EPISODE · Jun 5, 2026 · 56 MIN
Beyond Good and Evil Chapter V - The Natural History of Morals
from The Nietzsche Library · host Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
In which the subtle and often unexamined roots of morality are laid bare as a complex dance of instincts, herd conformity, and historical constraints that shape cultures and souls alike, revealing morality not as a fixed edifice, but as a living, evolving spectacle of power and obedience. Against the somnolent tide of democratic herd morality, the vision of new philosophers arises—beings forged to transcend commonplace values and to bear the heavy responsibility of steering humanity toward untrodden and potent futures.
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In which the subtle and often unexamined roots of morality are laid bare as a complex dance of instincts, herd conformity, and historical constraints that shape cultures and souls alike, revealing morality not as a fixed edifice, but as a living, evolving spectacle of power and obedience. Against the somnolent tide of democratic herd morality, the vision of new philosophers arises—beings forged to transcend commonplace values and to bear the heavy responsibility of steering humanity toward untrodden and potent futures.
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