A while back we received a question via email from Joe R.: "In times of peace, the warlike man attacks himself." Can you explain the context of this reference and where it comes from, please? A quick web search reveals that this is an often quoted aphorism, especially in the context of martial arts, where it's meant to be inspirational for one's training. This struck me as Continue Reading …
PREVIEW-Episode 61: Nietzsche on Truth and Skepticism
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Episode 61: Nietzsche on Truth and Skepticism (Citizens Only)
On Friedrich Nietzsche's "On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense" (1873). For Wes Alwan's summary of this essay, go here). What is truth? This essay, written early in Nietzsche's career but unpublished during his lifetime, is taken by many to make the extreme claim that there is no truth, that all of the "truths" we tell each other are just agreements by social Continue Reading …