14 - On Despisers of the Body, Part 2

Based on the translation by Graham Parkes - Part 2 of "On Despisers of the Body" goes into more depth around how the Platonic/Christian focus on reason, rationality, the spirit, and honesty led to the scientific mindset. The tendency to focus on spirit over the body has led to interesting positive and negative impacts on our lives and societies, including nihilism. Alex discusses how an overemphasis on rationality can be debilitating to humans, and expands upon Nietzsche's belief in the primacy of the body, and how our minds are simply tools of our body.

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14 - On Despisers of the Body, Part 2 is an episode from Thus Spoke Zarathustra - A Reader's Guide by Alex Drake.

This episode is 00:40:37 long.

This episode was published on Sep 17, 2016.

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