NIETZSCHE ON: The Superman
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- Nietzsche’s concept of the Superman is one of the most exciting and yet weird aspects of his thought. What did he really mean by this unusual word?
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Greetings from Russia, Saint-Petersbourgh - the native city of failure-superhuman Rodya Raskolnikov. Wonderful work you're doing, bless you
He overstepped obstacles
My favourite book.
Why a failed superman? In my view he transcended, because he had the courage to go through with the murder.
i’m watching this video to compare this theory to the extraordinary man theory ahahha
Maybe Dostoevsky idea was to portray psychological dread instead of psychological evolution.
But, in my opinion rodya heard himself as an observer and made it his value to confront his action.
Dostoyevsky actually wasn't a great admirer of Nietzsche
He said that one should regret
Nietzsche, Regret and Amor Fati
One of the strangest yet most intriguing aspects of Friedrich Nietzsche’s ideas is his repeated enthusiasm for a concept that he called amor fati (translated from Latin as ‘a love of one’s fate’, or as we might put it, a resolute, enthusiastic acceptance of everything that has happened in one’s life). The person of amor fati doesn’t seek to erase anything of their past, but rather accepts what has occurred, the good and the bad, the mistaken and the wise, with strength and an all-embracing gratitude that borders on a kind of enthusiastic affection. This refusal to regret and retouch the past is heralded as a virtue at many points in Nietzsche’s work. In his book, The Gay Science, written during a period of great personal hardship for the philosopher, Nietzsche writes: I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who makes things beautiful. Amor fati: let that be my love henceforth! I do not want to wage war against what is ugly. I do not want to accuse; I do not even want to accuse those who accuse. Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer. And, a few years later, in Ecce Homo Nietzsche writes: My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it… but love it. In most areas of life, most of the time, we do the very opposite. We kick violently against negative events - and do not accept their role in our lives. We do not love and embrace the flow of events. We spend a huge amount of time taking stock of our errors, regretting and lamenting the unfortunate twists of fate - and wishing that things could have gone differently. We are typically mighty opponents of anything that smacks of resignation or fatalism. We want to alter and improve things - ourselves, politics, the economy, the course of history - and part of this means refusing to be passive about the errors, injustices and ugliness of our own and the collective past. Nietzsche himself, in some moods, knows this defiance full well. There is much emphasis in his work on action, initiative and self-assertion. His concept of the Wille zur Macht, or Will to Power embodies just this attitude of vitality and conquest over obstacles. However, it is one of the most beautiful aspects of Nietzsche’s thinking that he is aware that, in order to lead a good life, we need to keep in mind plenty of opposing ideas and marshall them as and when they become relevant. We don’t - in Nietzsche’s eyes - need to be consistent, we need to have the ideas to hand that can salve our wounds. Nietzsche isn’t therefore asking us to choose between glorious fatalism on the one hand or a vigorous willing on the other. He is allowing us to have recourse to either intellectual move depending on the occasion. He wishes our mental toolkit to have more than one set of ideas: to have, as it were, both a hammer and a saw. Certain occasions particularly need the wisdom of a Will driven philosophy; others demand that we know how to accept, embrace and stop fighting the inevitable. In Nietzsche’s own life, there was much that he had tried to change and overcome. He had fled his restrictive family in Germany and escaped to the Swiss Alps; he had tried to get away from the narrowness of academia and become a freelance writer; he had tried to find a wife who could be both a lover and an intellectual soulmate. But a lot in this project of self-creation and self-overcoming had gone terribly wrong. He couldn’t get his parents, especially his mother and sister out of his head. What were, in his eyes, their maddening attitudes and prejudices (anti-semitism in particular) seemed to have spread across the whole of bourgeois Europe. His books sold dismally and he was forced more or less to beg from friends and family in order to keep going. Meanwhile his halting, gauche attempts to seduce women were met by ridicule and rejection. There must have been so many lamentations and regrets running through his mind in his walks across the Upper Engadine and his nights in his modest wooden chalet in Sils Maria: if only I had stuck with an academic career; if only I’d been more confident around certain women; if only I’d written in a more popular style; if only I’d been born in France… It was because such thoughts - and every one of us has our own distinct variety of them - can ultimately be so destructive and soul-sapping that the idea of ‘amor fati’ grew compelling to Nietzsche. Amor fati was the idea that he needed in order to regain sanity after hours of self-recrimination and criticism. It’s the idea we ourselves may need at 4 a.m. finally to quieten a mind that has started gnawing into itself shortly after midnight. It’s an idea with which a troubled spirit can greet the first signs of dawn. At the height of the mood of amor fati, we recognise that things really could not have been otherwise, because everything we are and have done is bound closely together in a web of consequences that began with our birth - and which we are powerless to alter at will. We see that what went right and what went horribly wrong are as one, and we commit ourselves to accepting both, to no longer destructively hoping that things could have been otherwise. We were headed to a degree of catastrophe from the start. We know why we are the desperately imperfect beings we are; and why we had to mess things up as badly as we did. We end up saying, with tears in which there mingle grief and a sort of ecstasy, a large yes to the whole of life, in its absolute horror and occasional moments of awesome beauty. In a letter to a friend written in the summer of 1882, Nietzsche tried to sum up the new spirit of acceptance that he had learnt to lean on to protect him from his agony: ‘I am in a mood of fatalistic ‘surrender to God’ ⎯ I call it amor fati, so much so, that I would be willing to rush into a lion’s jaws’. And that is where, after too much regret, we should learn sometimes to join him.
