why are some people willing to sacrifice themselves for strangers, and so on. Perhaps some people have a heightened sense of self-preservation; by knowing that sacrificing themselves they can save the species which is higher on the priority list.
On a separate note, I really like this channel for how it presents and explains Nietzsche and Schopenhauer in more detail.
All things have consciousness. It's more of a spectrum than an on/off switch. There is no "Human nature", everything is situational and relies on relationships. The supposition that human nature is self centered ignores the fact of humans evolution. We have grown to our current state by working together.
Totally untrue every material thing has consciousness, animals have quite a high level of consciousness. From your scribblings you seem to have a lower level
@@paulatreides0777 Fine, let’s assume that animals have “high level of consciousness.” Can they comprehend their existence like us humans? Can they understand the absurdity of being alive? Can they question their own actions and their implications? What I’m trying to get at is, what really differentiates us from the rest? And whatever that is, that’s what I mean by consciousness.
@@abdallam4039 I go the other way. Everything that integrates us with the rest, whatever that is, that's what I mean by consciousness. So differentiation is actually the act of wearing the mask.
@@abdallam4039 what I think you're trying to get at is "sapience" or the ability for self reflection and meta-cognition. And even then, animals besides humans are shown to have some level of this ability.
If the 'essence' of what we are cannot be said to be a grand singular thing because it changes, what about the 'essence' of the change of the 'essence'? Perhaps we should strive to understand not the essence of what we are, but the mechanisms through which the essence can change. If there is no truth in what we are, there may be a truth in how we are.
A missed opportunity for confessions of a mask reference! Tremendous vid as always though.
We just might tackle Mishima in a future vid…
@@WeltgeistYT if you do I will undoubtedly promo the hell out of it
Like many of your videos this has been really helpful, I'm a working actress and I'm at a bit of a crossroad at the moment, thank you
Best of luck!
When you really learn this truth, you can never look at other people, or yourself, the same again.
Great video :)
Just because a person has various sides to his personality, it doesn't mean he is not always the same person. Only an idiot would think a human being living in a complex social world and who has a complex psychology of moods and attitudes would always behave in exactly the same way in every situation. Human beings are psychologically complex beings -- and that is their advantage, and their downfall !
Another valuable video of yours.
Thanks!
I liken this man to the truest wizard of Oz. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
by Richard Schwartz Ph.D.
I would love to know how you interpret this. Be well or not depending on what you are into 🙃
Awesome!
Problem that is what is the self in Nietzsche's way if he thinks that man is like onion... And more so: what if mask or persona is a part of self, in wich self cannot be full self without hiding under mask of persona?
By the way: change can be growth, but decay is change to. Nietzsche can be understood as philosopher of growth or philosopher of decay.
Break IT Down Again
By Tears For Fears
Pop, for what IT is worth...
"I don't hate people, I hate who people are pretending to be." -FN
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Welcome
what i dont understand, is that why has no person ever made a form of phycology in the form of nietzsches thought, because what power that form of thought would posses. why has phycology always been aimed at health and healing never philosophy
That somber looking guy in the red jester's outfit at 5:30--where can I find him? Who's artwork?
Google Lens
Beauty is the lies from the eye of the beholder
Bravo
Truly grateful for this content †
Ha! The thumbnail be like "I hid behind the mask of citrus. I identify as a citrus. I am a citrus" and thus he is. You have keen eyes for minor details. Perhaps no one even notice that but impressive nonetheless. Good job 👍
Green apple 🍏
If people are so smart why don't they conquer their own stupidity instead of calling me stupid cuz it's just making me smarter or in other words increasing my intelligence I love you AIMMEE
Very good
Thanks
I am a god in ruins
The genealogy of morals, a book of the past?
It has never been as contemporary as it is today.
Fair, but I mean that it explicitly deals with history. The message is universal though and would apply today and in the future still
@@WeltgeistYT Ok, I see what you mean. Great video, as always.
When placing excerpts from the book, you may also insert chapter and paragraph. It would be a great help, thanks.
Deep Dive Zarathustra
"Suppose truth were an (ugly) woman."
The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped! Arthur Schopenhauer
What is truth ? Pontius Pilate
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Do you ever publish any video that isn't related to Nietzsche or Schopenhauer?
Is there an oxymoron here? For Optimist Nietzche, the truth is unattenable but for pesimist Schopenhauer, it is... The lines are all blured here, no?
Nietzsche is a pessimist though but a pessimism of strength. But such a type of pessimism indeed blurs and overcomes those lines.
@@nicolaswhitehouse3894 Interesting. Did I miss the gist of Weltgeist's this video then? All of the content is valuable; but, you can get the core of the argument if you start listening from 1.36 min mark.
th-cam.com/video/LYtMZDgl_NA/w-d-xo.html
@@fm-kp3qj Yes, but I think if we read tragedies, Greek tragedies, we can comprehend well what is pessimism of strength.
@@fm-kp3qj What is optimism is Socrates, but Nietzsche violently opposes the Socratic optimism.
N isn’t sure about the term pessimism himself but he chooses the term “Dionysian pessimism” anyway which is a pessimism out of over abundance, joy,.. in vein of the Greeks. It’s closer to what we would call optimism today, a joyful aspect while recognizing the suffering of existence
Your cadence is ear piercing and unsettling
False - and false.
I still can't hardly hear you, and you still have these horrible auto-generated subtitles😕
Might be on your end lad, I have no issues
@@walle5949 I've a Dell 13" laptop, with VERY small speakers! In addition I've kids around, so I can't hear anything, and auto-generated subtitles make me dizzy.
The higher man won't bother 'supporting' you through subscribing.
It struck me that the Magritte man, with an apple in front of his face is either obsessed with nature, or with the symbolism of the apple in the Bible, or he’s an Apple fanboy!
You are talking about Pirandello more than nietzsche
Please reconsider your characterization of Nietzsche’s book, My Sister and I, as fake. At least give an unbiased presentation. Nietzsche’s legacy deserves it.
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