Will to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

by Kathleen Marie Higgins, Robert C. Solomon

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Will to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche is 24 lectures, 30 minutes each lecture on 12 audio cds.
Course No. 415 is taught by Kathleen M. Higgins and Robert Solomon.

Part 1 (6 CDs with 54 page booklet)
and
Part 2 (6 CDs with 48 page booklet)

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History, Audiobook, Biography, Psychology, Religion

Audio CD

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Kathleen Marie Higgins (born 1954) is Professor of Philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin where she has been teaching for over 20 years. She earned her B.A. in music from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and completed her graduate work in philosophy at Yale University, receiving her M.A., M.Phil, and Ph.D.

Professor Higgins has taught at the University of California, Riverside, and she is a regular visiting professor at the University of Auckland. She has also held appointments as Resident Scholar at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Study and Conference Center (1993) and as a Visiting Fellow of the Australian National University Philosophy Department and the Canberra School of Music (1997). She also received an Alumni Achievement Award from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri–Kansas City (1999).

A prolific writer and recognized Nietzsche scholar, her books include The Music of Our Lives (Temple University Press) and Nietzsche’s Zarathustra (Temple University Press), which was named one of the Outstanding Academic Books of 1988-1989 by Choice. She co-edited numerous books with her late husband, Professor Robert C. Solomon, including Reading Nietzsche, A Short History of Philosophy, and the Routledge History of Philosophy, Volume VI: The Age of German Idealism.

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best way to approach Nietzsche is to go straight to the well and drink deep of his original work, but it's not easy to get a handle on him this way. His thinking is not systematic, and he has no interest in conforming to conventional ways of doing philosophy. He prefers an oblique approach, so he writes aphoristically, or in essays with a confined focus. He's also unapologetically emotional at times. All of which makes him hard to pin down. He will not stay in the box.

The Solomons do a nice job of trying to contain the man. Robert Solomon is the more congenial speaker, a teacher of obvious talent who occasionally wanders off into personal anecdotes that demonstrate the power and everyday application of Nietzsche's ideas. It's not unlike the way Nietzsche himself presents himself in his work: heartfelt and honest, and not afraid to screw up a little. This is sort of rare in philosophy. Kathleen Solomon takes a more direct and plain approach, which would be fine were it not for her egregious overuse of the impersonal pronoun. One ought not do that, lest one be tempted to smite the lecturer with one's tattered copy of Beyond Good and Evil.

[Beauregard Bottomley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most of the science or philosophy lectures I read (and listen to) will bring up Nietzsche in some way or another. So, at the best I was getting a spattering of Nietzsche's beliefs in an incoherent way. This lecture series has set me straight and has given me a consistent and coherent look at this very interesting philosopher (who at times could be inconsistent). Most philosophers I find wanting. After this lecture series, I must say I still find Nietzsche intriguing and worth reading more about his philosophy. From this series, it's easy to see that how people can read so many different things into his philosophy. I suspect that's what Nietzsche wanted from his readers. The lecturers (a husband and wife) were very good when they compare and contrast Nietzsche with different philosophies such as those of Kant, Schopenhauer, Existentialism, and Spinoza.

I particularly disliked the book "Closing of the American Mind", by Bloom. My dislike for it hit me at a visceral level at the time I read it earlier this year. At the time, I wasn't sure why I disliked it so much, but, now, after having had listened to this lecture I understand why. Nietzsche at his core is a non-absolutist and thinks our truths are always a matter of perspective and our desire for self-esteem is what drives us. The author of the book, Bloom, thinks the exact opposite. He was using Nietzsche as a surrogate for all that he thought was wrong with America in the 1980s. I don't think Bloom, the author, was right then or is right now. I'd rather live with uncertainty and doubt then 'to pretend to know something I don't know'.

In the end a lecture on a philosopher is only as good as the philosopher under consideration, Nietzsche is definitely worth considering and this lecture is definitely worth listening to. There's enough in these lectures in which the average listener will be able to take something from them and make it his (or her) own and be the wiser for it.

[Mohammad Ali Abedi · Rating 1 out of 5]

The audiobook is released by The Teaching Company, marketing their educational audiobooks as similar to college lectures.

That might be true, but in no way is that a positive quality to me, as college education is awful.