Thanks for the summary
It seems to me that amor fati implies the existence of determinism in the universe and hence the lack of free will. In quantum mechanics that is a recurrent problem. But there are some ideas in quantum physics that seem to point to us not having free will, hence amor fati would make sense. Anyway, we will never know.
I find it very difficult to accept amor fati
your thoughts are remarkable
This is the most profound, well put and beautiful TH-cam comment I've ever read. I hope you don't mind but I've copied it to my personal notes! Referenced of course😉
I often grapple with the question: Can one self develop and self actualize through the pursuit of virtues and characteristics, or does true self development arise through sinking into who you are? (i.e. trying not to try, the more eastern approach to virtue). I often find that any philosophy that pushes self development can be problematic because very often all that the conscious ego can do is formulate wishes, which are then carried out by forces which it controls very little and understands not at all.
You need to read Nietzsche properly. He often discusses human virtues and values in a societal context, not at the individual level.
@@googleuser2609 Are you suggesting that The School of Life have also misinterpreted Nietzsche? 2.10
What you are stating contradicts the notion that a superman creates his own values rather than adhering to those imposed by society.
Both at once
Western rationality doesn't necessarily impede introspection, but it's different from Eastern, certainly. Westerners have tended to look inside themselves as if they were exploring a cave, while easterners do it like watching a movie. I personally believe that one can derive more solid meaning and purpose when done in the more active, rational way of the western school of thought rather than the eastern one.
Yeah, nietzsche suggests that knowing and realising oneself comes first. It involves isolation from judgemental herd first at that.
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Nietzsche's concept of the superman reminds me of Abraham Maslow's concept of self actualization
YESSSS EXACTLY
But they do differ
Self actualization is basically Nietzsche and Albert Camus philosophies coming into one. Just crappier versions
Everything is connected since it's an idea : Singularity
reminds me of DONALD TRUMP
Nice. you should do more videos explaining specific ideas of philosophers. A 10-15 minute video isn't enough to adequately explain any philosopher in his/her entirety.
+Chris O'Rourke I'm interested in the documentary. I also completely agree with you on that this is the perfect way to reach out to the average person.
+cjfield123 While being ignored by the supermen?
+Frostythechimneysweep sorry superman
@@Donxster This is true for me right now
"They call me Übermensch cuz I'm so driven !"
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As a German, your comment causes me physical pain
@@Juli-fo6pq well this is more soul hurting
Epic rap battles Lol
@@Juli-fo6pq Well toughen up lad
I teach my dog Nietzsche philosophy so he can become a superdog.
and so that you can eat him later?
Crypto the superdog?
@@heathen838 you hurt my feelings to ! mhuaaaaa !
Uberhund
lol
So Nietzsche wants us to be Batman.
It's funny how people think the Joker is a superman and not a nihilist.
+grimmitachi are the two incompatible?
+Nicholas Boudreau Kind of, Nietzsche wasn't fond of nihilists...he never spoke of the superman in relation to nihilism that I remember but a basic way to put it would be that, to Nietzsche, the Superman was the being capable of manifesting his will...he was the ultimate "creator" so to speak...nihilists kind of reached a point in which they had a power but in Nietzsche's eyes it had become malignant in a sense...they didn't "create", the nihilist instead was the ultimate destroyer.
In other words, the Superman kind of creates his own world, the nihilist more or less annihilates all other worlds so that his is all that's left. At least that's kind of how I always saw it.
Hhow informative, thanks.
If Batman was combined with Michaelangelo and Mozart or something...lol. We mere members of the Herd cannot understand.
"So what are your values"
Nietzsche:
*"The 7 deadly sins of course"*
To bring about the ubermensch , the human race needs to go through a true enlightening period where more people realize that they can actually think for themselves and be able to genuinely change the world for the better. We all need to break away from the herd and achieve true greatness in our own way.
i agree
I disagree
@@Tetra_Elementrathis was Nietsche’s theory.
@@ML-bw4ytFreidich Nietsche was a great man. Who has gone through a harsh life. All my respect i have for that man.
Great! Could you do for the next time Plato's Republic,please
That would be great!
Chris Montana Oh you! :)
Excellent suggestion as I think some of Nietzsche's properties for "supermen" are particularly illustrated in The Cave i.e. the freed slave struggling to free others bound by illusion and resisting being "helped".
I just realized I've followed Nietzsche's philosophy all along (before I even knew he existed)!
Do you find society's values enraging or confusing?
Grabaka Sennin
I'm not sure whether that's a yes/no question or an A/B question, so I'll give both answers.
Yes.
A bit of both.
enraging.
From like 2:12 to 3:14 i can see similarities to how i view myself and the world around me. Not that i think im a superman but that i can relate to a couple of his qualities
Explanation?
Nietzsche's "Superman" is DC's Batman.
More like Bane
I was going to comment exactly the same! Kudos!
I would argue Lex Luthor.
