
Ep. 23 - Romanticism
Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
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Is There a Single Interpretation of Nicus?
Nicus is deeply influenced by the stoics and a lot of axial age thinkers. He's blocked in some important ways by this lutheran interpretation of christianity. If we remove the christian condemnation of this, then the pessimistic world, wearying will to live becomes the active, creative act of self transcendence. And we can get back the meaning that was lost in the meaning crisis. It's really hard to critique nici, because he doesn't have a single voice.
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