Why Purpose and Discipline Advance Psychological Well-Being

Getting Started with Nietzsche

Become a Supporting Member and get access to exclusive videos: https://academyofideas.com/members/ ======== Recommended Reading: Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of the Soul: A Study of Heroic Individualism - http://amzn.to/1WR6VKO (affiliate link) =================================================== In this lecture we provide an introduction to some of Friedrich Nietzsche's main ideas. In particular we look at his views on morality, nihilism, suffering, truth, the overman, amor fati, and the eternal recurrence. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism - Bernard Reginster - http://amzn.to/1X23MIO (affiliate link) Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of the Soul: A Study of Heroic Individualism - Leslie Paul Thiele - http://amzn.to/1WR6VKO (affiliate link) Get the transcript: http://academyofideas.com/2013/06/introduction-to-nietzsche/ =================================================== --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Why are So Many Men Psychologically Underdeveloped?

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Carl Jung - How Life Alters After 40

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How the "Greater Good" is Exploited as a Tool of Social Control

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Gustave Le Bon: The Psychology of Crowds

In this video we provide a summary of the French social psychologist Gustave Le Bon's classic and highly influential work The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind. In this work Le Bon investigates the nature of crowd psychology. =================================================== Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/academyofideas Recommended Readings: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - http://amzn.to/1TGAfjO (affiliate link) Visit http://www.academyofideas.com for more videos, video transcripts and more! Get the transcript: http://academyofideas.com/2013/07/the-nature-of-crowds/ =================================================== --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]