According to this video
*1. Finding people most admired to imitate* - Batman admires his fathers, who to him is a brave and strong person. He is also largely influenced by the movie "The Mark of Zorro" and the metaphor of a bat.
*2. Creating one's own path* - Batman is a vigilante - a person who acts outside the law. He fights crimes in a unique way, as emphasized by his strong 'no gun' and 'no kill' rules despite having very harsh attitude and being very violent in hand-to-hand combats. He fights for his image of justice, and doesn't care what people say about him.
*3. Accepting suffering as a necessary component of good things* - Deaths of the Waynes and Jason Todd don't plague Batman in an eternal suffering. Instead, They fuel him to become an even stronger, if also more cynical/lonely person.
*4. Being gentle toward the weak, out of the consciousness of their strengths* - As Bruce Wayne, he adopt orphans and donates his money for the poor. As Batman, he fights to save innocent people, and values life more than anything.
*5. Being a bit wicked toward sex* - Batman finds enjoyment out of chasing the likes of Catwoman, Talia Al' Ghul and Joker. Not to mention the possible wacky/bizarre sex scenes with the likes of Batgirl or Black Canary.
*6. Invoking salvation of mankind through culture* - Batman creates 'Bat Family' and be the part of the Justice League as possible methods of 'fixing' Gotham.
*7. Being the super version of one self* - Double identity, Bat gadgets, unlimited money, the power fantasy that evaluate Bruce Wayne from a typical playboy tycoon to a hero.
Totally agree. Batman has no superpowers except for his intellect. He is the worlds greatest detective and a master martial artist. He has learned to overcome his fear. He doesn't believe in any idols, except for his righteous actions.
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"What have you done to overcome humanity" - Nietzsche
Very cool video! This one is also very objective and informative: th-cam.com/video/b-j7oPiRLpo/w-d-xo.html
so that make lex luthor the real superman?
Highly recommend you check the comic Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. It shows a day in the life of Lex Luthor as he monologues on the responsibility he has to advance humanity and what it means to be a superman. Its a really good comic that deconstructs the character of Luthor with a very satisfying ending.
He fails in the sense that he is resentful of superman's (Clark's) success
The word superman is useful for getting us to think about who we would like to evolve into. Each of us should, under Nietzsche’s guidance, have a sense of what we would like to be if we could be the super version of ourselves. The idea of the Superman helps us to refine our own ambitions.
I read Also Sprach Zarathusta in college and at that time he made sense to me. I have found some very bright folks who loosely adhere to his criteria. But Nietsche was speaking of Ubermenchen and these were just bright people with enlarged egos and reduced sense of social obligation. I have evolved to consider his work as a step forward but not a prescription. He failed to consider the utility of thought. Good vid.
Read "Ride the Tiger" by Traditionalist philosopher Julius Evola. He both praises and denounces Nietzsche in his quest for post-nihilistic doctrine, in essence giving it a 'gentler' form with less ascesis and power-hunger. Despite being written in the 60's it holds just as much weight today is it did when written, so I highly recommend giving it a read.
I felt, in my twenties, that Nietzsche was speaking to my spirit and offered a roadmap for pure change, which is one leaning toward progress without excessive regard to caution. Pretty sanguine, but that's my twenties. I know this is sketchy...
+Baseless. Thank you, I will! I knew about this book but never thought it was of great import. I need to reconsider things.
Most of the time "nietzsche-esque" characters are misusing his philosophy as a justification for moral randomness and pure egoism, which the Übermensch isnt meant to be about.
Social obligation?You mean being in a herd of someone.You think people choose their own way?No they just follow someone and act like they are living.Actually they are not, they are just playing a theatre.And in this society, you talk about social obligation?No thanks sir, I wont take it.I wont act like I am doing fine by just copying others.We need to live deep, think deep.And that will not happen with “social obligations”.
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i love this channel. if only I found this when I was taking philosophy last sem...
honestly he should've called it "the batman" we all know batman is way cooler than superman
and Batman fits the definition of the superman better than Superman, himself.
+MrEricon9 Food for thought, he has the ability to discover new paths to a similar end that could often be as favourable despite his limitations as a person. On the other hand, he has never been able to control some areas of his life (some of which Nietzsche would love to point out) namely his psychotic affliction that is often times as self serving as it is heroic and necessary. His inability to accept death as a necessary means to a much more well rounded end is the most criticized one by far. There has been a lot of exposition to investigate this plain of his psyche, the most notable of which was given in Under the Hood where Bruce displays a weakness of will in which he doubts his strength of character will be able to pace his actions according to necessity and proportion of favourable outcomes to uncharacteristic decisions like murder. That's isn't to say that Todd transcended Bruce since his very provocative methods in their most heinous of manifestations teeter on pure villainy and seem to embody what will become of him (Bruce) if he allows himself to take what he would consider a 'shortcut'.
The hardest thing to accept is that this is entirely hypothetical and my whole argument assumes that our perceptions of a fictional character are entirely the same which knocks us back to square one. Furthermore, since DC considers every story canon in a multiverse intersecting like manner there could be many things to discuss or neglect accordingly. We'd be on the same page if everyone agrees that batman is as mentally ill as his most terribly, psychologically damaged adversaries and the only reason it isn't evident is because of his immediate circumstances (lifestyle, relationships, financial stability, physical health) allowing him to sustain a more mild impression.
