Can the fiercely independent individual rise above a shared collective psyche? Nietzsche’s radical call to self-overcome challenges us to reject the herd, while Jung’s archetypes…
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Beliefs are funny things. We collect them—sometimes consciously, sometimes by osmosis—from family, culture, or that one high school teacher who thought they were Socrates. Then…
We’re all looking for a life that feels authentically ours—not the life that others told us would make us happy. But how the hell do…
Nietzsche nods to Schopenhauer as one of his earliest influences. Their relationship was a complex one; one based on admiration but an eventual divergence. If…
“Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman—a rope over an abyss.” —Friedrich Nietzsche Today’s thought prompt is a heavy one, and that’s just…
The “thing-in-itself,” or as Kant so elegantly put it, das Ding an sich. Fancy right? It sounds like something you might overhear at a philosophy…
Next up in my October of Nietzsche is his concept of Amor Fati, or the “radical love of fate.” You might think Nietzsche is all…
Nietzsche, Absurdism, and the Power of Living Authentically In my October of Nietzsche series, we’ve arrived at perhaps his most controversial statement: “God is dead.”…
Nietzsche isn’t exactly the guy you’d expect to hand out life advice with a smile and a pat on the back, but in Thus Spoke…
Let’s face it—if you’re on a self-discovery journey, you’re probably lugging around enough mental baggage to rival a reality TV star’s shoe closet. Life feels…