Evil Nietzsche - The Heel, The Hammer, The Viking | Birth of Tragedy Part II

Nobody reads anymore. But lucky for you I like to read to people. This is Part II of my Birth of Tragedy essay series on Substack. If you'd rather sit back and listen than read the essay on your phone, this one is for you. A few lines from the piece: "Nietzsche was actually a pretty decent guy in real life. But in his writing he constantly plays the heel." "First you hate him, then you laugh at him, then his work starts to click and you see his genius." "I read Nietzsche to discover what he means by 'evil'." "His bedridden, half-blind ass would have been a delicious Viking victim." "You must embrace the fact Nietzsche is, in a real sense, evil." "Strip the gold out, because there is some gold." We get into Nietzsche's method of constructing opponents just to destroy them, the villain origin story hiding inside his prose, the Viking thought experiment that exposes the whole project, and why you can still love the guy while calling him wrong. Read the written version on Substack: https://michaelkuhlman.substack.com/p/part-ii-evil-nietzsche-the-birth If this series is doing something for you, here are a few ways to keep it going: Become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/c/michaelkuhlman Or hit the Join button below this video to become a channel member. You get perks, I get to keep making this stuff. Drop a comment with your take on Evil Nietzsche. I read them. And please share to help the show grow.