PHL220H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Existentialism, Zoroastrianism, Friedrich Nietzsche
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Lecture topics: nietzsche"s answer to the crisis of nihilism. Overcoming nihilism via (1) the overman, and (2) the eternal recurrence . Morality: a revaluation of values to go beyond good and evil the overman ( bermensch): that which is to restore meaning and purpose to existence. Meaning of phrase beyond good and evil : zarathustra. Nietzsche"s fictional sage zarathustra connection to historical zarathustra & zoroastrianism teacher of the overman and the eternal recurrence : the overman. Precursor to the overman: the higher man or preparatory man . Antithesis of the overman: the last man . Eternal recurrence as (1) actuality, and (2) hypothetical.
