A Discussion with Michael Grenke on Lise van Boxel's "Warspeak: Nietzsche's Victory over Nihilism"

December 04, 2021 01:24:57
A Discussion with Michael Grenke on Lise van Boxel's "Warspeak: Nietzsche's Victory over Nihilism"
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A Discussion with Michael Grenke on Lise van Boxel's "Warspeak: Nietzsche's Victory over Nihilism"

Dec 04 2021 | 01:24:57

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Show Notes

00:35 About Lise van Boxel and St. John’s College 06:00 Nietzsche and Nihilism 12:50 The Good, the Transcendent, and Nihilism 19:00 Philosophy as Genealogy 29:30 On the concept of “Warspeak” 41:00 On the question of Authority and authorities 47:00 Nietzsche and Hume 51:00 What is distinctive about van Boxel’s take on Nietzsche? 58:00 Nietzsche and Mill’s “experiments in living.” 1:05:00 Is it reasonable to characterize modern life as rooted in the transcendent and world-denying? 1:13:40 Nietzsche’s conception of “Superabundant Vitality”

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