An introductory lecture summarizing the key ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche’s On The Genealogy of Morality.

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Companion lectures & interviews:
* Girard's Defense of Christianity:    • Christianity | René Girard's Mimetic ...  
* Nietzsche's Attack on Free Will:    • Nietzsche: Reject Free Will, Become W...  

Texts I referenced (affiliate):
* Best translation of the Genealogy: https://amzn.to/45jtXS4
* My book notes: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/on-the-...
* Best reading companion to the Genealogy: https://amzn.to/3x4QQMc
* My book notes: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/nietzsc...
* Best overview of Nietzsche's meta-ethics: https://amzn.to/3yL9fy3
* My book notes: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/moral-p...

TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 0. Introduction
00:06:17 1. Nietzsche’s Project
00:21:36 2.1 Resentment: Rome Against Judea
00:24:56 2.2 Resentment: Good & Evil / Good & Bad
00:28:23 2.3 Resentment: 3 Critiques of Slave morality
00:40:42 2.4 Resentment: Invention of Free Will
00:44:43 2.5 Resentment: Ad Hominem
00:49:09 3.1 Asceticism: The Priests
00:52:58 3.2 Asceticism: Social Control
00:56:18 3.3 Asceticism: Willing Nothingness
01:11:54 3.4 Asceticism: Need for Cruelty
01:17:05 3.5 Asceticism: The Problem of Suffering
01:20:59 3.6 Asceticism: A Psychological Argument
01:24:18 4.1 Limitations: The Will to Power
01:27:43 4.2 Limitations: The Sovereign Individual
01:29:42 4.3 Limitations: Nietzsche’s Life