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Nietzsche and Nihilism – A Warning to the West

Academy of Ideas

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Nihilism and the True World

According to Nietzsche, it is a psychological need which is the driving force behind all true world philosophies. Those who subscribe to these worldviews tend to be morally and spiritually weak. To imagine another, more valuable world, is an expression of hatred for the world that makes one suffer. As true world theories are pessimistic and a mere step away from nihilism, what modern man needs is a worldview not dependent on a true world. In the next video we will explore Friedrich Nietzsche's worldview predicated on the will to power as an alternative to true world theories.

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