Joe Higgins

Joe Higgins

Joe Higgins Inc.

520-631-7400
Email: joe@joehigginsinc.com

Joe Higgins
Tucson, Arizona

Open in Google Maps
  • Home
  • Business
    • Rainmaker Medical
    • QLMC
    • Emerald Care
    • Leman Academy of Excellence
    • QMed Weight Loss
    • CashMedicalCare.com
  • Community
    • Community
    • Board Services
    • Awards
  • Media
    • Podcasts
    • Wake Up Tucson
    • Columns
    • Videos Gallery
  • About
    • Biography
    • Joe Higgins
    • Photo Gallery
  • Contact

Nietzsche Explained To The Common Person

by Joe Higgins / Tuesday, 11 December 2018 / Published in blog

Check out this four-part discussion on the philosophy and ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche. Famous for his God Is Dead quote, learn what was behind the statement and how we as a society are worse off because of it. 

Stephen West – from Philosophize This! – For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don’t need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.

The connection with Nazi Germany is explained away in one of these episodes as his sisters wrarping of his ideas after his death.  

Nietzsche is a fascinating figure who ultimately went mad. This first episode is a bit hard to follow but sets up the next few episodes. I had to listen to these a couple of times to pick up all the nuances. 

The part I’m wresting with is the ideas around Power. Integrating the Stoic ideas with the Nietzsche model is going to take some thinking about.  In the end, the balance between ‘nothing happens as good or bad, it’s just how I interpret the events’ (Stoic) and ‘what good is happiness without sadness to appreciate the full range of emotions’, is the crux of the merging of ideas. 

Pain is good? After hearing how Nietzsche describes the concept of living on the edge and feeling the full range of emotions from pain to happiness, I sort of get it.  The analogy of the CAMEL – LION and CHILD is pretty interesting. The Lion and Dragon motiffs continue to show up in history. 

  • Tweet

About Joe Higgins

What you can read next

The Loud Voice Of The Fringes – Arthur Brooks Leaves AEI
Human Nature – Philosophy – Responsibility
The Old American Western – As Values Changed So Did Movies

Recent Posts

  • Ethos Logos Partners – Classical Education Platform

    For the past few years, I’ve been leading...
  • Humans Need Not Apply

    ...
  • Ethos Logos and Pathos – Explained In Under 5 Minutes

     ...
  • Oprah – “Churches Used To Do It.” vs Gov Abbot “‘The Problem is Not Guns, It’s Hearts Without God”

    This is a tale of how two people said essential...
  • A Journey To Second Path of Life – Male Rights of Initiation – Fr. Richard Rohr

    I stumbled on an interview with Fr. Richard Roh...

BUSINESS

  • Rainmaker Medical
  • QLMC
  • Emerald Care
  • Leman Academy of Excellence
  • QMed Weight Loss
  • CashMedicalCare.com

COMMUNITY

  • Community
  • Board Services
  • Awards

MEDIA

  • Podcasts
  • Wake Up Tucson
  • Columns
  • Videos Gallery

BIOGRAPHY

  • Biography
  • About Joe
  • Photo Gallery

Login

  • Investors
  • GET SOCIAL

©   Copyright Joe Higgins. All rights reserved.

TOP