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38: The Genius of the Species

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Problem of Consciousness

Leibniz's aphorism on the genius of the species is a long one, but I think this is the best way to do it. So I'll read the passage in its entirety and then we'll go back paragraph by paragraph or chunk by chunk for more detail. And so without further ado, the gay science book five, aphorism 354 quote: "The whole of life would be possible without ... seeing itself in a mirror"

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