In this third of three sessions in our seminar, we will be focusing upon Essay/Treatise 3 of Nietzsche's On The Genealogy Of Morals

I will be presenting the key ideas and development from this section of the work during the session. These include:

• What ascetic ideals are
• Changes in Wagner’s works and motivations
• Kant’s and Schopenhauer’s aesthetics
• Philosophers fondness for ascetic ideals
• The priest as an ascetic type
• A shift from religion to philosophy
• The ascetic ideal, life, and morbidity
• Love of neighbor and will to power
• The role of emotions and affects
• Why psychologists should distrust themselves
• Whether free spirits are really free
• Science, scholarship, and ascetics

You do not have to have read the text(s) previously, though of course, that may be helpful for understanding some of the key ideas that are worked out in them.

We will have plenty of time for Q&A and discussion during this session. You should feel free to ask questions at any point during the seminar, and you can use your microphone or the chat to do so.