The "Last Man", Modernity and Politics.

This thread will bring many of the points highlighted in the "Nietzschean Psychology and Sociology" thread, which were necessarily general, up to date. Here, by contrast, I will focus primarily on modernity.

Nietzschean Psychology and Sociology.

In what follows I will attempt to draw out certain Nietzschean fundamentals and speculations regarding human psychology, and to apply these in an attempt to understand ourselves and our social world more accurately and honestly.

Our Modern "sickness" of personality.

An exploration of Nietzsche's "History" essay with a view to the present.

The Will To Power

What is the status of the WP? What importance or validity do we attach to it? What are the main problems with the theory? What explanatory power does it have?

Philosophy, Science, and the creation of new "Nietzschean" values.

I aim here to explore Nietzsche's thinking with regard to the role that science must play in pursuit of new "Nietzschean" values.

Are most contemporary scholars justified in treating the Genealogy as Nietzsche's most important work?

Nietzsche's Errors? What are Nietzsche's most significant/ interesting errors?

Suggested Topics To Discuss?

Please offer any Nietzschean related questions you would like to discuss here.

Nietzsche and Today's 'Free-thinkers'.

What are the main differences and affinities between Nietzsche and our contempory "free-thinkers"?

Nietzsche and Pascal.

Why exactly is Pascal considered 'the most instructive of all the sacrifices to Christianity'?

What's so special, for Nietzsche, about the Greeks?

This question is, of course, deliberately vague and embryonic. The topic is absurdly vast, complex, and effectively inexhaustible, but, what are some of the primary issues at stake for Nietzsche regarding his beloved Greeks?

The 'Caesar' Problem in Nietzsche.

It seems clear to me that Caesar occupies a very privileged place in Nietzsche's imagination, and is, for him, perhaps at the very summit of human types. Yet, as GS98 makes clear, Nietzsche also approves of Caesar's assassination (by Brutus), once he 'threatens the freedom of other great souls'. Why is Caesar rated so highly by Nietzsche? What societal/political issues does this raise? And, is Nietzsche worthy of being taken seriously here?

Nietzsche Nihilism and sensitivity.

Nietzsche, more than most, feels that pity all too easily slides into nausea at the human condition; and large parts of his work betray his explicit awareness that most people don't share his susceptibility to these corrosive affects. This is true from the earliest works until the latest, though the later works are, at times, more agitated and shrill. What are some of the essential connecting threads between nihilism, pity, nausea, and the increasing praise of 'hardness' from TSZ onwards?