TL;DR, Batman is sick, he's on the edge and his ego put him there. His doing something uncharacteristic that would make him more like Nietzsche's Superman (doing terrible things in the name of good ie, killing) could make him the very antithesis.
+hamzh bust Batman has the qualities of an overman, Superman is an alien from another planet who renounced his American citizenship, traitor !
+hamzh bust The ubermensch arose before Superman, as well as Batman. Superman was, in fact, a revised version of a comic book villain inspired by Nietzsche's ubermensch.
+MrEricon9 Lex Luthor, ironically, works better as a "Superman" than Superman. He's generally lonesome, not concerned with typical morality, follows his own path etc. He's not sympathetic to others though, he's kind of a jerk.
Just as a waterfall grows slower and more lightly suspended as it plunges down, so the great man of action tends to act with greater calmness than his tempestuous desires prior to the deed would lead one to expect.
Every time I hear Man of Action I think of Ben 10
you should do Goethe next for literature
+The School of Life if you need some help or guidance by a German who has read many of Goethe's works and went through several literature classes about him, please contact me. :)
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I'm 21, after failing attempt after attempt at changing my life dramatically into a more ideal one which is in line with these philosophers' thoughts on desirable qualities/behaviours, I came to the conclusion that I have not learned to applied abstract knowledge or enlightening information/ideas to my life, I haven't learned to make these ideas practical.
I'm leading up to this, I discovered Blooms taxonomy for like 3 days ago. The only problem I have is that Blooms taxonomy is also information and I haven't learned to apply information, my question is, is it possible to use Blooms Taxonomy to learn how to apply Blooms taxonomy? and Also I suggest you guys make a video on Blooms taxonomy, I personally think his idea/research results is worth sharing.
Pardon my english.
You need to live life in order to grow. Books are not living. And they won't give you anything that real life experience will give you. That's not to say books are worthless, but you seem to be trying to live your life according to a book(s)/someone else's philosophy (which is ridiculous).
I felt the same way when I was your age. Be assured it all will fall into place one day. In my case it took me to about age 35 to find my center and truly feel and live out what I earlier in life just understood intellectually...
He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.
I feel like there is a Skyrim joke in here somewhere....
This makes perfect sense.... now I gotta fly out of my apartment window before I'm late for work.
here comes the teenagers saying "WHOA ITS JUST LIKE MEEEE!!!"
+Carson Troeh better than teens brainwashed by the idea of a god
u know nothing dunno, either way is pretty bad, one scenario they worship something that can't be proven nor disproven, the other one scenario is they worship themselves.
+Carson Troeh i wouldn't say a nihilst worships himself thou
u know nothing I also wouldn't call many teenagers these days very nihilistic.
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The qualities listed for an übermensch here are too easy to fit into. The minute this video made me think "Ooh this could be me" was the minute I became dubious. Anybody else have the same delusion of grandeur here? It can't just be me.
+Doug Robertson I agree as well, and it feels great to fit almost perfectly into the ideal of superhuman. Although it appears easy to fit into these ideals, it isn't something most people could achieve. Also a delusion of grandeur isn't necessarily a bad thing, since it builds confidence and arrogance, which are very useful psychological tools to have.
+Doug Robertson I don't think the qualities are wrongly listen, it's just that Nietzsche did have serious delusions of grandeur.
He failed to mention its link to the concept of 'Will to Power'. Instead, the 'overman' is all sweetness a light.
Way ahead of you Emanuel D, I'm currently doing his future authoring program.
It's not a delusion of grandeur. Nietzsche intentionally created the Superman to be relatively accessible. If you feel like you can become your higher self by conquering your weaknesses, then you're probably right.
........And then there came a man called hitler....... Who took the idea to the -you know- extreme.
***** I'm not, in any way, blaming Nietzsche for nazism. Blaming him would be like blaming Marx for Stalin...
I'm just saying many nazis used his work to spread their propaganda, and it was horrible.....
I c u everwhere.
abdi ali I'm everywhere. This account is run by three people.....
+The muslim Atheist while I do confirm Nietzsche's influence on Hitler, to equate his influence to the nazi party to the Marxist - Communist link is sleazy in a... super fashion.
Luis Dias no, it's not. The Marxist-communist link was just one: classless stateless future. other than that, the idea of killing people to get there was not Marx's idea....
The hurler-Nietzsche link was the same: same goal, but different methods of getting there....
Years ago I went to the library to get a book on philosophy and checked out one of his books and changed my life forever.
May I ask what book it was ?
For people interested in this idea I recommend "Crime and punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It's good explanation why this theory is harmful and overthrows it very easily with passionating look at human's psychology.
+@non99 I can't really imagine a Trotskyite as an Uebermensch.
