Beyond Good and Evil #3: One Ruling Thought (I.17 - II.25)
The Nietzsche Podcast
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The Importance of Humor in Philosophy
Nietzsche warns us not to martyr ourselves for the truth. Don't be concerned with whether you'll be proved right because no philosopher so far has been proved right and we have to ask ourselves what it would even really mean for a philosopher to be proven right. There's an undertone throughout this entire section about good humor versus this sort of dour solemnity which is one of the toughest things to maybe get in Nietzsche if you're approaching him strictly from trying to discover his philosophical arguments. He just told us psychology is the route to the deepest problems but given that he just told us Psychology is the route to the deepest problems.
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