In the Greatest Philosophers In History series we do an in-depth exploration of the most fundamental ideas and views on life of the greatest philosophers in human history.

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher of the 19th century. He is regarded as one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy and intellectual history. He was a cultural critic of his era, of traditional European morality and religious fundamentalism, especially of Christianity.  

Nietzsche shares his views on how he wants us to perceive the world liberating ourselves from oppressive tradition. The main concepts revolve around self-overcoming, perspectivism, human nobility, the will to power, the eternal recurrence, and the overman.

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━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Introduction (4:19) Self-overcoming (6:02) Perspectivism (7:21) Human Nobility (9:55) God is Dead (11:29) Critique of Christianity (13:44) Beyond Good and Evil (15:05) Thus Spoke Zarathustra (17:36) The Will to Power (18:59) The Eternal Recurrence (19:36) The Overman (21:15) Why You Should Read Nietzsche