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Pessimism of Strength – Nietzsche’s Formula for Greatness
Academy of Ideas
17 minutes 37 seconds
8 months ago
Pessimism of Strength – Nietzsche’s Formula for Greatness
“It’s easy to be a naive idealist. It’s easy to be a cynical realist. It’s quite another thing to have no illusions and still hold the inner flame.” Marie-Louise von Franz To be a philosophical pessimist is to be acutely aware of the tragic side of life and to believe that suffering overshadows joy, […]
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