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A Birth of Tragedy in 7 Steps: ——- ▪️Nietzsche is 24 y/o when he become professor in philology. ▪️In 1872 he writes his first great book on dramatic theory; The Birth of Tragedy. ▪️He found an art form in the classic Athenian Tragedy that transcended the nihilism and horror of a meaningless world. ▪️What he found was an opposition between Dionysian and Apollonian forces; Chaos, Intoxication, Music vs. Order, Self-control and Sculpture. ▪️The Tragedy balanced these forces and allowed the spectator to experience in fullness the human condition. ◾️The end of Tragedy came with Socrates, through Euripides, Who Nietzsche thought ruined the Dionysian/Apollonian balance in Tragedy with reason and logic. ◾️ Nietzsche found new hope in Wagners music as a way to re-establish the balance between the Dionysian and Apollonian in modern art; a possible rebirth of tragedy. ———— 📝 Beautiful works of art compensates for the horror of existence. —— 📝 Aectestic Arrest: Freedom from the Will in experiencing a great work of art. The only time except Nirvana or Samadhi where man can be free from the Will. (Schopenhauer) —— 📝 Is dancing and shouting in a drunken madness to “Killing in the name of” a form of modern Dionysiac phenomena? 🧐🤔 ———- ⭐️ TAKEAWAY: I’ve gotten through a book that is ‘out of my league’ and came out on the other side with new-found confidence in my ability to read philosophy straight from the sources. ——- ⚖️ VERDICT: I got a lot value from this book, both as an introduction to Nietzsche, and to the concept Dionysian/Apollonian opposition. But If you’re unsure if you could stand 129 pages of analysis of Ancient Greek theatre and art theory then you think you should pass on this one. ——- 4/5 ——- Share some philosophy book recommendations on the comments! ‼️
Taking notes is great, BUT how can we take it up a notch? ——— Here are a few ideas for how to compliment your note-taking and boost your retention: ——- When studying The French Revolution: Make a timeline and map out how events unfold chronologically. ——— When studying Norse Mythology: Draw all the gods? Make a family tree that shows how all the gods relate to each other. ———- When studying Ancient Greece: Draw a map over the ancient world and fill it with places, events and fascinating facts. ———- When studying Nietzsche: Stare into the abyss... 🕳 ——— 🔑 Mind and hand is powerfully connected. By writing down and drawing pictures signals to you brain that the information is important. ——— ⁉️ What complementary practices do you have besides notetaking for boosting your learning? 🤔
It’s 4:36 AM when writing this. I’m wide awake after a night fu*ked up sleep. What better time to write about Why We Sleep? ——- This book is extremely comprehensive and will give you the full run down of how sleep is generated (absolutely fascinating!), dreams, why modernity promotes bad sleep and the terrible outcome of not getting enough sleep and, of course, the benefits of adequate shuteye. ——- 📝 “The shorter your sleep the shorter your life span.” ——- 📝 Lack of sleep makes you a baby: I don’t take myself serious when I’m sleepy. Feelings go haywire, I worries unnecessary, my food choices sucks. I’ve learned to observe when this happen and try to get some sleep. I also avoid making any important decisions in this state. ——- 📝 Most people don’t know how long it takes to overcome a single dose of caffeine. Therefore a lot of people fail to link bad sleep with the cup of coffee they had 9 hours earlier. ☕️ ——- 📝 “If you don’t sleep the very first night after learning you lose the chance to consolidate those memories; even if you get a lot of catch-up sleep thereafter.” Sleep for memory consolidation is an all-or-nothing event! ——- ⏰ Reasons for 8h Sleep: - Live longer. - Enhances memory. - Makes you more creative. - Makes you look more attractive. - Keeps you slim and lowers food cravings. - It protects you from cancer and dementia. - It walls of colds & the flue. - It lowers your risk of heart attacks and stroke and diabetes. - You’ll feel happier and less depressed and less anxious. ——- 🥊 MY ACTIONS: 💥 No coffee after 1 PM. ☕️ - 💥 Increasing my daily sleep from 7h to at least 7.5h (8h would be ideal but I’m not sure it’s feasible for me atm.) - 💥Adjust time for mediation to early afternoon to avoid nodding off. Then the Circadian rythm is at its peak and Sleep Pressure should be low. —— ⚖️ VERDICT: This book is not a fun reading per se. It can get quite technical and i it’s quite terrifying; but it’s close to impossible not to change you lifestyle after reading it. ——- I don’t think I have said this since reading Influence by Chaldini: This should be mandatory reading! —— 5/5 —— How many hours of sleep do you get on average? ⁉️ —— Photo: @cristelleg
“Theoretical man takes fright at his consequences, and in his dissatisfaction no longer dares to hurl himself into the terrible icy current of existence, but runs nervously up and down on the bank. He no longer wants anything whole, with all the natural cruelty that adheres to things, so coddled has he been by optimism.” - The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche ———- The Socratic man (rational, theoretical) with his reason, logic and his tendency of taking things apart, to this myth doesn’t stand a chance. ———- According to Nietzsche science could be a destructive force for culture. When science takes over it sterilizes culture out of existence. The Socratic man is the avatar of science. And I think we can see this for ourselves; for every new invention, a way of life is lost. ———- Smartphones ruined the family dinner, cars the cities and Socrates the Greek tragedy, through Euripides. 😉 - - What philosophy books to you have in your to-read-list?! ❓🤔 - - - - - - - #socrates #euripides #thebirthoftragedy #friedrichNietzsche #nietzsche #bookgram #igreads #lifelonglearning #readingtheclassics #philosophybooks #nonfiction #nonfictionbooks #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookish #mustread #52booksin52weeks #schopenhauer #markmanson #selfeducation
WHY YOU NEED A BIG VOCABULARY: ————— 🔸BE PRECISE - Gives you the ability to say what you mean. If everything is ‘Awesome’ then nothing really is. A rich vocabulary allows you to make finer distinctions and be more explicit. ————— 🔸IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING: - It helps you understand other people. A diverse vocabulary allows you to connect easily with people in fields of work that may have specialized terminology. You can also protect yourself from being taken advantage of by knowing technical/professional terms. ————— 🔸IMPROVE THINKING: -Boost your ability to grasp ideas and think more logically. Our words shape out thoughts as much as the thoughts shape our words. ————— 🔸 COMMUNICATE EFFICIENTLY: -Whether it’s a prepared speech or you are speaking off the cuffs a skillful use of words to match the audience and message is essential for a powerful and confident delivery. —————- How are you working on building a strong vocabulary? 🤔❓ —————- (ps. swipe for words I learned from Nietzsche today. I’m Swedish. don’t laugh at my ignorance 😉🇸🇪) - - - - - - - - (Sources: artofmanliness.com, life in general.)
