Our culture is sick. Here's why.

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Head to https://squarespace.com/weltgeist to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code WELTGEIST Support us on Patreon, get access to exclusive videos: ▶ https://www.patreon.com/WeltgeistYT OUR ANALYSES: ▶ Beyond Good and Evil: https://youtu.be/WIHXZUltfqk ▶ The Antichrist: https://youtu.be/qej1Z8Qzq_c ▶ Genealogy of Morals: https://youtu.be/6PUx4cOfFcI ▶ Twilight of the Idols: https://youtu.be/YpVr_NEvWYA ▶ The Will to Power: https://youtu.be/He6ZC7ZFBt8 ▶ Daybreak: https://youtu.be/cOL2z7nuXdA ▶ The Joyful Science: https://youtu.be/U0fTBOJ-C_I In The Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche spends the entire final third of the book answering a single question: what is the meaning of ascetic ideals? The ascetic ideal in Nietzsche's philosophy is the form that nihilism takes, it is that which promotes a movement away from the world, from the body, from the flesh, from our humanity. He sees this principle at work in every realm of human endeavor, from art to religion to philosophy and even modern science. In this video we provide an overview of how the ascetic ideal - nihilism - finds its way into the artistic world through Wagner's Parsifal, into the religious domain through Christianity, in philosophy with Schopenhauer, and finally how even modern science, through Darwin and Copernicus and the like, provides a feeding ground for nihilism.