Raskonikov was a nihilist and and much of his views are similar to Nietzsches ,he is the exeple that people are not fit psychologically to be nihilist and for Nietzsche himself could not support the burden of his philosophy.Thanks for pointing that out is a shame that Nietzsche and Dostoyevsky never read each other work that lived in the same period
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And the wonderful thing about this video (save the philosophy, which is all very sound), is the swarms of teenage special snow-flakes coming onto this video and commenting about how how much they're like the übermensch, completely unaware of the inherent irony
+ProfOmnom
If they're fine with the idea of dying and being reborn with every aspect of their lives (including all the mistakes, disappointments, physical and emotional hardships, etc.) repeating exactly like before for eternity, then they may not all be full of hot air.
+ProfOmnom Well he did say that they would delight in their own abilities (not saying I personally have those abilities).
People like you are the people the superman should feel bad for, trying to get other people feeling bad for nothing they know how to control
+ProfOmnom Why is that ironic? It sounds to me like Neitzsche's superman might well tell people he was an übermensch. It specifically states he wouldn't be humble. Unless the irony is that they're surfing TH-cam instead of dominating society?
I agree. We are suppose to pave the way for the übermensch, not embody it.
The pessimist isn't looking for happy answers to release the worries off the mind, the pessimist are looking for calm. Calm help us to focus in brief moments when observe the simple beauty in art an nature. It isn't happiness, it's joy.
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There is a great scene in All Star Superman #10 relating to this. In it, Superman creates a world where he doesn't exist to see how it would survive without him. In this new world, the author Grant Morrison depicts Siegel and Shuster's creation of Superman for DC Comics as continuing the legacy of mythology and the philosophy of Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola and Fredrich Nietzsche.
Now THIS is an ideology I can embrace!!!
George Costanza. xD
Very cool video! This one is also very objective and informative: th-cam.com/video/b-j7oPiRLpo/w-d-xo.html
I really enjoyed this video, thanks school of life. I am one of these supermen of the future. Multidimensional awareness is the next big leap for mankind.
Himmm, I am not sure if I like this Superman. But I will definitely think about him, thank you!
But wouldn't it be nice if the next version of this guy learnt to be a bit modest? I think only modest people can change the others through culture and help them live better. Superman type of folks who seem to have no vulnerabilities or no doubts about themselves look very intimidating.. I am sure they can rule over people and impose change on them. But I think, that sort of change is ephemeral, since it is not the result of intrinsic motivation. When a superman is gone, the change he thought that he brought on people may be buried with him.
Indeed Michel de Montaigne, one of Nietzsche's supermans, also encouraged humility when he said:
" Even on the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our bottom."
And there is an Irish proverb I love that says:
"The heaviest ear of grain bends its head the lowest"
But thank you for this great lesson! I loved the idea of imagining a much better version of yourself . It is a very challenging but a hopeful and cheerful task!
+Lua Veli Probably these traits are Nietzsche's personal preference, but I interpret the most important criteria to become Ubermensch is to create your own value, to life your own life in your own way without caring about what people think.In addition, to have some kind of survivor's mental is needed ( Don't really know how to say it anyway ).
+Andrew Heinrich
Hi Andrew! You said it very well. I agree with you! Thank you for reading and for your message:-)
+Lua Veli I agree with your insight. But only partially agree with Nietzsche's philosophy. Everyone should have that "ideal self", in Freud's theory, better known as "super-ego". (Although I dare say, Freud was somewhat influenced by Nietzsche's philosophy hence the study of this set of thought was created). Nietzsche's philosophies created justifications for Hitler and Mussolini, some defenders of Nietzsche's philosophies would say that Hitler and Mussolini have taken his writings out of context...they didn't. In fact, they were spot on. Nietzsche, with this theory, mentioned about creating our own values...but it seems to contradict everything about him. Why would he write books and theories of philosophy, only to say people should make there own minds up by personal thought and not think like the masses. I would go as far to say that he wanted to make the masses think like he did, thus creating an infinite loop.
+Andrew Heinrich You mixed a bit of Aleister Crowley (do what you want) with (Darwin's survival of the fittest). The combination of these philosophies in life have only lead to negative effects on history. Thinking out of the box IS important, thinking differently IS important but making ones own values is the birth of self righteousness and the justification of evil deeds.
Aleister Crowley sure is a wicked man.From a standpoint of philosopher, this process of "creating your own values" must involve steps of logical thinking, so it won't be as easy as "Do what you want". I think the reason he take these people that are 'not that good' is because he didn't find a 'good' example, because probably Ubermensch hasn't existed yet, and probably won't.
I guess I'll add more things later, this needs really depth thinking.
It's funny how personality wise DC's Superman is so different from Nietzsche. He's powerful and walks the path he thinks is best (even if it's just the American way, but he's shown in other works to not simply be swayed by popular opinion but just takes the best from it) but he's also humble and deeply compassionate. And while he can be lonely he still makes an effort to have friends and can become friends with almost anyone and most certainly doesn't view anyone as beneath him.
Great video ! I would be very pleased if you make one on the Philosophy behind Hannibal Lecter as I think that he is a good example of a superman and a very interesting psychological case.
Hey, Nice work.
Can you make a video on a good modern day philosopher who exists now?
Someone with thoughts similar to Plato's perhaps.
Thank you.
For me one of the greatest superman was (and still is) Freedie Mercury 👍👑🦸♂️
Guys. you guys should really but music in background.
music makes your message more powerful and when u finish talking,
its like u pressed break immediately. it needs a slow stop. music helps this.