Ray Croc was a 52 year when he first met the McDonald brothers in San Bernardino, California. He was impressed with the operation they got going; and the French fries in particular. Ray had seen his fair share of restaurants in his days as a multimixer salesman, but this one was special. The limited menu, the affordable prices, the cleanliness. It was love! ❤️ —- Ray wondered why the brothers didn’t expand their concept, but the McDonald brothers where not men of such ambition. So Ray took on the expansion himself—and the rest is history. —— 📝 Ray Croc biggest contribution was the McDonalds franchise system. —— 📝 “Persistence and determination alone is omnipotent.” —— 📝 Surprisingly little drama. I feel the rise of McDonald’s has been a pretty smooth ride compared to other business stories I’ve read. —— 📝 They started to build restaurants after what they called a “monotony index”. The higher the degree of monotony in a town the higher the likelihood that a McDonald’s Restaurants success. Why? Less alternatives to spending the evening at the MD. —— 🍟 My best combo at the Golden Arches these days is to get a Spring Sallad and a McVegan burger. Wicked combo! 👌🏻 —- ⭐️ TAKEAWAY: Ray didn’t see his ideas as a grand designs but worked ‘from the part to the whole’. Perfecting every fundamental before moving on to the large scale idea. I wonder if this mindset could be helpful for those of us who are in the process of building Instagram accounts? Would it be beneficial to focus on perfecting one element at the time; pictures, captions, hashtags, timings etc..? —— I’m thankful for this little memoir of the first 40 years of McDonald. Love it or hate it, MD is a company we have a some kind of relationship with. —— 3/5 —— Photo: @pedagogyofthefresh ——- What your favorite business memoir? 🤔 —— I think mine are ‘Shoe Dog’ and maybe..’Jack Ma’?!
4 books you can’t afford to miss out on: ——— 📖 Civilization and its Discontents 📖 By Sigmund Freud - @poor_bjorns_notes_to_self —— 📖 Factfulness 📖 By Hans Rosling - @bookandbriefcase —— 📖 Attached 📖 By Amir Levine & Rachel F. R. Heller - @booksonthetub —— 📖 The Slight Edge 📖 By Jeff Olsen - @realemmareid ————————— MORE: #4booksin1minute ————————— What are you reading this summer? 🤔 ——- - - (ps. I have so much fun making these posts. ) - - - - - - - #sigmundfreud #civilizationanditsdiscontents #theslightedge #factfulness #hansrosling #psychologybooks #nonfictionbooks #bookrecommendations #bookreviewer #readinghabits #bookreviews #52booksin52weeks #leadersarereaders #relationshipbooks #toberead #selfeducation #bookreviews #readersareleaders #personaldevelopmentbooks
I have unintentionally soft-started my studies of Ancient Greece—which is my focus subject for this year—by starting two books on related topics; The Amazons and The Birth Tragedy. ——- I’m looking forward to not feeling totally lost among the Greeks 🧐 (in 8 months or so..🥴) ——— 📖 The Amazons 📖 By Adrienne Mayor This books look into the origin of the myth of Amazons, the fierce warrior women, of Greek mythology. And it looks like this myth is based on something quite real after all! ———- 📖 The Birth of Tragedy 📖 by Friedrich Nietzsche Haha, I never really research books before I start reading them. This book is Nietzsches take on the history of tragedy theatre (of Ancient Greek origin). 1/3 into the book I realized I didn’t even know what the classic tragedy was...the subject the whole book seems to revolve around... 🤦‍♂️ ———- 📖 The Life of Greece 📖 By Will Durant This was going to be starting point of my journey among the ancients. I got this today and I’m really looking forward to reading it! ———— Do you have any themes going in your reading? Any focus areas? 🤔 - - - - - - - - - #FriedrichNietzsche #thebirthoftragedy #euripides #adriennemayor #ancientgreece #warriorwomen #wildwomanarchetype #willdurant #historybooks #philosophybooks #nonfictionbooks #classicliterature #52booksin52weeks #leadersarereaders #recommendedreading #plato #socrates #bookreviewer #igreads #bookshelf

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