Parker's Pensées Ep. 285 -Soliciting Joe Folley's Unsolicited Philosophical Advice
Channel Began As Student Handouts
- Joe started his YouTube channel by recording videos for students he tutored and sending them as reminders.
- Those early videos were idiosyncratic because they were written with one person in mind.
Nietzsche Demands Interpretive Humility
- Nietzsche scholarship contains deeply irreconcilable interpretations across key concepts like the will to power.
- Presenting one interpretation requires upfront disclaimers because so much is contested.
Aphorisms Reward Wrestling, Not Systemization
- Aphoristic philosophers resist systematization because their lines invite wrestling, not final theses.
- Reading them slowly and at a distance often yields more insight than forcing coherence.
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