I say this with love
Could you bring back the art history segments?
Fun Fact: During the 1930s Nazi's got confused about what Nietzshe was saying and because it fit with that Adolf Hitler. Many Nazis started to call Hitler the ''Ubermensch'', based on Nietzshe's studies. And even though Nietzshe died young, in 1900, his sister would live longer and would later become a Nazi herself, welcoming a lot of Nazis into Nietzshe's old house, where it was first turned into a museum by the Nazis. Many German officials, including Hitler himself, would visit the house many times. This made Nietzche very popular because Nazis thought Nietzshe refered to Hitler, due to talking about a superior man.
This whole time while watching this I'm mentally checking boxes on David Goggins
The ironic thing is Supes was originally supposed to originally be a villain that was a criitque of Nietzsche and Lex was supposed to be the hero that beat him w/ superior intelligence. Bits of that still leak through w/ the better writers. Lex thinking he's doing the right thing because he doesn't trust Supes and fears how Supes will be corrupted by his own power (while ironically ignoring his own and his ends justify the means approach).
The Red Son superman series makes a lot more sense now.
I can't help myself imagining how great would it be, if the videos from this channel had subtitles in Portuguese. I'd like to share them with my friends, but unfortunately, just a few of them can speak English.
penso o mesmo kk
Existe traducao automatica em todas as linguas em boa parte dos videos. Acabei de ver que PT esta disponivel nesse video. Nao eh perfeito, mas eh 90%.
the idea of "defining your own values" is waay more powerful than it sounds
The actual translation of Ubermensch is Overman, not Superman.
+Cyogenes The actual translation of super is over.
+Cyogenes That's not an actual translation, it a literal one.
But looking at the context super is false too. Its more like beyond human, since Über in this context means to hover above humanity and be not attached to it like a regular superman, who is nothing but a superior human but still not an Übermensch in Nietzsches view.
Good catch.
Not everyone is capable of even trying to do what he proposed, and he always considered the fact that almost nobody could understand what he was saying as proof of the validity of his theories and, "just as it should be". Meaning that they, as all to human humans, have no claim or right to his knowledge and should not be bothered with. He expressly aimed at not simplifying and being difficult to understand for this very reason... It seem as though this is still true today.
In a nutshell, Nietzsche thinks a Superman who is mentally and physically superior is indeed a superman but with flaws and WE all know humans are never perfect....So he's kinda accurate
Please read Alejandro Jodorwosky and do avideo about him also Carl Jung. Its amazing to see I am not alone in the world and some people actually life to think and review philosphy and history. Great channel.
So a Nietzschean Superman… is Lex Luthor.
Very interesting. A strong balance of attributes that feed off of each other. While not "perfect" in a sense of what we refer to as superman both strengths and weaknesses contribute to the ability. Great video.
The flip side of Superman is Clark Kent, the cautious man lacking in confidence. I think the important thing is for us to learn to respect our inner Clark Kent. Hamlet struggled with this conflict between a desire to be aggressively confident and a concern about consequences. It turned out that he was quite right to be concerned. By all means be confident and vigorous in areas where you are skilled but respect your caution when alarm bells are ringing. Lots of cartoons encourage children to "kick ass" e.g Sonic the Hedgehog, Wonder woman, etc but I agree with Alain that we need to encourage each other to value better skills than just a readiness to fight.
School of Life should be commended not to start conflict, this is one of the best pound for pound positive, thought-provoking videos I have seen awesome work and I'll do my best to become the UberBatman
"What an animal is to a person, a person is to the Ubermensch" - Nietzsche
Very cool video! This one is also very objective and informative: th-cam.com/video/b-j7oPiRLpo/w-d-xo.html
This one was amazing, not only didactic but also insightful.
Please do Baudelaire eventually!
5 hours before watching this video; I was googling ''The meaning of Ubermensch''. what a coincidence !
This is a good summary of his idea. I would also recommend The Art of Manliness' summary on the man as well.
so in reality batman is the actual superman
As a superhero writer. The version of myself I’d like to evolve into is a frequent internal questions
overman not superman
Hoping to read and discuss some Nietzche on my own channel soon. Glad there are so many other great videos and channels I can watch for inspiration!
Very cool video! This one is also very objective and informative: th-cam.com/video/b-j7oPiRLpo/w-d-xo.html
Everyone's a Superman. You just have to realise that. ☺
Thanks mom,now I'm feeling better about myself
more like everyone has the potential to be a superman.
Suddenly the interlude of 2001: A Space Odyssey makes so much sense. (the name of it is Thus Spoke Zarathustra).
when i'm reading, i hear alain de botton's voice, as my narrator.
As always great job,thank you for making this beautiful videos,I really hope that people will get motivated and will take a closer look on philosophy. I would really like to see a video about Diogenes of Sinope,and as far as I can see he is the honorable "candidate" for your channel.
"There is always someone better than you"
These were the first words that were described by my former college professor. But, you know what? That's *BULLSHIT*. Sure, there is always someone better than me at something, whether if it is making beautiful art, looks, personality, friends, music, athletic capability, cooking or whatever. But to think *someone* that is better than me at *everything* and *forever*? No, I don't think so. You aren't going to compare the likes of Nate Diaz to Conor Mcgregor. You aren't going to compare Peter Jackson to Spielberg. You aren't going to compare the likes of Lebron James to Michael Jordan. You aren't going to compare the likes of Machila to Pacquaio. You aren't going to compare the likes of Leonardi Da Vinci to Michael Angelo, and so forth. (I think you get the point, lol).
