Will to power [videorecording] : the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche / taught by Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen Higgins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 415 | Teaching CompanySeries: Great courses (DVD)Publication details: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1999.Description: 4 videodiscs (180 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guides (22 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1565856996
  • 9781565856998
  • 9791565856997
Other title:
  • Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DVD B 3317 .S64 1999
Contents:
pt. 1. (discs 1-2) (lectures 1-12). Why read Nietzsche? His life, times, works and themes ; Quashing the rumors about Nietzsche ; Fusion of philosophy & psychology ; "God is dead", Nietzsche & Christianity ; Nietzsche & the Greeks ; "Why the Greeks were so beautiful", Nietzsche on tragedy ; Nietzsche and Schopenhauer on pessimism ; Nietzsche, Jesus, Zarathustra ; Nietzsche on reason, instinct, and passion ; Nietzsche's style and the problem of truth ; Nietzsche on truth and interpretation ; "Become who you are", Freedom, fate & free will -- pt. 2. (discs 3-4) (lectures 13-24). Nietzsche as moral psychologist: love, resentment, and pity ; Nietzsche on love ; Nietzsche and women ; Nietzsche's "top ten" ; Nietzsche on history and evolution ; What is nihilism? The problem of asceticism ; Ranking of values - morality and modernity ; Nietzsche's "immoralism", virtue, self, and selfishness ; On the genealogy of morals, master and slave morality ; Resentment, revenge, and justice ; Will to power and the �Ubermensch ; Eternal recurrence, Nietzsche says "yes!" to life.
Instructed by Robert Solomon and Kathleen Higgins.Summary: Professors Robert Solomon and Kathleen Higgins help the user discover the heart and mind of this systematically unsystematic philosopher. Each lecture focuses on the specific ideas that preoccupied Nietzsche, while tracing the profound themes that give shape and meaning to his philosophy. These themes form the foundation of modern humanistic culture.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD B 3317 .S64 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 1. 98643059
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD B 3317 .S64 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 2. 98643060
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD B 3317 .S64 1999 PT.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 3. 98643061
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD B 3317 .S64 1999 PT.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 4. 98643062
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD B 3317 .S64 1999 GDBK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Guidebook 98643058
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD B 3317 .S64 1999 TRANS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Transcript, Pt. 1. 98643057
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD B 3317 .S64 1999 TRANS PT.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying Transcript, Pt. 2 98643056

"Course Number 415: 24 lectures (30 minutes/lecture)."

DVD.

pt. 1. (discs 1-2) (lectures 1-12). Why read Nietzsche? His life, times, works and themes ; Quashing the rumors about Nietzsche ; Fusion of philosophy & psychology ; "God is dead", Nietzsche & Christianity ; Nietzsche & the Greeks ; "Why the Greeks were so beautiful", Nietzsche on tragedy ; Nietzsche and Schopenhauer on pessimism ; Nietzsche, Jesus, Zarathustra ; Nietzsche on reason, instinct, and passion ; Nietzsche's style and the problem of truth ; Nietzsche on truth and interpretation ; "Become who you are", Freedom, fate & free will -- pt. 2. (discs 3-4) (lectures 13-24). Nietzsche as moral psychologist: love, resentment, and pity ; Nietzsche on love ; Nietzsche and women ; Nietzsche's "top ten" ; Nietzsche on history and evolution ; What is nihilism? The problem of asceticism ; Ranking of values - morality and modernity ; Nietzsche's "immoralism", virtue, self, and selfishness ; On the genealogy of morals, master and slave morality ; Resentment, revenge, and justice ; Will to power and the �Ubermensch ; Eternal recurrence, Nietzsche says "yes!" to life.

Professors Robert Solomon and Kathleen Higgins help the user discover the heart and mind of this systematically unsystematic philosopher. Each lecture focuses on the specific ideas that preoccupied Nietzsche, while tracing the profound themes that give shape and meaning to his philosophy. These themes form the foundation of modern humanistic culture.

Instructed by Robert Solomon and Kathleen Higgins.

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