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EPISODE · Mar 7, 2025 · 17 MIN

Pessimism of Strength – Nietzsche’s Formula for Greatness

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“It’s easy to be a naive idealist. It’s easy to be a cynical realist. It’s quite another thing to have no illusions and still hold the inner flame.”       Marie-Louise von Franz To be a philosophical pessimist is to be acutely aware of the tragic side of life and to believe that suffering overshadows joy, […] The post Pessimism of Strength – Nietzsche’s Formula for Greatness first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

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