Today we examine an 1875 Fragment, entitled "Science and Wisdom in Battle". Not only does this fragment contain one of my favorite quotations of Nietzsche's, it represents his continual grappling with the meaning of Ancient Greek culture. In particular, we discuss the importance of "relations of tension" in Nietzsche's earlier work: art versus science, culture versus the state, history versus forgetting, and of course, science and wisdom. Both are drives to knowledge, and the tension between them created philosophy in the tragic age of the Hellenes. Science is characterized by logical, objective, specialized knowledge, whereas Wisdom is defined by Nietzsche as a tendency for illogical generalization, leaping to one's ultimate goal, and an artistic desire to reflect the world in one's own mirror.
Episode art: Sofia & Athena
Birth of Tragedy #6: 14-17 (The Theoretic v/s the Tragic)
Birth of Tragedy #5: 11-13 (Euripedes & The Death of Tragedy)
Birth of Tragedy #4: 8-10 (Evolution of the Satyr Chorus & Suffering Hero)
Birth of Tragedy #3: 4-7 ("Objective" v/s "Subjective" Art)
Birth of Tragedy #2: 1-3 (The Two Art-Forces)
Birth of Tragedy #1: Attempt At Self-Criticism/Preface to Wagner
Untimely Reflections #17 - Trialogue with Andrei Georgescu & Karl Nord
48: At Noon
47: The Meaning of Life
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46: The World as Will to Power… And Nothing Besides! (Democritus & Boscovich)
45: Descent Into Materialism (Friedrich Albert Lange & The Pre-Platonics)
44: Cartesian Dualism
43: Nihilism
42: Goethe's Faust, part 2
41: Goethe's Faust, part 1
40: Ralph Waldo Emerson & The Children of The Fire
Untimely Reflections #16: At the Movies! - Demolition Man, featuring Amberly
Untimely Reflections #15: William Kaiser - Language, Memory & Psychoanalysis
39: The Genius of the Heart
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