NIETZSCHE Explained: Slave Morality in Beyond Good and Evil (part 3)
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WATCH:NIETZSCHE Explained: Beyond Good and Evil (part 1):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG9Djq6PVK8NIETZSCHE Explained: Will to Power in Beyond Good and Evil (part 2):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ap9lkhHizUIn this third and (for the moment) final part on Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, we explore the concept of slave morality. Particularly as it pertains to Christianity and Schopenhauer's philosophy. A lot of what is said in this video, is elaborated on in Nietzsche's subsequent work, On the Genealogy of Morals. If this video does well, we will release a full video on this seminal philosophical work.Nietzsche's main critique on Christianity is that the Christian is weak; anti-life; unnatural. Why? Because the Christian (as does Schopenhauer) regards this world as not that important: it's a preparation for the afterlife. Christians think this because they are a powerless class, as opposed to the ancient Romans who were their historical enemies. The slave revolt in morals is a famous Nietzschean concept and appears together with "ressentiment" in full glory in On the Genealogy of Morals, but is alluded to in Beyond Good and Evil as well. In that way, this video serves as a good bridge between Beyond Good and Evil and Genealogy of Morals.We highly recommend you watch the other parts in this series before watching this one.
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