“Will to Power - The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche” is an awful audiobook on Nietzsche. Its length is 12 hours, so it is not exactly a quick listen. But what an astonish waste of time. The lecturers are Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins, two professors with zero charisma in giving the lectures. It is incredible how much difference the way of speaking itself makes in an audiobook, and both Solomon and Higgins kept making me fade out

The biggest problem with the lectures is that Solomon and Higgins insist on defending Nietzsche’s works to such a degree, that it castrates anything interest about him. This is a typical modern (or maybe in every generation?) approach. Take something interesting and try to force it to abide by today’s standards of morality. Therefore, the lecturers take all the bite, force, and urgency out of Nietzsche’s work, and turn it into a boring, trite, and safe piece of philosophy.

I have not read any of his books yet, but I have read excerpts of his, and he is unique in philosophy for disregarding conventional boundaries of thought. He plows through accepted concepts, breaking walls, and forcing us to rethink everything. Solomon and Higgins are too preoccupied with Nietzsche’s work not offending anyone that we are left with nothing.

[Tiffany · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me nearly a year to get through this Teaching Company lecture because it wasn't what I was hoping for. As a relative newbie to all things philosophy I'm still looking to be spoon fed my philos like a baby. Professors Solomon and Higgins taught this course like they were talking to a group of adults with a cursory knowledge of Nietzsche's work and reputation. So not only did I begin at a disadvantage I also did not have the reading material they suggested for each lecture which I assume would have advanced my understanding greatly.

One thing that would improve the strength of this course would be if the lecturers read portions of the text they would be extrapolating from. They didn't, so that opportunity to build confidence through repetition was lost. I have nothing else to say that could improve the course in any way--I observed they knew their subject intimately, they judged Nietzsche on the merits of the body of his work and did not unduly extirpate his texts to suit their theses. A laudable experiment. Ultimately if there was a failure here it was in my not being a better candidate for the material. If you have a passing acquaintance with Nietzsche and feel like deepening it this course is for you.

One final remark--I'm always willing to admit my faults as a thinker or a learner when the subject matter is unfamiliar to me, but I do become worried and suspicious when lecturers try to illustrate points by bringing other subject matters into the lecture and they misquote or misattribute them. Prof. Solomon made two big-ass mistakes in areas I would've thought he had covered: first, he misquoted Emerson saying "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" when the JUICE in the statement is that Emerson said "a FOOLISH consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." There ain't nothing wrong with a healthy consistency--it's when it becomes dogma that there's a problem. The difference between the meaning of the two statements is like the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. Secondly, I don't know how he managed to put Jane Austen's infamous Mr. Collins in Sense and Sensibility when everybody knows he was Lizzy Bennett's personal bugaboo. There are only three books by women authors every male teacher should have read and Pride and Prejudice is one of them. Shame!

[Haoyan Do · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is the best audible course I have ever listened to. The presentation is wonderfully clear and there are even comparisons between different philosophers. I wish there are more audible courses like this one. I am so inspired that I almost want to read Nietzsche, but of course I am too busy with Somerset Maugham right now that I don't have time for Nietzsche. Seriously I have never been attracted to philosophical work so much before. The concept of "Justice" and "Revenge", "Community" and "Conformity", "Slave" and "Master" are wonderfully juxtaposed that I can help but become intrigued.
In the final chapter, the concept of "Eternal Recurrence" was discussed and even a personal story is related.

I hope there's such a book about Sartre, Kant, Marx, Hegel....

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know if the Great Courses stuff really count as books read, but I'm going to go with it!

This was excellent. Really interesting, really well delivered, and very accessible. I highly recommend it.

[Joan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find listening to these Great Courses audiobooks to be a stimulating complement to a mundane chore such as pulling weeds in the garden. The lectures are about a half hour in length and are delivered by experts in their field, in this case, a married couple who are professors @ University of Texas and Nietzsche scholars. (Imagine their dinner table conversations!). It has been many years since I read Nietzsche as a college student, and like most of us, I have been subjected to misinformation about him and his contributions to Western philosophy. This course is an excellent corrective to distortions of his critique of the 19th century German culture in which he lived. Turns out he was not an anti-Semite. The course elucidates many of his important ideas such as "will to power", perspectivism, the death of God, the ubermensch, master/slave morality and the "herd instinct." Two centuries later, his thought is still relevant to an understanding of our current "culture war."

