19. Morality, Suffering, and Greatness in a Democratic Age — The Tocqueville Fellows React to Nietzsche
What happens when students encounter Friedrich Nietzsche for the first time—and take his ideas seriously?
In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen shares a series of conversations recorded during the Tocqueville Fellows retreat, capturing students’ real-time reactions to Nietzsche’s thought. These discussions offer a rare glimpse into intellectual formation as it happens: students wrestling openly with questions of morality, suffering, hierarchy, and the possibility of greatness in modern life.
Across two group conversations, Tocqueville Fellows reflect on their expectations…
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