On Friedrich Nietzsche's The Gay Science (1882, with book 5 added 1887). What is wisdom? Nietzsche gives us an updated take on the Socratic project of challenging your most deeply held beliefs. Challenge not just your belief in God ("God is dead!") but uncover all your habits of thinking in terms of the divine. Question the motives behind relentless inquiry: the "will to Continue Reading …
Nietzsche and the “Death of God.”
In connection with Episode 61, I submit the following discussion by The Big Ideas podcast concerning Nietsche's famous but often misunderstood claim that "God is dead." The several participants in the discussion each address Nietzsche's pronouncement from different angles. Giles Fraser argues that the "God is dead" revelation is that humanity can only become free if it Continue Reading …