[James Love · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this series of lectures more than I did. The lecturers presented the important topics of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy but sadly they added a lot of post-modern, feminism that detracted from the beauty of Nietzsche.

Nietzsche was an individualist. Nietzsche saw men and women as individuals and felt that they should be treated as the individual they are. Nietzsche believed it was important for the individual to think for themselves by reading and informing themselves to create their own opinions from what they have seen and experienced for themselves over just following along with what they are "told". Nietzsche saw governments as dangerous because the individual could be easily manipulated into running with the stampeding herd. Nietzsche's take on the Master-Slave dialectic was that the individual must Master themselves and avoid being enslaved by the herd (political parties, religious groups, etc.) or their passions.

[محمد جمال]

Probably a good introduction to Nietzsche, but since I didn't read him directly before, not sure if this a neutral introduction, or an attempt to "appropriate" and "politically correct" Nietzsche.

[Maxwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

not bad but idk how to rate or review this so here's a quote from mr mark fisher, "Some students want Nietzsche in the same way that they want a hamburger"

[Chris Bowley · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Will to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche offers a reasonable overview of Nietzsche and likely equips the student to progress to direct reading of any of his works, a feat which could otherwise be quite daunting.

In contrast to many courses, this one features not one but two lectures. This has a few negative effects:

1) Whilst the principle of having two lecturers for a course isn’t wrong, when individual lectures are divided up between two speakers, the course becomes less formal, somewhat diluted – like a podcast or conversation. This division happens for perhaps half of the total lectures.

2) Nietzsche is seen as a divisive figure who covers a whole range of subjects, sometimes only briefly. As such, it would be beneficial to the student to have multiple interpretations. The lecturers seem to agree almost wholeheartedly with each other. This seems like justification by consensus and isn’t very philosophical. Much time is spent discrediting common views of Nietzsche and instead presenting him as a misunderstood but life-loving genius. An event in his later life, in which he shows affection to a horse, is given way too much weight as a testament to his good nature.

Being a married couple, it’s easy to think that the decision to pair up was more a ‘fun project’ rather than two knowledgeable colleagues teaming up to provide the best possible learning experience. Robert C. Solomon (RIP) and Kathleen Marie Higgins are no doubt both excellent lecturers and are each fun to listen to in their own way.

A benefit to the course is that the lecturers really try to understand the person behind the philosophy. By doing this – as with any author – one can better understand the works.

Robert C. Solomon introduces the course with his intention of making the student fall in love with Nietzsche, as he himself did many years ago. Understanding and admiration may be gained but love – perhaps not; tones of embittered elitism often shine through but this isn’t enough to fully cloud the greatness in Nietzsche.

[Jaime Oliveira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great narration and genuinely simple explanation of one of philosophy's greats.

P.S.: The chapter about Eternal Occurrence has probably changed my life.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

meh

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was hoping that this Great Course would help me to understand the philosophy of existential philosopher Friedrich Nietzche. It is taught by the husband wife team of Professors Robert Solomon (who also taught the Existentialism Great Course) and Kathleen Higgins in 24 half hour lectures.

Both professors speak well, they are knowledgable and both speak clearly. I felt a bit like a pinball in this course though. I get that to undertand where Nietzsche was coming from, we have to know a bit about who he was talking about in his various books like The AntiChrist, The Gay Science, Will to Power and Beyond Good and Evil, but it seemed to take several chapters of the lecture series to even begin to discuss Nietzsche. I heard about the Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, other German Philosophers like Hegel, Kant and Schopenhauer. Not only does the topic move from subject to subject without much real organization, but they also take turns speaking! In one lecture, Solomon may be speaking about one thing, then his wife Pr. Higgins follows up with something else.

Instead of concentrating on his thoughts a work at a time, the two lectures seemed to pick topics at random like Nietzche on ethics, morals, women or the Greek philosophers. It was very hard to follow and get a true sense of what he believed. Since both took turns talking and both also talked so much about other philosophers, by the lectures end, I wasn't sure whether what I was remembering was Hegel's view on a subject, Nietzsche's view on the subject, or Nietzche's view of Hegel's view on the subject.

