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Unlocking Nietzsche's Wisdom How Beauty Empowers Us and Undermines the Elite Agenda
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Unlocking Nietzsche’s Wisdom How Beauty Empowers Us and Undermines the Elite Agenda

  Today we’re going to be talking about Nietzsche’s view of beauty, high art, and ugliness and the ramifications that it holds for us who either want to live a Continue Reading

Posted On : 20th February 2024 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Live not by Lies

A few weeks ago, I published a video on the subject of conscription returning to the UK in response to the suggestion by General Sir Patrick Sanders that it be Continue Reading

Posted On : 11th February 2024 Published By : Comicus Muo
Against remorse. I do not like this form of cowardice in regard to one’s own actions, one must not leave one’s self in the lurch under the pressure of sudden shame or distress.
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  • Nihilism
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The Cowardice of Remorse, Regret and Shame.

In the Will to Power Nietzsche writes:   “Against remorse. I do not like this form of cowardice in regard to one’s own actions, one must not leave one’s self Continue Reading

Posted On : 31st January 2024 Published By : Comicus Muo
“Of all evil I deem you capable: Therefore I want good from you. Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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Nietzsche’s Superior Men vs the Powers that Be – A discourse on modern politics.

“Superior men live above their rulers, free from restraint – and in rulers they have their instruments.”  – Nietzsche  Aphorism 998 – The Will to Power, Book IV, part 1 Continue Reading

Posted On : 22nd January 2024 Published By : Comicus Muo
What is Nietzsche's Last Man?
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  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Psychology

What is Nietzsche’s Last Man?

I’d like you to take a moment to imagine yourself living in perfect luxury.  It’s cold outside, there’s a roaring fireplace at your feet as you sit comfortably on a Continue Reading

Posted On : 15th January 2024 Published By : Comicus Muo
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  • Existentialism

Would you live your life again? Nietzsche and the demon – Eternal Recurrence

Eternal Recurrence   I want you to imagine for just a moment that you are lying in your bed, surrounded by darkness, the night is cold, but you are warm, Continue Reading

Posted On : 3rd January 2024 Published By : Comicus Muo
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  • Philosophy of Mind

Explained: What is the Will to Power?

Not to be confused with the collection of notes arranged after Nietzsche’s death into a publication that is also called ‘The Will to Power,’ this video details the concept of Continue Reading

Posted On : 18th December 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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  • Nihilism

Happy Nihilism, Nietzsche, Self Creation as the Meaning of Life.

Let’s begin by stating the obvious, Nihilism is a philosophical position in which there is no such thing as a metaphysic.  What I mean by this, is that most nihilists Continue Reading

Posted On : 9th December 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
Beyond the Abyss: Nietzsche's Vision of Overcoming Nihilism
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  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Psychology

Beyond the Abyss: Nietzsche’s Vision of Overcoming Nihilism

  Nietzsche and nihilism – it’s a fascinating topic, isn’t it? Nietzsche, a profoundly influential German philosopher, had a complex relationship with nihilism. Nihilism, at its core, is the belief Continue Reading

Posted On : 2nd December 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering," is from Friedrich Nietzsche's book titled "Twilight of the Idols,"
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  • Postmodernism

Constructing Meaning in a Post-Nihilistic Landscape

The state of grand meaning in this day and age can be encapsulated by one phrase ‘God is dead’, Nietzsche’s notorious proclamation rings like the doctor tasked to bear the Continue Reading

Posted On : 29th November 2023 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
“I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.”
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  • Stoicism

The reason why Nietzsche laughed at the weaklings…

“I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.” Friedrich Nietzsche, the 19th-century German philosopher, is known for his provocative and sometimes enigmatic Continue Reading

Posted On : 21st September 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
Category:
  • Existentialism
  • Philosophy of Mind

Disobedience — that is the nobility of slaves

“Disobedience — that is the nobility of slaves.” said Friedrich Nietzsche in his book “Thus Spoke Zarathustra, ” published between 1883 and 1885. In this quote, Nietzsche presents a provocative Continue Reading

Posted On : 26th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
“No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Psychology

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself!

When Nietzsche wrote, “No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself,” he was expressing the importance of individual freedom and self-determination. Nietzsche was a German Continue Reading

Posted On : 15th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
Conquer Punishment After Death with Marcus Aurelius & Friedrich Nietzsche
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Conquer the Fear of Punishment After Death with Marcus Aurelius & Friedrich Nietzsche

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues Continue Reading

Posted On : 3rd May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
Category:
  • Existentialism
  • Naturalism/Materialism
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Psychology

Seek Power, Not Happiness!

Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of the “will to power” is a central idea in his philosophy, which states that the basic drive behind all human behaviour is the desire for power Continue Reading

Posted On : 30th April 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
Category:
  • Existentialism
  • Nihilism

What does Nietzsche mean when he says: “What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.”

What does Nietzsche mean when he says: “What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.” In this quote, Friedrich Nietzsche suggests that actions that are Continue Reading

Posted On : 21st April 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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  • Existentialism
  • Naturalism/Materialism
  • Nihilism
  • Philosophy of Mind

The Will to Power and the Degenerates!

“The Will to Power” is a posthumously published book by Friedrich Nietzsche that has sparked significant controversy and debate among scholars and Nietzsche enthusiasts. The book was compiled and edited Continue Reading

Posted On : 18th April 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
Category:
  • Aesthetics
  • Entropy
  • Naturalism/Materialism

Beauty, ugliness and entropy

Continuing on again from my last article, we focused on the aphorism “Beautiful and Ugly”written in Twilight of the Idols by Nietzsche, now we follow on the next aphorism which Continue Reading

Posted On : 22nd March 2023 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion

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