While it is true, there will be people better on something. That doesn't mean you can't find success and have your own standing ovation. Some day, even kings must learn to step down the crown and be humbled. It does not matter how great or powerful they were in life. This idea of "someone always better" isn't inherently wrong, but we all take different paths to find our own meaning in life. You don't necessarily need to have more gold medals than someone else in life to accomplish greatness. You only need to think outside the box. Not a lot of people could do that either.
Another point: better at what? One person might be a fantastic football player but not good at relationships. One might be terrific at writing books but talks only about himself. Each person has some skills and some areas needing more work. And what does it matter if someone cooks better than you do? Your own cooking is valuable even if it's not superb. Your conversation is comforting and enjoyable even if it's not brilliantly witty. Being kind of average can mean that you're pleasant to be with.
"The idea of the Superman ("super version of ourselves") helps us to refine our own ambitions"
They lumped this philosophical ideology in with a fictitious Canadian comic book character though. DCs Superman is an alien with super powers the uber man was supposed to be man bringing out the best in himself realistically. Like it's stupid to have a fake comic boom character as a role model because those goals are not achievable people can't burn holes in walls with their laser eyes or crush coal into a diamond with their bare hands or fly unaided etc.
0:15 I have no idea how you got that image of a 1937 The Modern library copy of Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law, love shall be the law, love under will
Aliester Crowley
Another interesting and thought-provoking video. Nice work, SOL.
I've noticed that the more obsessed with superheroes a man is, the more he turns out to be afraid of women. Sometimes for a good reason, as in Nietzsche's case.
Simone Streeter nobody is afraid of a talking vagina
@@Miuranger1 You should be!
Though it's only my opinion
The overall traits of Übermench as much as I can list
Acceptance and Adaptability to evolve and surpass oneself, remain open for difference
Disciplinary, to separate oneself from illusions and infatuation
Sustainability, to cut oneself from ties of dependence
Resilience, to rise from perils and failures
Patience, to wrestle against pressure
Ambition and conscience, to lead and rule oneself over authorities
Creativity, knowledge, and a fair share of luck, to differentiate oneself from expectations
With all combined, the overman is capable of breaking free from all kinds of shackles, attained a freedom in the truest form
I think someone like Frank Underwood would be a superman for Nietzsche
I binge watched house of cards over the Christmas holidays.
as im seeing this video i dont know what to say its like someone is talking about me down to my personality traits and its scary my heart is pounding right now
Nietzsche totally described my personality!
I highly doubt that, kiddo
Quit imploding your ego
This video was very informal , and i am very glad for this channel keep up the good work
Who else thinks Lelouch Vi Britannia was a superman?
I like the new little intro tune a lot better
WARNING! There is a lot of batman stuff below)
The pic at 3.44 reminds me of the very first scene in the first page of the book "The fountain head" - Ayn Rand when howard roark dives into the pool.
Extremely interesting
Yet another excellent from The School of Life Alain De Botton.
Thank you for bringing us all such wisdom :)
Hehe... Can't help to feel that Nietzsche tried to make his own values the best ones. He was on the internet way before the internet!
isn't that what everyone does though? Everyone thinks their values are the best values that can possibly be, or else they wouldn't have them. No one wants to have the worst values; they won't accept it, even if they're values include things other people find are horrifying. In truth, NO ONE has the best values, because values are entirely subjective. However, some values coexist with our natural programming to care about other human beings, while others coexist with our natural programming to hate when we're angry or sad.
I guess it's just the level of conviction that made me write that comment. For instance, I personally am open to (and even assume) to be wrong about a lot of things.
And I would not agree completely that we always think our values are the ones that are the ones that could best possibly be. I think a lot of the mind (mine anyways) can also be about compromising on what I can actually achieve / live by and compromises on some things or flat out denies issues that could cause "paradoxes".
Nice comment Juan. Always nice to have something to think about.
Schoening91 Oh i completely agree that we should be open-minded about our beliefs, I don't think that's what Nietzsche was saying. It is true that when presented with dissenting facts, we should alter our beliefs to accept those facts and new information in general. However, it's in the PURSUIT of better beliefs that we do this. No one will admit to themselves, "I am a shitty person, my values are terrible and I am the spawn of Satan" and be totally and completely serious about it. When people do terrible shit, it is because they either believe there is no such thing as right or wrong or they believe THEY are right. Yes, you do often hear people say to themselves "I'm such an asshole", etc. but there's no actual conviction behind those words. People don't actually MEAN it. When people admit to being "offensive" or "crude" it's because they believe that there's nothing actually wrong with being offensive or crude. They believe that their beliefs are, in reality, ultimately good. Someone who kills another human being will often rationalize their behavior in this way and say "I had to do it" or "I was afraid". This is because people believe they are inherently "good", and I think that's a very natural concept. I myself do the same. While I am open-minded to new ideas, my moral compass will only allow my to accept ideas that benefit humanity or my "self" (my psyche). These are the values that I have accepted as "good". I suppose here it is important to draw the distinction between our "beliefs" and our "values". Values are what we perceive as right and wrong, while beliefs are just what we think SHOULD be.