I will grant you that my background in philosophy is not as strong as history, music, science or religion, but the reason I listen to the Great Courses is to improve my understanding and to learn. I came away not really feeling like I understood Nietzche much better than I did before. I actually liked the chapters on Nietzche that Pr. Solomon presented in his course on Existentialism better. I also was more impressed with a course I took last month on Machiavelli, which really left me understanding much more about what Machiavelli thought and what his philosophy was, even though previously, I had only read The Prince. I will go back to my Libravox audio narrations of Beyond Good and Evil and The AntiChrist and perhaps come back to this one.

Some things that I did learn. Nietzche's sister edited his last book Will to Power, and put her own biases into the book leading many to believe that Nietzche was a precursor to some of the ideas that Adolf Hitler came to like. I did learn a lot more about what Nietzche meant by "God is Dead" as a philosophical idea. I also learned a bit about his personal background growing up in the late 1800s in Germany.

This lecture series, although it was easy to listen to, I didn't feel that it was a good introductory course. I felt almost like I should have already read not only, Thus Spoke Zarathrustra, Beyond Good and Evil, The Gay Science and The AntiChrist, but also Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit as well as Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation before listening to this lecture series. (I did come into it with a basic understanding of Greek philosophy).

I shall go back, read some more and revisit this lecture series. However, as a gateway into Nietzche, I felt only an existential angst, and a nihilistic emptiness.

[J.R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nietzsche is a complicated and nuanced thinker who is easy to misinterpret and misunderstand. Dr. Higgins and Solomon greatly assisted in making his concepts clearer, gave much needed context, and led me to a stronger appreciation of Nietszchian philosophy.
I wouldn't read any of his works without first diving into this.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

A clear and comprehensive exploration of Nietzsche's rejection of all dogmas (stoicism and religion alike) that tend to suppress expression of the individual will. I enjoyed the lectures.

[David Zhang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Provides a crash course with plenty of context on some of the big themes found in Nietzsche's works

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Robert Solomon and Kathleen Higgins try really, really hard to differentiate Nietzsche from his sister, but they ultimately fail for the following reasons.

Nietzsche's emphasis:
1. The Roman Catholic church did a terrible job with morals, and morals are God, so God is dead. He never existed.
2. You should make your own morals, that correspond to life, unlike what the church did.
3. Making your own morals makes you the ubermensch, who is superior to the untermensch, who purvey false morals that do not correspond with life.
4. The world is meaningless, but you can create your own meaning (positive nihilism)through choosing life and being an ubermench.

Nietzsche's sister's emphasis:
1. The Roman Catholic church did a terrible job with morals, and morals are God, so God is dead. He never existed.
2. You should make your own morals, that correspond to life, unlike what the church did.
3. Making your own morals make you the ubermensch, who is superior to the untermensch, who purvey false morals that do not correspond with life.
4. The world is meaningless, but you can create your own meaning (positive nihilism) through choosing life and being an ubermench.
5. Create your own meaning by exterminating the Jews.

Academia says that obviously, because of point 5 not being common to both siblings, Nietzsche never had the first four.

But this is a blatant logical fallacy. Nietzsche wrote his books far in advance of his sister's work. I do not see much evidence that she rewrote his works already in print, rather than merely patched together his notes, and apply anti-Semitism, of which I have not seen so far. She never radically rewrote anything; she applied everything. She applied Nietzsche's system to her own morals. There is nothing in Nietzsche's system that opposes her doing this, because there is nothing to say that she did wrongly, except force. When you take God out of the equation, man is no longer viewed as a bearer of God's image, so life can be redefined. All races outside of the ubermensch's can be defined out of life. There is no transcendent ethical compass without God, and if you reject Him, you ultimately reject life. If there is nothing beyond "life" then what is, is right. Might makes right, and justice is whoever is strongest.

Positive nihilism and racism are not mutually exclusive. Germany's positive nihilism took the *shape* of racism. This is not to say that all nihilism is inherently racist, or that racism is inherently nihilistic. Germany under control of the nationalist socialist workers party largely rejected moral and religious principles, and replaced them with racially-based tribalistic morals.

