Episode 7| Zarathustra Of The Three Metamorphoses| Burdens, Freedom and the Creation of New Values
Dissecting Philosophy with Dr McDonald
English - June 24, 2019 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB - ★★★★ - 8 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture Education philosophy political philosophy nietzsche learning education reading discussion thus spoke zarathustra hannah arendt plato Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In the seventh episode of Dissecting Philosophy with Dr McDonald, he discusses the section Of The Three Metamorphoses in Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
The episode deals with the three images that Nietzsche creates in order to illuminate the changes that we must undergo in order to create new values. This change is from a camel to a lion and then an awakened child. The initial phase of a camel-like nature is a metaphor for the burdens of social norms and expectations that are placed upon us. We then have to remove this weight in order to create space for new values (leading us to the lion). This leads into the awakened child who represents a state of pure creativity who can create a new way for us to think.
Examples are given from Feminism and the Civil Rights Movement as they demonstrate the ways in which we can challenge social norms and views in order to reach a new way of thinking.
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