Will to power the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche / [videorecording] :
Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
taught by Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen Higgins.
- Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1999.
- 4 videodiscs (180 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guides (22 cm.)
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"Course Number 415: 24 lectures (30 minutes/lecture)."
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 -- 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. pt. 1. (discs 1-2) (lectures 1-12). pt. 2. (discs 3-4) (lectures 13-24).
Instructed by Robert Solomon and Kathleen Higgins.
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.