How do we know that NS did not completely overhaul all of N's books, leaving an entirely different philosophy? We speak of N speaking well of Jesus in Z, but what if that was written by NS? Why did N's 40 friends which he sent copies not decry NS's rewriting, if it were so changed from N's vision? Why did his friends say nothing, if his vision was so obviously mangled? Is Z corrupted, or just edited? It does not matter who authored what if they are both positive nihilists.

[Abdulla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I should separate the course from the thought of Nietzsche. The course itself is generally very good. I confess that I started this course with a very negative opinion of Nietzsche. Very frequently, he's framed as the quintessential nihilist or militant atheist, or even worse, as a believer in "might makes right" who prefigures the Nazis.

One of the major reasons I listened to this series was to see for myself whether this impression was accurate. To that end, this course was ideal. The professors are a husband and wife team, who are both strong believers in Nietzschean philosophy—something that I thought was a rather amusing foundation on which to construct a marriage. But both professors want to convey Nietzsche as charitably as possible, since they're big fans and followers of Nietzsche.

However, my biggest gripe with this course is that it was in fact frequently overly charitable; several times the professor tries to sugarcoat or downplay Nietzsche's very radical or extreme ideas. I think this does a disservice to Nietzsche and to the audience. Nietzsche has to be understood as a radical philosopher, and his radical ideas need to be understood, wrestled with, and refuted when necessary.

Ultimately, I found that in listening to this course, I dislike Nietzsche as much or more than I did before, but for different and more specific reasons. My initial objection to him was his moral theory; in fact the course didn't cover a lot about Nietzsche's moral theory (The Will to Power,) and in that sense it's rather misnamed. Actually, the professors both try to downplay its centrality to Nietzsche's philosophy while simultaneously admitting that Nietzsche himself thought it was an enormous part of his work. But there were many new things to dislike about the man that I learned from this course.

Ultimately, my view is that if two highly charitable fans of Nietzsche's work fail to render him palatable even by neutering his thoughts to some extent, then it isn't really possible. And so while the course is pretty good, my thoughts on Nietzsche himself are very different.

[Kristi Richardson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this husband and wife team's class on Nietzsche. I certainly learned that what I thought I knew about the philosopher was wrong.

Nietzsche was a complicated man. Most Christians believe he was anti God but he was actually more anti religion. He did expound on the hypocrisies in the religions but one of his heroes was Jesus Christ.

I have been told he was anti woman and a misogynist. However Dr. Higgins and Dr. Solomon teach that although he was a product of his times, he actually believed that women should be treated the same. He was brought up by a family of women so that could have colored his feelings.

Friedrich Nietzsche was a sickly man throughout his life and did die young after a couple of strokes and perhaps a complete mental breakdown. His last known outing was after seeing a horse about to be whipped, he hugged the horse to protect him and shortly after collapsed.

This course has made me want to read more about Nietzsche to find out the true man and his philosophy.

[Dennis Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Will to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzche by Kathleen Higgins and Robert Solomon is quite the trip. The usual way in which these surveys tend to go is to walk through the texts of a thinker, usually in rank order of importance or in chronology to show an evolution of their views and to provide a window into the life and times of the philosopher. That's not the case here. Solomon and Higgins ignore that to take a more thematic approach to the course, exploring Nietzche through his ideas, sometimes in relation to popular misperceptions about the character. I feel like something was lost in this approach, but quite a bit was also gained. This was really quite the read, especially from two fanboys of this particular generator of a powerful and influential philosophy. I found it refreshing, and well worth my time. As for his thoughts, you'll need to listen to find out. I'll leave you only with a call Nietzche makes: say "yes" to life. Live as if this was the only life you'll ever have, and live it in a way that you would never regret reliving it again if given the chance.

[D.B White · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think the lecturers convey the ideas and explain some of the controversies that accompany Nietzsche’s work and paint an endearing portrait of who he was as a human. Listening to this and following the notes saved my reading of And Thus Spake Zarathustra as my first real dabble into Nietzsche’s work, and gave me a bit more background allowing me to get something out of it (I shouldn’t have started with that one…). Very interesting, and if you’re like me an you are new to Nietzsche, this might be a good starting point. The lectures that deal with Nietzsche’s perspective on Greek philosophers were very interesting, and I was glad to have certain misconceptions clarified pertaining to how his works were misused for agendas that stood against his own values. There’s still such a rumour mill surrounding the man, all these centuries later, and I feel like I knew more about rumours and anecdotes surrounding him, and assumptions mades about his philosophy than what he actually said, did, wrote and stood for. It was time to shed light on him and I’m so glad I found this introduction.

