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The Nietzsche Library

The Nietzsche Library

By: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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The Nietzsche Library is not a refuge for the weary, but a summons to the heights. Here the books are read in full, without dilution, so that each listener may encounter the philosopher directly: his fire, his music, his hammer blows against complacency. This is a podcast for those who would not merely study Nietzsche, but risk hearing him.Public domain Daily Philosophy Social Sciences
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  • The Birth of Tragedy Chapter 13

    The Birth of Tragedy Chapter 13
    Jun 27 2026
    In which the subtle kinship between Socrates and Euripides is explored, revealing how their shared devotion to reason heralded a shift from tragic instinct to critical insight, provoking both admiration and lament from their contemporaries. The paradox of Socrates emerges—his divine voice of caution turning instinct into scepticism, splitting the Greek spirit asunder and forging a new ideal whose shadow loomed large across the cultured landscape.
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    10 mins
  • The Birth of Tragedy Chapter 12

    The Birth of Tragedy Chapter 12
    Jun 26 2026
    In which the investigation turns towards Euripides, that subtler craftsman who, with a skeptical eye and rational beam, seeks to excise the profound Dionysian essence from the fabric of tragedy, substituting passionate ecstasy with calculated reason and intelligibility, thereby unraveling the ancient art’s primal unity. Yet amidst this dismantling, a new spectre emerges—Socrates himself, the emblem of aesthetic rationalism, whose alliance with Euripides signals a tragic rupture in Greek drama’s soul, as the fervent intoxication of Dionysus is confronted, and ultimately displaced, by the measured light of knowledge.
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    18 mins
  • The Birth of Tragedy Chapter 11

    The Birth of Tragedy Chapter 11
    Jun 25 2026
    In which the tragic art of Greece meets a violent and painful demise, giving way to a new theatrical expression that mirrors the humbler, more familiar faces of the common spectator, embodied in the revolutionary works of Euripides. Yet this innovator, torn between reverence for his lofty predecessors and alliance with his sceptical contemporaries, embarks on a profound and solitary artistic struggle that reshapes the very soul of tragedy.
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    17 mins
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