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The Ever-Living Fire: Explained

The Nietzsche Podcast

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Nietzsche's View of the Cosmos Is Derived From Heraclitus

Nietzsche's view of the cosmos is derived from Heraclitus, and he gives his understanding in Twilight of Idols. So much of Nietzsche's philosophical project is about the celebration and love of this world of becoming. And we want to tell ourselves that it will all be okay when something we love has been taken away. When we find our happiness is just as fleeting as everything else in the world,. It's sort of the problem of Faust.

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