[Yufei Ge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disclaimer: The lecturers / authors are two Nietzsche scholars who are obviously biased towards Nietzsche.

I'm a big fan of Nietzsche - he may be my favorite philosopher. The audiolectures are a good companion to Nietzsche's works but they are just that. They are obviously not replacements for going through his works directly. It's interesting to hear the thoughts and interpretations of those who've dedicated their life to studying Nietzsche's work and it does provide a lot of context and insight for what Nietzsche has written.

Overall, it's entertaining and interesting for anyone interested in Nietzsche - but it doesn't go beyond that. Slightly above average, nothing revolutionary but definitely worth picking up if you're interested.

[Scott Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Audiobook) This one offers some of the best synopsis and overview of the life of Nietzsche and his works. It goes beyond a number of the stereotypes and shows the man and his works. In one respect, it can be hard to pin the man down into one camp. Nietzsche showed a talent for taking different positions and holding multiple perspectives. He can both respect and admire the work of Wagner but also loath the beliefs of the man. Same with other past and present thinkers. Before his madness took him, he was one that produced a lot of writing and thoughts. It is easy to see how he can speak to people, as Nietzsche speaks of the desire of human power and greed driving actions, but also of how people can and should evolve. Worth the time to read/listen to for reference.

[Brian Batsel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice lecture. Wish it had more references and more opposing views. Not just about Nietzsche. “Will to power“ isn’t about social Darwinism, Nietzsche is not represented at all like I assumed him to be. Very pro-life, romantic, and believed the death of god required a new link to something greater. And he dug Jesus (the man), was one of his heroes, just didn’t like the church. Of Saint Paul he said (paraphrasing) “he had no use for jesus’ life, had no need for his teachings, he needed the death on the cross and that’s all he cared about.” Nietzsche hated “sin” and “guilt”, thought they served no purpose.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This course felt like an intro for the study of Nietzsche, sort of like when your waiter describes the specials being offered by the chef tonight. You hear about a dish, but the description is a lot different from experiencing it. Hearing Solomon and Higgins describing Nietzsche’s philosophy is not enough. I have to delve deeply into him myself. But perhaps the best description they offered was this: Nietzsche taught that the meaning and purpose in life is not to be found in reason or rationality, but in the passions—creativity, devotion to causes, being dedicated to something like a project or an art.

[Dan Contreras · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es una manera agradable de pasar el tiempo en el automóvil.

El curso lo imparte un wey y su esposa que hablan de manera desconectada sobre los diferentes temas principales de Nietzche y sus libros.

No siguen un orden cronológico en particular - Los temas los van presentando como mejor se les acomoda para dar su clase.

En general es una buena manera de acercarse a la obra de Nietzche y entender mejor que quería plantear. Dicho eso, siento que los maestros buscan mucho darle una lavada de cara a varias de las ideas de Nietzche para que no suenen tan controversiales y aclimatarlas a una audiencia de los 00s.

Buen lugar para empezar, no esperes profundidad.

[Yanal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nietzsche states that once there is life, there is will to power because life is only alive if it is intensified. Life, according to Nietzsche, consists in always wanting more. Life is more than the will to live, because we do not want what one already has. It is not only no longer an exclusive struggle for survival. Life is passing. In other words, it is not satisfied with what it is or what she has. Therefore survival is a demonstration of weakness is only to maintain a state. The will to power or force, is to extend or exceed what is, to achieve something stronger still.

[gee ☽ (IG: momoxshi) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 out of 5

Very interesting course, explained things well and did a good job of clearing up misunderstandings about Nietzsche. Enjoyed it better than the other Great Courses audiobook I listened to before (Ancient Empires before Alexander).

Narration just threw me off, a bit below standard for an audiobook but still better compared to some of my college professors.

[Hamish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good, although I don't think they ever satisfactorily answered "why does anyone care about what Nietzsche said?" Indeed, why anyone cares about most philosophical writing continues to elude me.