Thanks for the clarification. Yeah I think you are totally right on all those points. The key word being that people often >rationalize< things to make them acceptable to themselves.
I haven't actually gotten around to reading Nietzsches work yet. Just saw some videos about him. I guess I was just annoyed by his lack of humility that I felt he is often presented with :p
Schoening91 How do we know Nietzsche WAS all that he said was the ideal man? Supposedly, he suffered a mental breakdown. It be that he strived to be all those things that he said were ideal. He believed that it was important to own up to envy, so it is more likely that the characteristics he believed were most important were ones he saw in other people.
Can you please, please make a video on Lacan? It would be much appreciated. I do love Nietzsche and I believe he was one of the first ones to lay down the foundations for psychology as a discipline, but some videos on modern analysts would be great also. Bion, Ferenczi, Masud Khan, to name a few. Maybe a few videos on theories like object relations or defence mechanisms? :) I love this channel. Thank you for your hard work, Mr De Button and all other contributors at the School of Life.
Thought experiment: How would Nietzshe view Donald Trump?
Trump is as plain as they come, easy to read like an open book, his motives are clear. He'd just be mildly depressed.
The majority of the values this video describes as the Nietzschean Superman are embodied in Trumps actions. Not saying whether that implies good or not, but worth exploring if one is analyzing the validity of Nietzsche's philosophy.
Capt Char Noo... xD Nonono.. Trump is the exact opposite. The superhuman's ideals are driven by a higher goal, nothing as plain and as vulgar as Trumps flirtation with the stupidity of the masses just to grasp power for the market interest to exploit.
You are far off. Sorry for putting it so bluntly.
By higher goals, do you mean things like "Making America Great Again"?
I think you are confusing lies in politics with something different. I'm not entirely sure about your motivation here.. At any rate it's interesting to discuss.
I'd like to compare Trump and Ghandi for a moment.. Ghandi was a political leader that would be closer to the ideal of the superhuman, (in my opinion, I'm not a philosopher or an expert)
Ghandi had abstract clear values that were complex, seemingly impossible to pull off, and it's hard to find anyone like him before or after.
His goals was not rooted in profit or power but the betterment of humanity and compassion for people.
This channel is so awesome! Great work. Thanks
This channel lacks African philosophers, it would be a great addition to this great channel!
@Ganarg Oh boy here comes the "Wuz kangs" lot xD
sneezer beezneez There are actually African filosophers?
yes there are, and there have been plenty of them, but unlike the western culture, the african culture does not actually link philosophy and litterature in a very conjoint way. Thus, if one is looking papers and medieval manuscrits they won't find but if they rather searching for philosophers, thinkers, orators and influencers throughout the history of Africa they might be more lucky, for the african philosophy praised more wisdom and the classical art of rhetoric as traits to qualify a good philosopher. In a way that is similar to the ancient grece, but of course, the difference being, these ideas had been conserved and popularised while the other destructed and erradicted through colonisation. So yeah...history is not just all western ppl lived and thought everywhere on the planet just like nowadays.
Mcking Bird East was also colonised by westerners,how come their philosophy was not lots?Not only that but westerners even embraced eastern philosophy(the most popularized being Confucius and Buddha)
It was a different kind of colonization, it's not comparable. With that being said, the fact that westerners embraced eastern philosophy contributed a lot with it being widely known today, and we're all happy is is. But think of what would happen if all the monk were deported and sold as a merchandise.
“To those human beings who are of any concern to me I wish suffering, desolation, sickness, ill-treatment, indignities-I wish that they should not remain unfamiliar with profound self-contempt, the torture of self-mistrust, the wretchedness of the vanquished
Jaden Smith is close to being an ubermensch. He's a philosopher, does not follow mainstream fashion or philosophy but his own. He's better than this knee jerk guy.
the best comment on this video lol. Screw Goethe, Jaden Smith is the closest human to ubermensch!!!!
who is Jaden smith?
Richard Johnson The fact that you have never heard of him truly shows that you do not seek greater Truth and Happiness. We do not need more ignorant people like you in our cult.
He's a pretentious fuck that is dabbling into philosophy for the wrong reasons, to look intelligent, but in reality he doesn't know shit.
there are people who actually believe that, and they are basically cancer to society
Mr Alain, this is your best video dude.
I think the idea of the superman says more about Nietzsche's psyche then about humans.
And the pattern is similar with most moralizing philosophers.
true
The concept of superman actualy starts with Diogenes when he was surounded by people that asked him "what are you looking for?" to which he replied "a human". Nietzsche works on this concept on how institutions like religion are a big
deviation of human nature and therefore make us less human. In his book, Zarathustra was humble, rational, so true to himself and to others that even loved by snakes, eagles and lions, so free of dogmas, and implicitly a real human, a superman.
we must combine both via trans humanism and some gay science
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I love the Great despisers, because they are the great adorers, and arrows of longing for the other shore, i love him who seeks his own virtue, I love him who's soul is so overfull that he forgets himself