7. Nietzsche Lecture: The Will to Power: Section 1: Notes 1-7

[thepatshowonwp]

Ricky Gervais, "The Invention of Lying", is very funny (and painful) because everyone tells the flat absolute truth in the movie. He has to invent lying just to have peace in his life. In his notes on the weakness of the will, N. writes everything done in weakness fails, but shouldn't strength fail, too, since there is nothing but nothingness? And doesn't doing nothing cause failure?

[Ubernoob85]

Couldn't the obvious thing to be preserved by the Christian Morality be.. Morality? Ethics? Resulting societal order? In Abrahamic religions at least, isn't that essentially what the Old Testament about at a general level, how to live and why?

[drjasonjcampbell]

@Ubernoob85 For Nietzsche, this is exactly the problem. The idea that an institution is going to tell us how to live and why we should live that way is unacceptable.

[colourmegone]

The Jim Carrey was "Liar Liar" where a lawyer's son wishes his father would tell nothing but the truth a Carrey's character is condemned to do so for a day. The Ricky Gervaise is "The Invention of Lying" where he lives in a world where lying is unknown, everyone always tells the truth all the time.

[andyvinstra]

After reading your response on 6 and hearing what you have to say about this whole thing as a demonstration of philosophy AS A PROCESS I stand corrected and a little in awe. I agree wholeheartedly that philosophy is a process as I stated on your What is Philosophy? video and am not looking for any kind of summary. I'm just trying to make my contribution to the process and may be jumping the gun to speak when I should spend more time LISTENING.

[the6thmonkey]

@andyvinstra i've been reading your comments as i'm watching along and I have to say this one impressed me so much. It's crazy to see how intensely Dr Campbell is taking this.

[andyvinstra]

So much of Nietzsche's theorizing is "rooted" in history and Nietzchean historicism as well as science and existential experience that I'm wondering if the guy who made the wonderful video "What Is Philosophy?" couldn't present this text with a bit more fluidity and also more of an integrative approach showing how Nietzchean thought is both rooted in the past and also is such a pervasive part of the modern mind in literature, painting, sculpture, psychology and politics?

[drjasonjcampbell]

@andyvinstra sure that's fair. Already in the videos that are up I've demonstrated the contemporary applicability of N.'s ideas. I will address the aesthetic and the notion of originality and creativity later in the series. Is it simply the level of detail that's unnerving you. Some have said it's too analytical. If so I can certainly adopt a more creative apporach, but I do want to make a meaningful contribution. I feel obligated to do a good job with his work rather than a summary.