#144 - The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche: Rick Roderick on Postmodernism, the Eternal Recurrence, Ressentiment, Master & Slave Morality, the Übermensch, and the Last Man

Come join my Patreon! https://patreon.com/HemlockPatreon "The philosopher as we understand him, we free spirits - as the man of the most comprehensive responsibility who has the conscience for the collective evolution of mankind: this philosopher will make use of the religions for his work of education and breeding, just as he will make use of existing political and economic conditions….the will to self-mastery is always increasing - religion presents them with sufficient instigations and temptations to take the road to higher spirituality, to test the feelings of great self-overcoming, of silence and solitude.-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, 1886 -//- (00:00:00) - Intro (00:00:41) - Nietzsche as Myth and Mythmaker (00:44:34) - Nietzsche on Truth and Lies (01:23:54) - Master of Suspicion, the Immoralist (02:04:23) - The Death of God (02:46:06) - The Eternal Return (Time is a Flat Circle) (03:25:04) - The Will to Power (04:08:08) - Nietzsche as Artist (04:49:20) - Nietzsche's Bastard Children