The Twilight of the Idols - Skirmishes in a War with the Age, pt. 2

In which the lofty ideals of Plato are cast as a beguiling illusion, a refuge from the stern truths of reality, while the austere and unyielding gaze of Thucydides offers a sobering remedy in confronting life with unflinching courage. Observing the Greeks not as paragons of serene virtue but as beings driven by a fierce Will to Power, their strength and culture emerge as necessities forged in the crucible of persistent internal and external strife.