No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life

Nietzsche on Freedom, Fate, and Responsibility (1x12)

Air date: Jan 01, 2000

Nietzsche often praises fate and fatalism. But at the same time, he encourages existential self-realization. Struggling with Schopenhauer's pessimism, Nietzsche insists that we can and should "give style to our character" in order to "become who we are."