Book · 2018
The Genealogy of Morals
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And this is in his book, The Genealogy of Morals, where essentially he's trying to give an analysis of Christian morality from his perspective.
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And you know it brings to mind a phrase of nietzsche's in the genealogy of morals he's a people who there's a type of person who who who tears that wounds long clothes and then shrieks about the pain they feel.
Douglas Murray Modern Wisdom · Apr 2022 Foucault this um other philosopher french philosopher actually takes up this idea and creates his own framework called genealogy from it so the genealogy of morals.
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The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is a profound philosophical critique that attempts to trace the evolution of Western moral concepts, particularly contrasting master and slave morality. On Modern Wisdom, Joe Folley discussed the book to analyze Christian morality from Nietzsche's perspective and explore the concept of ressentiment. Douglas Murray referenced the work across multiple podcasts, including The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and Modern Wisdom, highlighting Nietzsche's insights on justice, revenge, and historical grievances. Specifically, Murray drew upon a striking phrase from the book to describe a recurring psychological type that reopens old wounds only to loudly complain about the resulting pain. Additionally, Diana Walsh Pasulka mentioned the title on the Lex Fridman Podcast while discussing how the French philosopher Michel Foucault built upon Nietzsche's framework of genealogy to shape his own philosophical ideas. Across these diverse conversations, podcasters and their guests continually returned to Nietzsche's text to illuminate modern sociopolitical attitudes, historical ressentiment, and the psychological mechanisms underlying human morality. These repeated engagements demonstrate the enduring power of Nietzsche's diagnostic tools for understanding contemporary cultural dynamics and intellectual history.
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Douglas Murray and you know it brings to mind a phrase of nietzsche's in the genealogy of morals he's a people who there's… 2
“well i i quote in the opening and um and later on in the book as you know a phrase of nature which i sort of add to from the genealogy of morals when nietzsche refers it um in passing but i think he's such a remarkable phrase i wanted to to bring it out and throw it to the”
“and you know it brings to mind a phrase of nietzsche's in the genealogy of morals he's a people who there's a type of person who who who tears that wounds long clothes and then shrieks about the pain they feel”
Diana Walsh Pasulka foucault this um other philosopher french philosopher actually takes up this idea and creates his own frame… 1
“foucault this um other philosopher french philosopher actually takes up this idea and creates his own framework called genealogy from it so the genealogy of morals”
Joe Folley And this is in his book, The Genealogy of Morals, where essentially he's trying to give an analysis of Chri… 1
“And this is in his book, The Genealogy of Morals, where essentially he's trying to give an analysis of Christian morality from his perspective.”
