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EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 30 MIN

Human, All Too Human First Division - First and Last Things Part 1

from The Nietzsche Library · host Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

In which the restless human intellect is gently observed as it disentangles long-held metaphysical illusions, revealing a world shaped more by accumulated errors, passions, and inherited habits than by absolute truths; dreams, language, and feeling are seen not as gateways to eternal realities, but as evolving instruments of cognition that reflect mankind’s historical development and profound impermanence. Here, one finds an invitation to embrace the humble durability of unpretentious truths and to relinquish the pride of certainty in favour of a patient, scientific curiosity that softly illumines the shifting nature of existence.

In which the restless human intellect is gently observed as it disentangles long-held metaphysical illusions, revealing a world shaped more by accumulated errors, passions, and inherited habits than by absolute truths; dreams, language, and feeling are seen not as gateways to eternal realities, but as evolving instruments of cognition that reflect mankind’s historical development and profound impermanence. Here, one finds an invitation to embrace the humble durability of unpretentious truths and to relinquish the pride of certainty in favour of a patient, scientific curiosity that softly illumines the shifting nature of existence.

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